Marsha Hunt
Birthday
1917/10/17
Day of death
2022/09/07 (104 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also know as
Marcia Virginia Hunt, Марша Хант, Marcia Virginia "Marsha" Hunt
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 pic...Read more
Acting
(1949) Take One False Step
as Martha Wier
(1949) Jigsaw
as Mrs. Hartley's Secretary (uncredited)
(1948) Raw Deal
as Ann Martin
(1943) Thousands Cheer
as Marsha Hunt
(1940) Pride and Prejudice
as Mary Bennet
(1945) The Valley of Decision
as Constance Scott
(1971) Johnny Got His Gun
as Joe's Mother
(1942) Kid Glove Killer
as Jane Mitchell
(1944) None Shall Escape
as Marja Pacierkowski
(1947) Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
as Martha Gray
(1943) The Human Comedy
as Diana Steed
(1940) Ellery Queen, Master Detective
as Barbara Braun
(2008) Empire State Building Murders
as Norah Strinberg
(1943) Cry 'Havoc'
as Flo Norris
(1937) Born to the West
as Judy Worstall
(1941) Blossoms in the Dust
as Charlotte
(1952) Actors and Sin
as Marcia Tillayou (segment Actor's Blood)
(1941) Unholy Partners
as Gail Fenton
(1940) Flight Command
as Claire
(1943) Pilot #5
as Freddie Andrews
(1957) Bombers B-52
as Edith Brennan
(1942) Panama Hattie
as Leila Tree
(1942) Seven Sweethearts
as Regina 'Reggie' Van Maaster
(1947) Carnegie Hall
as Nora Ryan
(1949) Mary Ryan, Detective
as Mary Ryan
(1956) No Place to Hide
as Anne Dobson
(1940) Irene
as Miss Eleanor Worth
(2008) The Grand Inquisitor
as Hazel Reedy
(1936) The Accusing Finger
as Claire Patterson
(1959) Blue Denim
as Jessie Bartley
(1940) Women in Hiding
as Jane Taylor
(1996) Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
as Herself
(1957) Back from the Dead
as Kate Hazelton
(1943) Lost Angel
as Katie Mallory
(1948) The Inside Story
as Francine Taylor
(1960) The Plunderers
as Kate Miller
(1936) Desert Gold
as Judith 'Judy' Belding
(1936) The Arizona Raiders
as Harriett Lindsay
(1941) I'll Wait for You
as Pauline Miller
(1939) These Glamour Girls
as Betty Ainsbridge
(1952) The Happy Time
as Susan Bonnard
(1944) Music for Millions
as Rosalind
(1939) Star Reporter
as Barbara Burnette
(1937) Annapolis Salute
as Julia Clemens
(1944) Bride by Mistake
as Sylvia Lockwood
(1946) A Letter for Evie
as Evie O'Connor
(1942) The Affairs of Martha
as Martha Lindstrom
(1936) College Holiday
as Sylvia Smith
(1954) With This Ring
as Elise Miller John
(1937) Murder Goes to College
as Nora Barry
(1969) Fear No Evil
as Mrs. Varney
(1972) Jigsaw
as Dr. Gehlen
(1937) Easy Living
as Girl Getting Coat Dropped on Her at Finale (uncredited)
(1939) The Long Shot
as Martha Sharon
(1941) The Penalty
as Katherine Logan
(1939) The Hardys Ride High
as Susan Bowen
(1936) Hollywood Boulevard
as Patricia Blakeford
(1941) The Trial of Mary Dugan
as Agatha Hall
(1937) Thunder Trail
as Amy Morgan
(1938) Come On, Leathernecks!
as Valerie Taylor
(1942) Joe Smith, American
as Mary Smith
(1939) Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Kitty Crusper
(1955) A Word to the Wives...
as Alice
(1954) Diplomatic Passport
as Judy Anderson
(1939) Winter Carnival
as Lucy Morgan
(1939) Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
as Herself (uncredited)
(1941) Cheers for Miss Bishop
as Hope Thompson
(1981) Terror Among Us
as Marge
(1940) Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
(1944) Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
(1988) The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
(1935) The Virginia Judge
as Mary Lee Calvert
(2015) Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
as Self
(1936) Easy to Take
as Donna Westlake
(2021) Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission
as ---
(2006) Chloe's Prayer
as ---
(1936) Gentle Julia
as Julia Atwater
(2006) Dalton Trumbo: Rebel in Hollywood
as Herself
(1949) She Loves Me Not
as Midge Mercer
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Elvira Tree
(1961) Cain's Hundred
as Gloria Bonner
(1987) Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Anne Jameson
(1960) My Three Sons
as Aunt Cecile Blackman
(1986) Matlock
as Harriet
(1969) Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Mrs. Bellows
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Sarah
(1948) Studio One
as Janet Willson
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Mrs. Henderson
(1967) Ironside
as ---
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Blanche Herbert
(1974) Harry O
as ---
(1965) Run for Your Life
as Mrs. Southworth
(2010) Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
as Self
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1950) Your Show of Shows
as ---
(1954) Climax!
as Ann Williams
(1964) Profiles in Courage
as Mrs. Ely
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as Viola
(1967) Accidental Family
as ---
(1959) Laramie
as ---
(1961) Ben Casey
as ---
(1959) The Detectives
as ---
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Claire Andrews
(1963) Breaking Point
as ---
(1961) The Defenders
as Della Martin
(1957) Panic!
as ---
(1959) Peck's Bad Girl
as Jennifer Peck
(1968) The Outsider
as ---
(1963) The Outer Limits
as Francesca Fields
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Julie Reynolds
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Dr. Sarah Martin
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Catha Duncan
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Claudia Loring
(1948) Studio One
as Kate Brookfield (uncredited)
(1954) Climax!
as Julie Brennan
(1967) Ironside
as Sissy Cardwell
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as Phoebe Throssel
(1988) The Play on One
as Elvi Rogers
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Mary
(1962) Sam Benedict
as Cora Wilcox