Marsha Hunt

Marsha Hunt

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1917-10-17
Deathday: 2022-09-07 (104 years old)

Biography

Marsha Hunt (born Marcia Virginia Hunt; 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.


Although initially reluctant to pursue a film career, in June 1935, at age 17, Hunt signed a seven-year contract with Paramount Pictures. Paramount discovered her when she was visiting her uncle in Los Angeles and the comedian Zeppo Marx saw a picture of her in the newspaper. She was then offered a screen test for The Virginia Judge. At Paramount, Hunt mainly played ingenue parts. Between 1935 and 1938, she made 12 pictures at Paramount, including a starring roles in Easy to Take, Gentle Julia, The Accusing Finger, Murder Goes to College, and two on "loan-out" to RKO and 20th Century Fox. In 1937, she starred opposite John Wayne, a couple of years prior to his breakthrough in Hollywood, in the Western film Born to the West.


The studio terminated Hunt's contract in 1938, and she spent a few years starring in B-films produced by poverty row studios such as Republic Pictures and Monogram Pictures. She also headed to New York City for work in summer stock theatre shortly before winning a supporting role in MGM's These Glamour Girls opposite Lana Turner and Lew Ayres. The role of Betty was said to have been written specially with Hunt in mind. Other roles in major studio productions soon followed, including supporting roles as Mary Bennet in MGM's version of Pride and Prejudice with Laurence Olivier and as Martha Scott's surrogate child Hope Thompson in Cheers for Miss Bishop.


In 1941, Hunt signed a contract with MGM, where she remained for the next six years. While filming Blossoms in the Dust, film director Mervyn LeRoy lauded Hunt for her heartfelt and genuine acting ability. In 1944, she polled seventh in a list by exhibitors of "Stars of Tomorrow". She also appeared in None Shall Escape, a film that is now regarded as the first about the Holocaust. She played Marja Pacierkowski, the Polish fiancé of a German Nazi officer named Wilhelm Grimm.

Filmography

all 116

Movies 80

TV Shows 36

self 9

Doctor Gehlen
Jigsaw

Jigsaw (1972)

Movie
Sissy Cardwell
Ironside

Ironside (1967)

TV
6
Kate Miller - Hotel Owner
The Plunderers

The Plunderers (1960)

Movie
Aunt Cecile Blackman
My Three Sons

My Three Sons (1960)

TV
6
Claire Andrews / Dr. Sarah Martin / Julie Reynolds / Catha Duncan
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)

TV
Julie Brennan / Ann Williams
Climax!

Climax! (1954)

TV
Marcia Tillayou (segment "Actor's Blood")
Actors and Sin

Actors and Sin (1952)

Movie
Mrs. Hartley's Secretary (uncredited)
Jigsaw

Jigsaw (1949)

Movie
Janet Willson / Kate Brookfield (uncredited)
Studio One

Studio One (1948)

TV
Self (archive footage)
The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)

TV
6
Regina 'Reggie' Van Maaster
Seven Sweethearts

Seven Sweethearts (1942)

Movie
Eleanor Worth
Irene

Irene (1940)

Movie
Girl Getting Coat Dropped on Her at Finale (uncredited)
Easy Living

Easy Living (1937)

Movie
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1917-10-17

Deathday
2022-09-07 (104 years old)

Birth Name
Marcia Virginia Hunt

Birth Place
Chicago, United States

Relationships
Robert Presnell, Jr. (1946 - 1986), Jerry Hopper (1938 - 1943)

Citizenships
United States

Residences
Sherman Oaks, United States of America

Also Known As
Marcia Virginia Hunt, Марша Хант, Marcia Virginia "Marsha" Hunt

Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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