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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 17, 1917
Died
September 7, 2022
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Marcia Virginia Hunt
- Marcia Virginia "Marsha" Hunt
Marsha Hunt
0.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
9.0
Self
Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission
2021
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Self
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
2015
5.4
Self
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010
🎬
0.0
Norah Strinberg
Empire State Building Murders
2008
6.0
Hazel Reedy
The Grand Inquisitor
2008
0.0
Chloe's Prayer
2006
🎬
0.0
Herself
Dalton Trumbo: Rebel in Hollywood
2006
0.0
Herself
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
1996
8.0
Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
6.0
Elvi Rogers
The Play on One
1988
Credits
Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission
as Self
2021
9.0
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
as Self
2015
0.0
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
as Self
2010
5.4
🎬
Empire State Building Murders
as Norah Strinberg
2008
0.0
The Grand Inquisitor
as Hazel Reedy
2008
6.0
Chloe's Prayer
2006
0.0
🎬
Dalton Trumbo: Rebel in Hollywood
as Herself
2006
0.0
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
as Herself
1996
0.0
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
1988
8.0
The Play on One
as Elvi Rogers
1988
6.0
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Anne Jameson
1987
8.4
Matlock
as Harriet
1986
7.1
Murder, She Wrote
as Elvira Tree
1984
7.5
Terror Among Us
as Marge
1981
4.8
Harry O
1974
4.6
Police Story
1973
6.9
Jigsaw
as Dr. Gehlen
1972
0.0
Johnny Got His Gun
as Joe's Mother
1971
7.5
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Mrs. Bellows
1969
6.5
Fear No Evil
as Mrs. Varney
1969
6.7
The Name of the Game
as Claudia Loring
1968
6.8
The Outsider
1968
5.2
Accidental Family
1967
5.0
Ironside
1967
6.8
Ironside
as Sissy Cardwell
1967
6.8
Run for Your Life
as Mrs. Southworth
1965
7.2
🎬
Profiles in Courage
as Mrs. Ely
1964
5.0
The Outer Limits
as Francesca Fields
1963
7.8
Breaking Point
1963
7.2
Sam Benedict
as Cora Wilcox
1962
6.0
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Cain's Hundred
as Gloria Bonner
1961
4.7
The Defenders
as Della Martin
1961
5.9
The Plunderers
as Kate Miller
1960
6.2
My Three Sons
as Aunt Cecile Blackman
1960
6.5
The Detectives
1959
6.1
The Twilight Zone
as Mrs. Henderson
1959
8.5
Laramie
1959
6.6
Blue Denim
as Jessie Bartley
1959
4.9
🎬
Peck's Bad Girl
as Jennifer Peck
1959
0.0
Bombers B-52
as Edith Brennan
1957
5.6
Back from the Dead
as Kate Hazelton
1957
5.0
Panic!
1957
0.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Claire Andrews
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Julie Reynolds
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Dr. Sarah Martin
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Catha Duncan
1956
6.0
🎬
No Place to Hide
as Anne Dobson
1956
0.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Mary
1955
5.4
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Blanche Herbert
1955
7.8
Gunsmoke
as Sarah
1955
6.6
A Word to the Wives...
as Alice
1955
1.0
Climax!
as Ann Williams
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Julie Brennan
1954
3.3
Diplomatic Passport
as Judy Anderson
1954
7.0
With This Ring
as Elise Miller John
1954
6.0
The Happy Time
as Susan Bonnard
1952
6.3
Actors and Sin
as Marcia Tillayou (segment Actor's Blood)
1952
5.2
Your Show of Shows
1950
6.3
She Loves Me Not
as Midge Mercer
1949
0.0
Mary Ryan, Detective
as Mary Ryan
1949
5.1
Take One False Step
as Martha Wier
1949
5.2
Jigsaw
as Mrs. Hartley's Secretary (uncredited)
1949
4.8
Studio One
as Janet Willson
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Kate Brookfield (uncredited)
1948
5.0
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Viola
1948
6.3
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Phoebe Throssel
1948
6.3
Raw Deal
as Ann Martin
1948
6.7
The Inside Story
as Francine Taylor
1948
6.5
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
as Martha Gray
1947
6.1
Carnegie Hall
as Nora Ryan
1947
5.2
A Letter for Evie
as Evie O'Connor
1946
6.7
The Valley of Decision
as Constance Scott
1945
7.3
Music for Millions
as Rosalind
1944
6.0
Bride by Mistake
as Sylvia Lockwood
1944
6.1
None Shall Escape
as Marja Pacierkowski
1944
6.3
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1944
6.0
Lost Angel
as Katie Mallory
1943
7.5
Cry 'Havoc'
as Flo Norris
1943
6.3
Thousands Cheer
as Marsha Hunt
1943
6.4
Pilot #5
as Freddie Andrews
1943
5.8
The Human Comedy
as Diana Steed
1943
6.2
Seven Sweethearts
as Regina 'Reggie' Van Maaster
1942
6.0
Panama Hattie
as Leila Tree
1942
4.0
The Affairs of Martha
as Martha Lindstrom
1942
6.2
Kid Glove Killer
as Jane Mitchell
1942
6.2
Joe Smith, American
as Mary Smith
1942
5.8
Unholy Partners
as Gail Fenton
1941
7.0
Blossoms in the Dust
as Charlotte
1941
6.6
I'll Wait for You
as Pauline Miller
1941
6.8
The Penalty
as Katherine Logan
1941
6.0
Cheers for Miss Bishop
as Hope Thompson
1941
5.4
The Trial of Mary Dugan
as Agatha Hall
1941
5.0
Flight Command
as Claire
1940
5.6
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
as Barbara Braun
1940
5.5
Pride and Prejudice
as Mary Bennet
1940
6.9
Women in Hiding
as Jane Taylor
1940
7.0
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
1940
5.5
Irene
as Miss Eleanor Worth
1940
6.0
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Kitty Crusper
1939
2.0
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
as Herself (uncredited)
1939
3.5
These Glamour Girls
as Betty Ainsbridge
1939
5.5
Winter Carnival
as Lucy Morgan
1939
6.0
The Hardys Ride High
as Susan Bowen
1939
5.8
Star Reporter
as Barbara Burnette
1939
3.4
The Long Shot
as Martha Sharon
1939
5.8
Come On, Leathernecks!
as Valerie Taylor
1938
5.0
Born to the West
as Judy Worstall
1937
4.6
Thunder Trail
as Amy Morgan
1937
6.0
Annapolis Salute
as Julia Clemens
1937
6.0
Easy Living
as Girl Getting Coat Dropped on Her at Finale (uncredited)
1937
7.1
Murder Goes to College
as Nora Barry
1937
3.0
College Holiday
as Sylvia Smith
1936
5.2
The Accusing Finger
as Claire Patterson
1936
4.7
Easy to Take
as Donna Westlake
1936
0.0
Hollywood Boulevard
as Patricia Blakeford
1936
2.7
The Arizona Raiders
as Harriett Lindsay
1936
5.0
Gentle Julia
as Julia Atwater
1936
0.0
Desert Gold
as Judith 'Judy' Belding
1936
5.4
The Virginia Judge
as Mary Lee Calvert
1935
0.0