Marsha Hunt, a veteran actress of the Golden Age of film, radio and Broadway who later saw her career wither over her protests against the infamous House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), died of natural causes on Sept.
7 in Los Angeles.Her caregivers, nephew, actor/director Allan Hunt and Elizabeth Lauritsen, confirmed her death.Hunt starred in more than 60 films for Paramount, MGM and Republic, starting her career in 1935.
She also appeared in more than 30 staged productions, including six on Broadway.In television’s early days, Hunt appeared as Viola in Twelfth Night, the first Shakespeare play to be aired coast to coast.
She hosted and guest starred twice on Your Show Of Shows, featuring Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, and Carl Reiner. Numerable live and recorded guest appearances followed through the decades.But her name appeared in Red Channels, an anti-communist pamphlet that was said to wield considerable influence over TV and film studios.Red Channels accused Hunt’s membership in the Committee for the First Amendment, which included Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
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