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      • Hunt, who appeared in more than 100 movies and TV shows, died Wednesday at her home in Sherman Oaks, California, said Roger Memos, the writer-director of the 2015 documentary “Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity.”
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  2. Sep 10, 2022 · Hunt, who appeared in more than 100 movies and TV shows, died Wednesday at her home in Sherman Oaks, California, said Roger Memos, the writer-director of the 2015 documentary “Marsha Hunt’s...

  3. Sep 10, 2022 · It never happened. In the aftermath of the blacklist, however, she began working frequently on television, appearing on “The Twilight Zone,” “Gunsmoke,” “Ben Casey” and other shows.

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  4. Sep 10, 2022 · Hunt, who appeared in more than 100 movies and TV shows, died Wednesday at her home in Sherman Oaks, California, said Roger Memos, the writer-director of the 2015 documentary "Marsha Hunt's...

  5. Sep 11, 2022 · Marsha Hunt appeared in more than 50 films before being accused of communist sympathies, short-circuiting her career. Hunt died last week at 104.

    • Early Career and Blacklisting
    • Later Work
    • Hunt on McCarthyism

    Hunt got her start as a model, and by the mid-1930s, she had begun her film career. As her career advanced, she became known as “Hollywood’s Youngest Character Actress” for the wide variety of roles she played. Hunt’s many movies included “Pride and Prejudice” (1940), “Blossoms in the Dust,” and “The Human Comedy.” As McCarthyism began to grip Holl...

    Thought film work was sparse for Hunt after her blacklisting, she found she was able to work on stage and sometimes in television. In the 1950s and ‘60s, she starred on TV’s “Peck’s Bad Girl” and made appearances on shows including “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Gunsmoke,” “The Twilight Zone,” and “My Three Sons.” In 1971, Hunt returned to the big s...

    “Reds were suddenly becoming the dirtiest word in our lexicon. You could be a rapist. Oh well. But don’t be a communist. It was the worst name you could give any American.” —from a 2015 interview for Ms. In the Biz

  6. Sep 9, 2022 · Marsha Hunt, Actress Blacklisted in Hollywood, Dies at 104. She was a star at Paramount and MGM before making a trip to Washington to protest the House Un-American Activities Committee.

  7. Sep 10, 2022 · Marsha Hunt, a Golden Age star of film, radio and Broadway who later protested against the infamous House Un-American Activities Committee, has died.

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