GME Notes the Recent Passing of Actress, Model and Activist Marsha Hunt at 94
/American actress, model, and activist, with a career spanning nearly 80 years, Marsha Hunt appeared in many films, including BORN TO THE WEST (1937) with John Wayne, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (1940) with Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier, KID GLOVE KILLER (1942) with Van Heflin, CRY 'HAVOC' (1943) with Margaret Sullavan and Joan Blondell, THE HUMAN COMEDY (1943) with Mickey Rooney, RAW DEAL (1948) with Claire Trevor, THE HAPPY TIME (1952) with Charles Boyer, and Dalton Trumbo's JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN (1971). She was blacklisted by Hollywood film studio executives in the 1950s during McCarthyism and subsequently became active in the humanitarian cause of world hunger. In her later years she aided homeless shelters, supported same-sex marriage, raised awareness of climate change, and promoted peace in Third World countries.
Marsha Hunt graduated from the Horace Mann High School for Girls in 1934 at age 16, a year before a talent scout spotted her in a school production that led to her career in show business. Gartenberg Media, as part of our work with independent schools, is currently developing the Horace Mann Archives.