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person_profile-Marsha Hunt

Marsha Hunt Died at age: 104

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Marsha Hunt

Date of Birth:

Oct 17, 1917

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Sep 07, 2022

Biography of

Marsha Hunt

    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.

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Filmography of

Marsha Hunt

Found 70 Movies in total

... 2021

... 2015

Empire State Building Murders

Norah Strinberg ( Actor )

... 2008

... 2006

... 1988

Terror Among Us

Marge ( Actor )

... 1981

Jigsaw

Dr. Gehlen ( Actor )

... 1972

Johnny Got His Gun

Joe's Mother ( Actor )

... 1971

Fear No Evil

Mrs. Varney ( Actor )

... 1969

The Plunderers

Kate Miller ( Actor )

... 1960

Blue Denim

Jessie Bartley ( Actor )

... 1959

Bombers B-52

Edith Brennan ( Actor )

... 1957

Back from the Dead

Kate Hazelton ( Actor )

... 1957

Diplomatic Passport

Judy Anderson ( Actor )

... 1954

... 1954

The Happy Time

Susan Bonnard ( Actor )

... 1952

Actors and Sin

Marcia Tillayou (segment Actor's Blood) ( Actor )

... 1952

She Loves Me Not

Midge Mercer ( Actor )

... 1949

Mary Ryan, Detective

Mary Ryan ( Actor )

... 1949

Take One False Step

Martha Wier ( Actor )

... 1949

Jigsaw

Mrs. Hartley's Secretary (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1949

Raw Deal

Ann Martin ( Actor )

... 1948

The Inside Story

Francine Taylor ( Actor )

... 1948

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

Martha Gray ( Actor )

... 1947

Carnegie Hall

Nora Ryan ( Actor )

... 1947

A Letter for Evie

Evie O'Connor ( Actor )

... 1946

The Valley of Decision

Constance Scott ( Actor )

... 1945

Music for Millions

Rosalind ( Actor )

... 1944

Bride by Mistake

Sylvia Lockwood ( Actor )

... 1944

None Shall Escape

Marja Pacierkowski ( Actor )

... 1944

Lost Angel

Katie Mallory ( Actor )

... 1943

Cry 'Havoc'

Flo Norris ( Actor )

... 1943

Thousands Cheer

Marsha Hunt ( Actor )

... 1943

Pilot #5

Freddie Andrews ( Actor )

... 1943

The Human Comedy

Diana Steed ( Actor )

... 1943

Seven Sweethearts

Regina 'Reggie' Van Maaster ( Actor )

... 1942

Panama Hattie

Leila Tree ( Actor )

... 1942

The Affairs of Martha

Martha Lindstrom ( Actor )

... 1942

Kid Glove Killer

Jane Mitchell ( Actor )

... 1942

Joe Smith, American

Mary Smith ( Actor )

... 1942

Unholy Partners

Gail Fenton ( Actor )

... 1941

Blossoms in the Dust

Charlotte ( Actor )

... 1941

I'll Wait for You

Pauline Miller ( Actor )

... 1941

The Penalty

Katherine Logan ( Actor )

... 1941

Cheers for Miss Bishop

Hope Thompson ( Actor )

... 1941

The Trial of Mary Dugan

Agatha Hall ( Actor )

... 1941

Flight Command

Claire ( Actor )

... 1940

Ellery Queen, Master Detective

Barbara Braun ( Actor )

... 1940

Pride and Prejudice

Mary Bennet ( Actor )

... 1940

Irene

Miss Eleanor Worth ( Actor )

... 1940

... 1939

These Glamour Girls

Betty Ainsbridge ( Actor )

... 1939

Winter Carnival

Lucy Morgan ( Actor )

... 1939

The Hardys Ride High

Susan Bowen ( Actor )

... 1939

Star Reporter

Barbara Burnette ( Actor )

... 1939

The Long Shot

Martha Sharon ( Actor )

... 1939

Come On, Leathernecks!

Valerie Taylor ( Actor )

... 1938

Born to the West

Judy Worstall ( Actor )

... 1937

Thunder Trail

Amy Morgan ( Actor )

... 1937

Annapolis Salute

Julia Clemens ( Actor )

... 1937

Easy Living

Girl Getting Coat Dropped on Her at Finale (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

Murder Goes to College

Nora Barry ( Actor )

... 1937

College Holiday

Sylvia Smith ( Actor )

... 1936

The Accusing Finger

Claire Patterson ( Actor )

... 1936

Easy to Take

Donna Westlake ( Actor )

... 1936

Hollywood Boulevard

Patricia Blakeford ( Actor )

... 1936

The Arizona Raiders

Harriett Lindsay ( Actor )

... 1936

Gentle Julia

Julia Atwater ( Actor )

... 1936

Desert Gold

Judith 'Judy' Belding ( Actor )

... 1936

The Virginia Judge

Mary Lee Calvert ( Actor )

... 1935