
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.

Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission

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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

Lost Angel

The Outer Limits

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

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The Valley of Decision

Run for Your Life

Breaking Point

Matlock

Easy Living

Unholy Partners

Women in Hiding

Diplomatic Passport

Pride and Prejudice

Police Story

I'll Wait for You

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The Name of the Game

The Penalty

A Letter for Evie

Fear No Evil

Raw Deal

Gunsmoke

Blossoms in the Dust

Laramie

The Inside Story

My Three Sons

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Thousands Cheer

None Shall Escape

Cry 'Havoc'

The Happy Time

Your Show of Shows

The Philco Television Playhouse

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

The Human Comedy

The Plunderers

The Affairs of Martha

Joe Smith, American

Kid Glove Killer

The Detectives

Bride by Mistake

Seven Sweethearts

Irene

The Grand Inquisitor

Music for Millions

Annapolis Salute

With This Ring

Thunder Trail

Winter Carnival

Twenty Years After

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

The Play on One

Sam Benedict

The Defenders

Pilot #5

The Long Shot

The Hardys Ride High

Flight Command

Bombers B-52

Ben Casey

Cheers for Miss Bishop

Ellery Queen, Master Detective

These Glamour Girls

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

Desert Gold

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Take One False Step

Actors and Sin

Carnegie Hall

College Holiday

The Outsider

The Arizona Raiders

The Trial of Mary Dugan

Come On, Leathernecks!

Studio One

Accidental Family

Back from the Dead

Mary Ryan, Detective

Blue Denim

Jigsaw

Terror Among Us

The Accusing Finger

Cain's Hundred

Born to the West

Harry O

Panama Hattie

Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga

Star Reporter

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Murder Goes to College

Hollywood Boulevard

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

A Word to the Wives...

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Jigsaw

The Virginia Judge

Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity

Easy to Take

Chloe's Prayer

Gentle Julia

She Loves Me Not

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