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Linda Hunt

1945 - Today

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Linda Hunt (born Lydia Susanna Hunt; April 2, 1945) is an American actress. She made her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye (1980). Her portrayal of the male character Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first person to win an Oscar for portraying a character of the opposite sex. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Linda Hunt is the 575th most popular actor (down from 465th in 2019), the 1,214th most popular biography from United States (down from 836th in 2019) and the 298th most popular American Actor.

Linda Hunt is most famous for playing the role of a male character in the movie "The Year of Living Dangerously" (1982).

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Linda Hunt ranks 575 out of 13,578. Before her are Pamela Anderson, Carroll O'Connor, Charles Laughton, Sylva Koscina, Lee Strasberg, and Cillian Murphy. After her are Emmy Göring, Bette Midler, Wentworth Miller, Kirstie Alley, Stephen Graham, and Natalie Portman.

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Among people born in 1945, Linda Hunt ranks 70. Before her are Anton Zeilinger, Christoph Schönborn, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Carmen Maura, Bryan Ferry, and Piero Ferrari. After her are Bette Midler, Laurent Gbagbo, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Itzhak Perlman, Nikita Mikhalkov, and Massimo Moratti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Linda Hunt ranks 1,214 out of 20,380. Before her are Shawn Michaels (1965), Ted Kennedy (1932), Robert Solow (1924), Carroll O'Connor (1924), Marco Rubio (1971), and Robert Venturi (1925). After her are Gerald Edelman (1929), Mark Milley (1958), Paul Lauterbur (1929), John Tate (1925), Bette Midler (1945), and Kirstie Alley (1951).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Linda Hunt ranks 298. Before her are Richard Dreyfuss (1947), Dennis Quaid (1954), Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (1918), Jennifer Connelly (1970), James Gandolfini (1961), and Carroll O'Connor (1924). After her are Bette Midler (1945), Kirstie Alley (1951), Phoebe Cates (1963), J. K. Simmons (1955), Matthew McConaughey (1969), and R. Lee Ermey (1944).

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