Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1917)
Marsha Hunt | |
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![]() Marsha Hunt in 2013. | |
Born | Marcia Virginia Hunt October 17, 1917 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | September 7, 2022 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 104)
Education | Horace Mann School |
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Years active | 1935–2014 |
Works | Full list |
Spouses | |
Children | 1 |
Marsha Hunt (born Marcia Virginia Hunt;[1] October 17, 1917 – September 7, 2022) was an American actress, model, and activist, with a career spanning nearly 80 years. She was blacklisted by Hollywood film studio executives in the 1950s during McCarthyism.[2]
She appeared in many films, including Born to the West (1937) with John Wayne, Pride and Prejudice (1940) with Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier, Kid Glove Killer (1942) with Van Heflin, Cry 'Havoc' (1943) with Margaret Sullavan and Joan Blondell, The Human Comedy (1943) with Mickey Rooney, Raw Deal (1948) with Claire Trevor, The Happy Time (1952) with Charles Boyer, and Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun (1971).
In the midst of the blacklist era, she became active in the humanitarian cause of world hunger and in her later years aided homeless shelters, supported same-sex marriage, raised awareness of climate change, and promoted peace in Third World countries.[3]
Early life
- ^ Moore, Solomon (June 11, 1997). "Move to Valley Signaled Career Upswing". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
- ^ Dowd, Vincent (March 22, 2020). "How Marsha Hunt fought Hollywood blacklisting". BBC News. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^ Memos, Roger C. (October 17, 2014). "Honoring Actress – Activist Marsha Hunt on her 97th Birthday!". Sherman Oaks, California: Patch.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
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