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Marsha Hunt
Marsha Hunt
Birth: 17 October 1917
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Death: 7 September 2022
Los Angeles, California, USA
Age: 104 years, 325 days
Country: United StatesUSA
Centenarian

Marsha Hunt (born Marcia Virginia Hunt; 17 October 1917 – 7 September 2022) was an American centenarian, actress, model, and activist, with a career spanning over 79 years. She was the oldest living and one of the last surviving actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema at the time of her death.

Biography[]

Marsha Hunt was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA on 17 October 1917, the younger of two daughters. Her parents were Earl Hunt, a lawyer and later a Social Security Administrator, and Minabel Hunt, a vocal teacher and organist. Her elder sister, Marjorie, a teacher, died in 2002. Marcia later changed the spelling of her first name to Marsha.

Career[]

She appeared in many popular films including Born to the West (1937), Pride and Prejudice (1940), Kid Glove Killer (1942), Cry 'Havoc' (1943), The Human Comedy (1943), Raw Deal (1948), The Happy Time (1952), and Johnny Got His Gun (1971).

Personal life[]

Hunt married Jerry "Jay" Hopper, assistant head of the editing department at Paramount and later a director, on 23 November 1938. They divorced in 1943.

Hunt married her second husband, screenwriter and radio director Robert Presnell Jr. on 10 February 1946.

Hunt was pregnant and very sick while filming Carnegie Hall. Her only biological child, a premature daughter, was born on 1 July 1947, and died the next day. She and her second husband later became foster parents. They remained together until his death on 14 June 1986, at the age of 71.

In 1946, she moved to Sherman Oaks, California.

Hunt died on 7 September 2022 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA, 6 weeks before her 105th birthday.

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