Marsha Hunt

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1917-10-17 (105 years old)

Deathday

2022-09-07

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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 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 ...

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

1943

The Human Comedy

as Diana Steed

1940

2008

1943

Cry 'Havoc'

as Flo Norris

1937

Born to the West

as Judy Worstall

1941

1952

Actors and Sin

as Marcia Tillayou (segment Actor's Blood)

1941

Unholy Partners

as Gail Fenton

1940

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

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

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

The Arizona Raiders

as Harriett Lindsay

1936

Desert Gold

as Judith 'Judy' Belding

1941

I'll Wait for You

as Pauline Miller

1939

These Glamour Girls

as Betty Ainsbridge

1952

The Happy Time

as Susan Bonnard

1944

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

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

1937

Thunder Trail

as Amy Morgan

1938

Come On, Leathernecks!

as Valerie Taylor

1942

Joe Smith, American

as Mary Smith

1954

Diplomatic Passport

as Judy Anderson

1939

Winter Carnival

as Lucy Morgan

1939

1941

Cheers for Miss Bishop

as Hope Thompson

1981

1944

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

1988

1935

The Virginia Judge

as Mary Lee Calvert

1936

Easy to Take

as Donna Westlake

1936

Gentle Julia

as Julia Atwater

1949

She Loves Me Not

as Midge Mercer

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