- For the African American singer and novelist, see Marsha Hunt (singer and novelist)
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| Born | Marcia Virginia Hunt October 17, 1917 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Jerry Hopper (1938-1943) Robert Presnell Jr. Marsha Hunt (born April 15, 1946) is an African American model, Singer, Novelist and actress. Cry 'Havoc ( 1943) is a dramatic film produced by MGM and directed by Richard Thorpe. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the (1946-1986) |
Marsha Hunt (born Marcia Virginia Hunt October 17, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American film, theater, and television actress who was blacklisted by Hollywood movie studio executives in the 1950s. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works "Hollywood Ten" redirects here For the 1950 short documentary film see The Hollywood Ten. A movie studio (aka film studio) is in the established sense of the term a company that distributes films. Corporate titles are titles conferred on individuals as a means of identifying their function in the Organization.
Career
With big, bright eyes, standing five-foot-six, and always very slender, Hunt was considered very attractive in her early career. She attended the Theodore Irving School of Dramatics during her high school years. She was also a very good singer, and was a model, before Paramount Pictures signed her to a contract in 1934. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. At just 18 years of age she made her film debut in The Virginia Judge.
In 1938 she married film director Jerry Hopper; they were divorced in 1943. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Three years later, in 1946, she married television and film writer Robert Presnell Jr. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms , which lasted until his death in June of 1986. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar)
During the late 1930s and into the 1940s she signed a number of petitions promoting liberal ideals. A petition is a request to change some thing most commonly made to a government official or public entity She was also a member of the Committee for the First Amendment. The Committee for the First Amendment was an action group formed in September 1947 by actors in support of the Hollywood Ten during the hearings of the House Un-American Because of this association her name appeared in the pamphlet Red Channels. Red Channels The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television is an anti-Communist tract published in the United States at the height of the Red Scare. And although she and her husband, Robert Presnell, were never called before the House Un-American Activities Commission (HUAC), like Charlie Chaplin, their names were put on the blacklist, and they found it extremely difficult to find work. The House Committee on Un-American Activities ( HUAC or HCUA 1938–1975 was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. On October 27, 1947, she flew with a group of about 30 actors, directors, writers, and filmmakers (including John Huston, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Danny Kaye), to Washington D.C. to protest the actions of Congress. Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Marcellus Huston ( August 5 1906 &ndash August 28 1987) was an American Film director and Actor. Danny Kaye ( January 18, 1913 – March 3, 1987) was an American award-winning Actor, Singer and Comedian Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses When she returned to Hollywood three days later, things had changed. She was asked to denounce her activities if she wanted to find more work, but she refused. For her, the issue here was not Communism, but freedom of speech, privacy of opinion, freedom of advocacy, and freedom of democracy. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based She did keep working until the publication of Red Channels, but afterwards it became very hard.
She had worked steadily from 1935 until 1949, appearing in 52 films. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. After being blacklisted, she appeared in only three films in the next eight years. In 1957 she started getting more work, appearing in six films the next three years, at which time she semi-retired in 1960. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Since then she has appeared only in small roles in five films and numerous television shows. Presnell would only be credited for one film from 1948 to 1955. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar)
In 1971 she would appear in a movie written by fellow blacklist member, Dalton Trumbo (whom Kirk Douglas had gotten back on the screen with Spartacus), in the movie Johnny Got His Gun, playing the mother of Timothy Bottoms. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Dalton Trumbo ( December 9, 1905 &ndash September 10, 1976) was an American Screenwriter and Novelist, Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, Johnny Got His Gun is an English language Antiwar novel written in 1938 (published 1939 by American novelist and Screenwriter Timothy James Bottoms (born August 30, 1951) is an American Actor and producer
Since 1980 she has been the honorary mayor of Sherman Oaks, California. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Sherman Oaks is an 81-square-mile district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles California. Hunt is still very liberal, and is very concerned with such issues as global pollution, worldwide poverty, peace in third world nations, and population growth.
Hunt plays Elizabeth Lyons in a 2005 movie, Chloe's Prayer. The year 2005 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Devil's Rejects, Cheaper
As of 2007, Marsha Hunt has served for many years and continues to serve on the Advisory Board of Directors for the San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center, a large non-profit in the San Fernando Valley where she continues to advocate for adults and children affected by homelessness and mental illness.
In January of 2008 Hunt will be appearing in a film noir, "The Grand Inquisitor", as the could-be widow of one of America's most famous unapprehended serial killers. The film premiers at the 6th annual Noir City Film Festival in San Francisco.
Select filmography
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Hunt also made guest appearances in TV series such as Matlock and Murder, She Wrote. Events Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM The year 1936 in film involved some significant events Events Nov 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon College Holiday is a 1936 Paramount comedy with a plot elements related to eugenics Born to the West (reissue title Hell Town) is a 1937 film starring John Wayne. The year 1937 in film involved some significant events Events April 16 - Way Out West premieres in These Glamour Girls is a 1939 comedy-drama film directed by S The year 1939 in film involved some significant events Events Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as "the The year 1940 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Walt Disney 's animated Film Jane Austen 's novel Pride and Prejudice ( 1813) has been the subject of numerous television and film adaptations. "I'll Wait for You" is a single by American country music artist Joe Nichols. The year 1941 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time Blossoms in the Dust is a 1941 film which tells the story of Edna Gladney who takes it upon herself to help orphaned children to find homes despite the opposition The year 1941 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time Unholy Partners ( 1941) is a Black-and-white film starring Edward G The Affairs of Martha is a 1942 film directed by Jules Dassin. The year 1942 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time Panama Hattie is a theater musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and book by Herbert Fields and B The year 1943 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U Lost Angel is a 1943 film starring Margaret O'Brien as a little orphan girl raised by professors to be a genius None Shall Escape is a 1944 War film. Even though the film was made during World War II, the setting is a post war Nuremberg The year 1944 in film involved some significant events Events July 20 - Since You Went Away is released For the Edith Wharton short story see The Valley of Decision The Valley of Decision ( 1945) is a film set in Pittsburgh The year 1945 in film involved some significant events Events Paramount Studios releases theatrical short Cartoon A Letter for Evie is a 1946 film directed by Jules Dassin. Cast Marsha Hunt - Evie O'Connor The year 1946 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1947 in film involved some significant events Events May 22 - Great Expectations is premiered in New York Smash-Up the Story of a Woman is a 1947 film which tells the story of a nightclub singer who marries a rising singer and falls into Alcoholism when she The year 1949 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The Happy Time is a 1952 movie directed by the award-winning director Richard Fleischer. The year 1952 in film involved some significant events Events January 10 - Cecil B A Word to the Wives is a 1955 sponsored Comedy film about two women one of whom wants a new kitchen and decides to trick her husband with The year 1955 in film involved some significant events Events November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls The year 1956 in film involved some significant events Events August 4 - The last film serial Blazing the Overland Back from the Dead is a 1997 (see 1997 in music) Album by American Death metal band Obituary. The year 1957 in film involved some significant events Events October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock Matlock was a long-running American Television Legal drama. The show ran from September 23, 1986 to May Murder She Wrote is a television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher.
External links
- Marsha Hunt (actress) at the Internet Movie Database
- Interview with Glen Lovell for 50 YEARS: SAG REMEMBERS THE BLACKLIST
- Interview with Elizabeth Farnsworth on PBS's "Newshour" about Blacklisting
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