Marsha Hunt, a famous actress, model and activist, died on September 6 at the age of 104. She died of natural causes at her home in Sherman Oaks, where she lived since 1946. She is known for her roles in films such as Born to be Wild, Pride and Prejudice, Kid Glove Killer, Cry ‘Havoc’ and others. Details of her funeral will be announced soon.
“I wanted to get away from it, not to look back. But now I think it’s important for young people to know, understand the grip of hysteria and paranoia that has paralyzed our society and protect themselves from it happening again.” — Marsha Hunt, 1997 #REST IN PEACE pic.twitter.com/WaA8dvH7eI
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Marsha Hunt’s Journey in the Entertainment World
Marsha Hunt was initially reluctant to appear in the movies. However, she signed with Paramount Pictures in June 1935, when she was 17 years old. From 1935 to 1938, she starred in 12 Paramount films, including Easy to Take, Gentle Julia, The Accusing Finger, Murder Goes to College, and others. She acted in several films made by Republic Pictures and Monogram Pictures after her contract was canceled in 1938. She later appeared in films such as Charming Girls, Pride and Prejudice and Congratulations to Ms. Bishop as a supporting actress.
Marsha Hunt then signed with MGM in 1941 and appeared in six of their pictures over the next six years. She has appeared in 21 films, the most famous of which are The Penalty, Panama Hattie, Pilot No. 5, None Shall Escape and other movies. Marsha was selected to join the Screen Actors Guild’s board of directors in 1945. Due to the activities of the Non-American Activity Committee in the House of Representatives, she and her husband, Robert Presnell Jr., joined the First Amendment Committee in 1947.
She traveled to Washington with 30 other Hollywood celebrities to protest HUAC’s activities. However, she was ordered to stop working if she wanted to work in the film industry. In 1950, she was included in a list of 151 actors, playwrights and directors considered potential communists or communist sympathizers in the anti-communist magazine Crveni kanali.
Marsha Hunt began appearing primarily on television and in several films after the release of Red Channels. She said the filmmakers thought she and others couldn’t be hired, and blamed producer Richard J. Collins for blacklisting her. However, she reappeared in 1957 and appeared in six films. In 1960, she announced her retirement.
Breaking Point, My Three Sons, Gunsmoke and Star Trek: The Next Generation are the series in which Hunt appeared. She has also starred in films such as Johnny Got His Gun, Chloe’s Prayer, The Grand Inquisitor and others. In 1933, she published The Way We Were: Styles of the 1930s and 1940s and Our World Since.
Other jobs
Marsha founded the San Fernando Valley Mayor’s Homeless Fund in 1960 and produced an hour-long program on refugee issues. She is also a member of the San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center Advisory Board. Marsha Hunt was first married to Jerry “Jay” Hopper, but they divorced in 1943. She later married Robert Presnell Jr. in February 1946. Hunt gave birth to a daughter in July 1947, but the girl died the next day. Marsha and Robert were married until Robert’s death in June 1986.
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