Marsha Hunt (born October 17, 1917) American film actress and activist. She was notably blacklisted by Hollywood movie studio executives in the 1950s during the McCarthy Era.

During her career, she appeared in many notable films including: Born to the West (1937), Pride and Prejudice (1940), Kid Glove Killer (1942), Cry "Havoc" (1943), Raw Deal (1948), The Happy Time (1952) and in Johnny Got His Gun (1971).

In her later years, Hunt became more active in progressive causes such as supporting same-sex marriage, ending global poverty, rising the awareness of climate change and promoting peace in Third world countries.

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October 18, 2018 5:20 AM

Yay Marsha! I've had my fingers crossed for her. A class act.

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October 17, 2017 6:42 AM

I forgot she was in Raw Deal, a great noir movie.

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October 17, 2017 7:00 AM

Yes, it is so damn good. With an early terrifying Raymond Burr. Did you notice that the Claire Trevor narration is unusual, in that it's like a continuous-present tense? And a theremin used in the score. Anthony Mann is one of my favorite directors.

Marsha was delightful in Pride and Prejudice, as the goofy "Bluestocking."

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October 17, 2017 7:07 AM

Anyone who speaks in 'continuous-present tense' to talk about events in THE PAST must be illiterate or stupid.

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October 17, 2017 8:20 AM

That interview was interesting. Appreciate the post, OP.

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October 17, 2017 9:04 AM

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with Marsha at the home of a fabulous eldersister in North Hollywood in 1999

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October 17, 2017 9:19 AM

Blah blah blah delusion delusion blah.

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October 17, 2017 9:45 AM

Actually it was two married eldersisters, they were friends of Marsha. That was back when things were nice and we were happy and living on the marina peninsula

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October 17, 2017 11:33 AM

She must be the only survivor of that famous shot of all the MGM stars at the studio's 25th anniversary, even if she's seated far in the back and on the side.

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October 17, 2017 11:43 AM

Or was it the 20th anniversary?

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October 17, 2017 11:43 AM

After Mickey Rooney passed about 3 years ago, Marsha Hunt is the last surviving s*t*a*r* from this group photo of M.G.M. players from 1943. Even (then) little Butch Jenkins died back in '01. Since this was 1943 it was just a couple of years before M.G.M. signed a handful of child actors to their rosters otherwise a few who are still living would also have been present (Margaret O'Brien, Jane Powell, Claude Jarman Jr).

Hunt btw is in the 3rd row, 3rd from left wearing the pink colored blouse. Looks like she is sitting between Fay Bainter & Ruth Hussey. That 's definitely Van Johnson on the very left (same row) & Marjorie Main next to Hussey.

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October 17, 2017 3:58 PM

Hunt in the noir classic RAW DEAL.

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October 17, 2017 4:09 PM

Hunt as Natalie Wood' mother with Efrem Zimbalist Jr in the 1956 film BOMBERS B-52

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October 17, 2017 4:10 PM

So young, but not by much.

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October 17, 2017 4:16 PM

R13, I would have liked to have had that photo for my collection. I have a lot of old Hollywood stills of hard faced dolls holding gats. I have a number of Joan Crawford stills, a few silent film stills, one is a lobby card of Jeanette Loff holding a revolver on Rod La Roque from "Love Over Night", and I was lucky to get one of Phyllis Haver in "Chicago" lying on the floor holding a gun. But I've stopped collecting now.

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October 17, 2017 4:58 PM

[quote] But I've stopped collecting now.

Why?

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October 17, 2017 5:04 PM

R18, I got older, don't have as much money, and Ebay is now filled with more modern reprints than authentic period material. I may upload the collection someday and if I do I'll start a thread here on it. I began by buying stills from old noir and Warner Bros. crime movies and looking through them one day I realized that I had an awful lot of ladies with gats. Whenever I watch an old crime film and I see the leading lady towards the end of the movie putting on her mink coat and hat I think "uh oh, she's putting on her hunting gear".

The image is of course Bette Davis in "Deception", unfortunately not one that's in my collection.

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October 17, 2017 5:30 PM

Only Kate Hepburn could make white socks with dark sandals and neutral slacks fashionable.

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October 17, 2017 5:36 PM

Thanks for the thorough explanation, R19.

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October 17, 2017 5:42 PM

I went to google to find the uncropped version of the famous MGM anniversary photo and what popped up near the top of the search results was an entire DL thread about it:

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October 17, 2017 7:51 PM

She was everybody's favorite onscreen sister.

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October 17, 2017 8:27 PM

[quote] She was everybody's favorite onscreen sister.

Stinkfish.

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October 17, 2017 8:52 PM

Now she's 101 today.

Is it too late for her to become A- list?

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October 18, 2018 5:02 AM