Marsha Hunt (actress)

Marsha Virginia Hunt (born October 17, 1917) is a retired American film, theatre and television actress who was blacklisted by Hollywood movie studio executives in the 1950s.

Early life

Born Marcia Virginia Hunt, on October 17, 1917, in Chicago, Illinois, she later changed the spelling of her first name to Marsha. She was the younger of two girls born to Earl Hunt, who worked as a lawyer, and later, a Social Security Administrator. Minabel Hunt, her mother, worked as a vocal teacher and organist.

Hunt's family moved to New York City when she was young. Hunt began acting early, performing in school plays and church functions. She graduated from the Horace Mann High School for Girls in 1934, at only 16.

After graduation, Hunt's parents wanted to her to pursue a college degree, but Hunt, unable to "locate a single college or university in the land where you could major in drama before your third year", instead found work modeling for the John Powers Agency and began taking acting classes at the Theodora Irvine Studio for the theatre.