Birthday
1900/01/30
Day of death
1969/06/13 (69 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Also know as
Martita Edith Hunt
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Martita Edith Hunt (30 January 1900 – 13 June 1969) was an Argentine-born British theatre and film actress. She had a dominant stage presence and played a wide range of powerful characters. She is best remembered for her performance as Miss Havisham in David Lean's Great Expectations.
(1958) Bonjour Tristesse
as Philippe's Mother
(1965) Bunny Lake Is Missing
as Ada Ford
(1953) Melba
as Mme. Marchesi
(1935) Man of the Moment
as Lady at Roulette Table
(1960) The Brides of Dracula
as Baroness Meinster
(1948) Anna Karenina
as Princess Betty Tversky
(1952) The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
as Queen Eleanor
(1946) Great Expectations
as Miss Havisham
(1943) The Man in Grey
as Miss Patchett
(1964) The Unsinkable Molly Brown
as Grand Duchess Elise Lupavinova
(1964) Becket
as Empress Matilda
(1956) Anastasia
as Baroness Elena von Livenbaum
(1948) So Evil My Love
as Mrs. Courtney (SR)
(1957) The Spies
as Connie Harper
(1961) Mr. Topaze
as Baroness
(1937) Good Morning, Boys!
as Lady Bogshott
(1960) Song Without End
as Grand Duchess
(1958) Me and the Colonel
as Mother Superior
(1949) The Fan
as Duchess of Berwick
(1935) First a Girl
as Madame Seraphina
(1960) Bottoms Up!
as Lady Gore-Willoughby
(1942) The Lady from Lisbon
as Susan Wellington-Smythe
(1933) I Was a Spy
as Aunt Lucille
(1941) Quiet Wedding
as Mme. Mirelle
(1936) When Knights Were Bold
as Aunt Esther
(1948) My Sister and I
as Mrs. Camelot
(1952) It Started in Paradise
as Mme. Alice
(1962) The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
as Anna Richter
(1939) The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
as ---
(1932) Service for Ladies
as Aline - Countess Ricardi's Maid
(1941) Freedom Radio
as Frau Lehmann the Concierge
(1937) The Mill on the Floss
as Mrs. Glegg
(1936) The Beloved Vagabond
as Lady with lorgnettes
(1945) The Wicked Lady
as Cousin Agatha
(1969) The Best House in London
as Headmistress
(1939) Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as British Tourist on Bicycle (uncredited)
(1936) Tudor Rose
as Jane's Mother
(1939) A Girl Must Live
as Mme. Dupont, assistant
(1939) Trouble Brewing
as Mme Berdi
(1938) Strange Boarders
as Miss Pitter
(1935) King of the Damned
as Woman on Plane
(1955) King's Rhapsody
as Queen Mother
(1936) Pot Luck
as ---
(1956) The March Hare
as Lady Anne
(1957) Dangerous Exile
as Lady Lydia Fell
(1941) East of Piccadilly
as Ma
(1942) They Flew Alone
as Miss Bland
(1937) Farewell Again
as Adela Swayle
(1939) The Good Old Days
as Sarah Macaulay
(1935) The Case of Gabriel Perry
as Mrs. Read
(1935) Mr. What's-His-Name?
as Mrs Davies
(1939) Old Mother Riley Joins Up
as Commandant
(1937) Paradise for Two
as Mme. Bernard
(1932) Love on Wheels
as Piano Demonstrator
(1956) Three Men in a Boat
as Mrs. Willis
(1952) Treasure Hunt
as Aunt Anna Rose
(1942) The Seventh Survivor
as Mrs. Lindley
(1940) At the Villa Rose
as Helen Vaquier
(1940) The Middle Watch
as Lady Elizabeth Hewett
(1944) Welcome, Mr Washington
as Miss Finch
(1938) Prison Without Bars
as Mme. Appel
(1952) Meet Me Tonight
as Mabel Grace
(1957) The Admirable Crichton
as Lady Brocklehurst
(1959) Venetian Honeymoon
as Lisa Bradwell
(1940) Miss Grant Goes to the Door
as Edith
(1952) Folly to Be Wise
as Lady Dodd
(1938) Second Best Bed
as Mrs. Mather
(1937) Sabotage
as The Professor's Daughter (uncredited)
(1940) Miss Knowall
as Miss Hardcastle
(1942) Sabotage at Sea
as Daphne Faber
(1939) Young Man's Fancy
as Duchess of Beaumont
(1933) Friday the Thirteenth
as Agnes Lightfoot
(1942) Talk About Jacqueline
as Colonel's Wife
(1938) Everything Happens to Me
as ---
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1948) Studio One
as Mrs. Porter
(1960) Thriller
as Celia Sommerville
(1960) Sunday-Night Play
as Madame Kuprin
(1960) Sunday-Night Play
as Madama Kuprin