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Marsha Hunt

1917 - 2022

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Marsha Hunt (born Marcia Virginia Hunt; October 17, 1917 – September 7, 2022) was an American actress with a career spanning nearly 80 years. She was blacklisted by Hollywood film studio executives in the 1950s during McCarthyism. She appeared in many films, including Born to the West (1937) with John Wayne, Pride and Prejudice (1940) with Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier, Kid Glove Killer (1942) with Van Heflin, Cry 'Havoc' (1943) with Margaret Sullavan and Joan Blondell, The Human Comedy (1943) with Mickey Rooney, Raw Deal (1948) with Claire Trevor, The Happy Time (1952) with Charles Boyer, and Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun (1971). In the midst of the blacklist era, she became active in the humanitarian cause of world hunger and in her later years aided homeless shelters, supported same-sex marriage, raised awareness of climate change, and promoted peace in Third World countries. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marsha Hunt is the 222nd most popular actor (up from 2,258th in 2019), the 512th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,622nd in 2019) and the 114th most popular American Actor.

Marsha Hunt is most famous for her career as an American actress, singer, and model. She appeared in several notable films and television shows, and her activism in the civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s and 1970s also garnered significant attention.

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Among actors, Marsha Hunt ranks 222 out of 13,578. Before her are Gene Kelly, Melina Mercouri, Maximilian Schell, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Lange, and John Lithgow. After her are Christopher Walken, Gary Oldman, Claude Rains, Nicole Kidman, James Hong, and Robert Taylor.

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Among people born in 1917, Marsha Hunt ranks 14. Before her are Rodney Robert Porter, Ilya Prigogine, Frederica of Hanover, James Rainwater, Christian de Duve, and Ella Fitzgerald. After her are John Kendrew, Dean Martin, Eric Hobsbawm, Herbert A. Hauptman, I. M. Pei, and Robert Mitchum. Among people deceased in 2022, Marsha Hunt ranks 24. Before her are Mahsa Amini, Vivienne Westwood, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Olivia Newton-John, Sidney Poitier, and Madeleine Albright. After her are Angelo Sodano, Monica Vitti, José Eduardo dos Santos, Fidel Ramos, Kane Tanaka, and Antonio Inoki.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marsha Hunt ranks 512 out of 20,380. Before her are William Howard Stein (1911), Billie Holiday (1915), Jack Kerouac (1922), Jessica Lange (1949), Katherine Johnson (1918), and John Lithgow (1945). After her are Ice Cube (1969), Christopher Walken (1943), Nicole Kidman (1967), J. P. Morgan (1837), James Hong (1929), and Robert Taylor (1911).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Marsha Hunt ranks 114. Before her are John Saxon (1935), Fred Astaire (1899), Eddie Fisher (1928), Gene Kelly (1912), Jessica Lange (1949), and John Lithgow (1945). After her are Christopher Walken (1943), Nicole Kidman (1967), James Hong (1929), Robert Taylor (1911), Romina Power (1951), and Louis Gossett Jr. (1936).

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