Cast
Marsha Hunt
Acting
Cast
Marsha Hunt
Known for
Acting
Born
1917-10-17
From
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
2022-09-07
Also known as Marcia Virginia Hunt, 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 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.
Pride and Prejudice
as Mary Bennet
Johnny Got His Gun
as Joe's Mother
Hollywood Boulevard
as Patricia Blakeford
Flight Command
as Claire
Thunder Trail
as Amy Morgan
The Valley of Decision
as Constance Scott
The Plunderers
as Kate Miller
Irene
as Miss Eleanor Worth
Blossoms in the Dust
as Charlotte
Easy Living
as Girl Getting Coat Dropped on Her at Finale (uncredited)
Easy to Take
as Donna Westlake
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
These Glamour Girls
as Betty Ainsbridge
The Happy Time
as Susan Bonnard
Unholy Partners
as Gail Fenton
Panama Hattie
as Leila Tree
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
Hell Town
as Judy Rustoe
Pilot #5
as Freddie Andrews
Jigsaw
as Mrs. Hartley's Secretary (uncredited)
The Affairs of Martha
as Martha Lindstrom
Cry 'Havoc'
as Flo Norris
Raw Deal
as Ann Martin
Blue Denim
as Jessie Bartley
Annapolis Salute
as Julia Clemens
Come On, Leathernecks!
as Valerie Taylor
Bombers B-52
as Edith Brennan
Take One False Step
as Martha Wier
Bride by Mistake
as Sylvia Lockwood
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
as Barbara Braun
Lost Angel
as Katie Mallory
The Long Shot
as Martha Sharon
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
Terror Among Us
as Marge
Cheers for Miss Bishop
as Hope Thompson
The Accusing Finger
as Claire Patterson
The Penalty
as Katherine Logan
Mary Ryan, Detective
as Mary Ryan
The Trial of Mary Dugan
as Agatha Hall
Jigsaw
as Dr. Gehlen
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Kitty Crusper
The Inside Story
as Francine Taylor
Joe Smith, American
as Mary Smith
Born to the West
as Judy Worstall
Empire State Building Murders
as Norah Strinberg
Thousands Cheer
as Marsha Hunt
No Place to Hide
as Anne Dobson
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
as Herself
Carnegie Hall
as Nora Ryan
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
as Martha Gray
The Human Comedy
as Diana Steed
The Hardys Ride High
as Susan Bowen
Seven Sweethearts
as Regina 'Reggie' Van Maaster
Dalton Trumbo: Rebel in Hollywood
as Herself
A Letter for Evie
as Evie O'Connor
Fear No Evil
as Mrs. Varney
None Shall Escape
as Marja Pacierkowski
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
as Self
Star Reporter
as Barbara Burnette
Winter Carnival
as Lucy Morgan
Actors and Sin
as Marcia Tillayou (segment Actor's Blood)
Desert Gold
as Judith 'Judy' Belding
Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission
as Self
The Arizona Raiders
as Harriett Lindsay
Murder Goes to College
as Nora Barry
College Holiday
as Sylvia Smith
Back from the Dead
as Kate Hazelton
She Loves Me Not
as Midge Mercer
Kid Glove Killer
as Jane Mitchell
The Virginia Judge
as Mary Lee Calvert
Diplomatic Passport
as Judy Anderson
Music for Millions
as Rosalind
Gentle Julia
as Julia Atwater
Women in Hiding
as Jane Taylor
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
as Herself (uncredited)
With This Ring
as Elise Miller John
Chloe's Prayer
I'll Wait for You
as Pauline Miller
A Word to the Wives...
as Alice
The Grand Inquisitor
as Hazel Reedy