Marsha Hunt

Actor Oct 17 (died age 104) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1935–2021 (86 year career)

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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 pic…

Known For

Film

Johnny Got His Gun

Joe's Mother

Film

Pride and Prejudice

Mary Bennet

Film

Raw Deal

Ann Martin

Film

Easy Living

Girl Getting Coat Dropped on Her at Finale (uncredited)

Film

The Valley of Decision

Constance Scott

Film

Blossoms in the Dust

Charlotte

Film

The Human Comedy

Diana Steed

Film

None Shall Escape

Marja Pacierkowski

Filmography

Acting (114)

Movies (80)

Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission

2021

as Self

9.0

Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity

2015

as Self

The Grand Inquisitor

2008

as Hazel Reedy

6.0

Empire State Building Murders

2008

as Norah Strinberg

Dalton Trumbo: Rebel in Hollywood

2006

as Herself

Chloe's Prayer

2006

Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial

1996

as Herself

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

1988

as Self (archive footage)

Terror Among Us

as Marge

Jigsaw

as Dr. Gehlen

Johnny Got His Gun

as Joe's Mother

Fear No Evil

as Mrs. Varney

The Plunderers

as Kate Miller

Blue Denim

as Jessie Bartley

Back from the Dead

as Kate Hazelton

Bombers B-52

as Edith Brennan

No Place to Hide

as Anne Dobson

A Word to the Wives...

as Alice

Diplomatic Passport

as Judy Anderson

With This Ring

as Elise Miller John

Actors and Sin

as Marcia Tillayou (segment Actor's Blood)

The Happy Time

as Susan Bonnard

Jigsaw

as Mrs. Hartley's Secretary (uncredited)

Take One False Step

as Martha Wier

Mary Ryan, Detective

as Mary Ryan

She Loves Me Not

as Midge Mercer

The Inside Story

as Francine Taylor

Raw Deal

as Ann Martin

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

as Martha Gray

Carnegie Hall

as Nora Ryan

A Letter for Evie

as Evie O'Connor

The Valley of Decision

as Constance Scott

Bride by Mistake

as Sylvia Lockwood

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

None Shall Escape

as Marja Pacierkowski

Music for Millions

as Rosalind

Cry 'Havoc'

as Flo Norris

Thousands Cheer

as Marsha Hunt

The Human Comedy

as Diana Steed

Lost Angel

as Katie Mallory

Pilot #5

as Freddie Andrews

Panama Hattie

as Leila Tree

Seven Sweethearts

as Regina 'Reggie' Van Maaster

Kid Glove Killer

as Jane Mitchell

Joe Smith, American

as Mary Smith

The Affairs of Martha

as Martha Lindstrom

Unholy Partners

as Gail Fenton

Blossoms in the Dust

as Charlotte

Cheers for Miss Bishop

as Hope Thompson

I'll Wait for You

as Pauline Miller

The Penalty

as Katherine Logan

The Trial of Mary Dugan

as Agatha Hall

Women in Hiding

as Jane Taylor

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

1940

as Self

5.5

Irene

1940

as Miss Eleanor Worth

Pride and Prejudice

as Mary Bennet

Flight Command

as Claire

Ellery Queen, Master Detective

1940

as Barbara Braun

5.5

Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga

1939

as Herself (uncredited)

The Hardys Ride High

as Susan Bowen

Star Reporter

as Barbara Burnette

Winter Carnival

as Lucy Morgan

The Long Shot

as Martha Sharon

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

as Kitty Crusper

These Glamour Girls

as Betty Ainsbridge

Come On, Leathernecks!

as Valerie Taylor

Thunder Trail

as Amy Morgan

Annapolis Salute

as Julia Clemens

Easy Living

as Girl Getting Coat Dropped on Her at Finale (uncredited)

7.1

Born to the West

1937

as Judy Worstall

4.6

Murder Goes to College

1937

as Nora Barry

3.0

Hell Town

1937

as Judy Rustoe

College Holiday

1936

as Sylvia Smith

5.2

Easy to Take

1936

as Donna Westlake

Desert Gold

1936

as Judith 'Judy' Belding

The Accusing Finger

as Claire Patterson

Hollywood Boulevard

as Patricia Blakeford

2.7

Gentle Julia

1936

as Julia Atwater

The Arizona Raiders

1936

as Harriett Lindsay

5.0

The Virginia Judge

1935

as Mary Lee Calvert

Television (34)

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

as Self

The Play on One

as Elvi Rogers

Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Anne Jameson

Matlock

as Harriet

Murder, She Wrote

as Elvira Tree

Harry O

Police Story

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Mrs. Bellows

The Name of the Game

as Claudia Loring

The Outsider

Ironside

as Sissy Cardwell

Accidental Family

Run for Your Life

as Mrs. Southworth

Profiles in Courage

as Mrs. Ely

The Outer Limits

as Francesca Fields

Breaking Point

Sam Benedict

as Cora Wilcox

The Defenders

as Della Martin

Ben Casey

Cain's Hundred

as Gloria Bonner

My Three Sons

as Aunt Cecile Blackman

The Twilight Zone

as Mrs. Henderson

Laramie

The Detectives

Peck's Bad Girl

as Jennifer Peck

Panic!

1957

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Claire Andrews

6.0

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Blanche Herbert

Gunsmoke

as Sarah

The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Mary

Climax!

as Ann Williams

Your Show of Shows

The Philco Television Playhouse

as Viola

Studio One

as Janet Willson