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Kim Hunter was an American actress who won an Oscar for her role in A Streetcar Named Desire. She also played Zira in Planet of the Apes and appeared in many other films, TV shows and soap operas.
Kim Hunter. Actress: A Streetcar Named Desire. Her father, Donald Cole, was a consulting engineer, and died in 1926 when Kim was only three years old. Her mother, Grace Lind, once performed as a concert pianist.
- January 1, 1
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- January 1, 1
- New York City, New York, USA
Actress: A Streetcar Named Desire. Her father, Donald Cole, was a consulting engineer, and died in 1926 when Kim was only three years old. Her mother, Grace Lind, once performed as a concert pianist. She had one brother who was eight years older than she, and she was educated at Miami Beach High.
- November 12, 1922
- September 11, 2002
Sep 11, 2002 · Kim Hunter, who played Stella in "A Streetcar Named Desire" and Dr. Zira in "Planet of the Apes", died of a heart attack in 2002. She was blacklisted in the 1950s and struggled to find film roles after that.
Sep 7, 2024 · Kim Hunter was an American actress of stage, screen, and television who was perhaps best known for her portrayals of two extremely varied roles: Stella Kowalski in the stage (1947) and film (1951) versions of A Streetcar Named Desire and the sympathetic chimpanzee psychiatrist Dr. Zira in three.
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Sep 12, 2002 · Kim Hunter, the Oscar-winning actress at whom Marlon Brando bellowed ”Stella!” in ”A Streetcar Named Desire,” and whose mate was the similarly simian Roddy McDowall in three ”Planet of...