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Kim Hunter is a Actor American born on 12 november 1922 at Detroit (USA)

Kim Hunter

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Birth name Janet Cole
Nationality USA
Birth 12 november 1922 at Detroit (USA)
Death 11 september 2002 (at 79 years) at New York City (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Kim Hunter (November 12, 1922 – September 11, 2002) was an American film, theatre, and television actress. She won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, each as Best Supporting Actress, for her performance as Stella Kowalski in the 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire. Decades later she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her work on the long-running soap The Edge of Night. She has also portrayed the character of Zira in the first three installments of the original Planet of the Apes (1968-1973).

Biography

Early life
Hunter was born Janet Cole in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Grace Lind, who was trained as a concert pianist, and Donald
Cole, a refrigeration engineer. She attended Miami Beach High School.


Career
Hunter's first film role was in the 1943 film noir, The Seventh Victim. In 1947, she performed in the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire, playing the role of Stella Kowalski. Recreating that role in the 1951 film version, Hunter won both the Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actress. In the interim, however, back in 1948, she had already joined with 'Streetcar' co-stars Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, and 47 others, to become one of the very first members accepted by the newly created Actors Studio.

In 1952, fresh on the heels of her Supporting Actress Oscar, Hunter would become Humphrey Bogart's leading lady in Deadline USA. From Brando to Bogart, both critical and commercial success; it certainly seemed that Hunter's star was on the rise. For Hunter, however, as for so many, such certainties were about to be short-circuited.

Hunter was blacklisted from film and television in the 1950s, amid suspicions of communism in Hollywood, during the McCarthy Era. She still appeared in an episode of CBS's anthology series Appointment with Adventure and NBC's Justice, based on case files of the New York Legal Aid Society.

In 1956, with McCarthyism subsiding, she co-starred in Rod Serling's Peabody Award winning teleplay on Playhouse 90, Requiem for a Heavyweight. The telecast won multiple Emmy Award's, including Best Single Program of the Year. She appeared opposite Mickey Rooney in the 1957 live CBS-TV broadcast of The Comedian, another drama written by Rod Serling and directed by John Frankenheimer. In 1959 she appeared in Rawhide season 1/16 episode Incident of the Misplaced Indians as Amelia Spaulding. In 1962, she appeared in the NBC medical drama The Eleventh Hour in the role of Virginia Hunter in the episode "Of Roses and Nightingales and Other Lovely Things". In 1963, Hunter appeared as Anita Anson on the ABC medical drama Breaking Point in the episode "Crack in an Image". In 1965, she appeared twice as Emily Field in the NBC TV medical series Dr. Kildare. In 1967, she appeared in the pilot episode of Mannix. On Feb. 4th 1968, she appeared as Ada Halle in the NBC TV western series Bonanza in the episode "The Price of Salt".

Her other major film roles include the love interest of David Niven's character in the film A Matter of Life and Death (1946), and Zira, the sympathetic chimpanzee scientist in the 1968 film Planet of the Apes and two sequels. She also appeared in several radio and TV soap operas, most notably as Nola Madison on TV's The Edge of Night, for which she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1980. In 1979 she appeared as First Lady Ellen Axson Wilson in the serial drama Backstairs at the White House.

Hunter starred in the controversial TV movie Born Innocent (1974) playing the mother of Linda Blair's character. She also starred in several episodes of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater during the mid-1970s. In 1971 she appeared in an episode of Cannon. In the same year she starred in a Columbo episode "Suitable for Framing." In 1973, she appeared twice on Lorne Greene's short-lived ABC crime drama Griff, including the episode "The Last Ballad", in which she portrayed Dr. Martha Reed, an abortionist held by police in the death of a patient. In 1974, she appeared on Raymond Burr's Ironside. In 1977, she appeared on the NBC western series The Oregon Trail starring Rod Taylor, in the episode "The Waterhole", which also featured Lonny Chapman.

Although not recognizable because of the costume and make-up, Hunter's most frequently played movie role was that of Dr. Zira in the film Planet of the Apes and its two sequels.

Hunter died of a heart attack in New York City in 2002, nearly two months shy of her 80th birthday.

Best films

Planet of the Apes (1968)
(Actress)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
(Actress)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
(Actress)

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Filmography of Kim Hunter (33 films)

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Actress

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff, 1h26
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Marlene Dietrich, Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Orson Welles, Leslie Caron, Kirk Douglas
Roles Self – Interviewee
Rating76% 3.832483.832483.832483.832483.83248
En 2001, Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) est devenu le premier directeur de la photographie de l'histoire des Oscars à recevoir un Oscar d'honneur. Mais la première fois qu'il a serré la célèbre statuette dans sa main, c'était un demi-siècle plus tôt, lorsque son travail de caméra en Technicolor avait été récompensé pour le Narcisse noir de Powell et Pressburger. Au-delà de The African Queen de John Huston et de War and Peace de King Vidor, les films du duo créatif britannico-hongrois (The Red Shoes et A Matter of Life and Death également) garantissent l'immortalité au célèbre caméraman dont la carrière s'étend sur soixante-dix ans.
A Price Above Rubies, 1h57
Directed by Boaz Yakin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Renée Zellweger, Julianna Margulies, Christopher Eccleston, Allen Payne, Glenn Fitzgerald, Kim Hunter
Roles Rebbitzn
Rating64% 3.244243.244243.244243.244243.24424
The film tells the story of Sonia (Zellweger), a young Brooklyn woman who has just given birth to her first child. She is married, through an arranged marriage, to Mendel (Glenn Fitzgerald), a devout Hasidic Jew who is too immersed in his studies to give his wife the attention she craves. As a result, Sonia develops a relationship with Mendel's brother, the jeweler Sender (Eccleston), who brings her into the business. Sender is the only release for Sonia's repressed sexuality, and he takes full advantage of that fact as often as he can, but she is repelled by his utter lack of morals as she finds balance between what she feels and what she has been taught is "sinful". The jewelery business brings her into close contact with the young Puerto Rican artist and jewelery designer Ramon (Payne), but when Sender finds out about their connection he reveals it to the family, and Sonia is divorced and ostracized. The film ends on a more tolerance-friendly note, with Sonia balancing desire and every day life, and Mendel accepting her differences with a blessing and the promise to restore custody of their son.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, 2h35
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Kevin Spacey, John Cusack, Jack Thompson, Jude Law, Alison Eastwood, Irma P. Hall
Roles Betty Harty
Rating65% 3.29813.29813.29813.29813.2981
This panoramic tale of Savannah's eccentricities focuses on a murder and the subsequent trial of Jim Williams (Kevin Spacey): self-made man, art collector, antiques dealer, bon vivant, and semi-closeted homosexual.
Two Evil Eyes, 2h
Directed by George A. Romero, Dario Argento, Luigi Cozzi
Origin Italie
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about animals, Medical-themed films, Films about cats, Serial killer films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Adrienne Barbeau, E. G. Marshall, Harvey Keitel, Chuck Aber, Madeleine Potter, John Amos
Roles Gloria Pym
Rating60% 3.049673.049673.049673.049673.04967
"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" Jessica Valdemar, an attractive 40-year-old woman, rides in a taxi to the downtown Pittsburgh office of Steven Pike, her elderly husband’s lawyer with some paperwork for Mr. Pike approval. Pike sees that Jessica’s 65-year-old husband named Ernest Valdemar, who is dying from an unnamed terminal illness, is liquidating a number of his assets for cash and suspects Jessica of having undue influence on him. Jessica denies the allegations that she’s any negative influence over her husband, while Pike makes a phone call to the house to talk with Ernest Valdemar, who speaks over the phone in a weak but coherent voice explaining about his decision to let Jessica take control of his money and assets from his personal signature on the written documents that she has. Pike reluctantly agrees to let Jessica have access to the money, but warns her that if anything were to happen to Mr. Valdemar within the next three weeks before the transfer of his estate over to Jessica is finalized, she will be investigated by the authorities.
The Kindred, 1h31
Directed by Stephen Carpenter
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors David Allen Brooks, Amanda Pays, Talia Balsam, Kim Hunter, Rod Steiger, Julia Montgomery
Roles Amanda Hollins
Rating56% 2.8063452.8063452.8063452.8063452.806345
Amanda demande à son fils John avant de mourir que celui-ci se rende à son laboratoire pour détruire toutes les notes sur ses dernières expériences et tout ce qui concerne son "frère" que John n'a jamais connu. Mais le collaborateur d'Amanda ne l'entend pas de cette oreille...
Private Sessions, 1h35
Directed by Michael Pressman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Mike Farrell, Kelly McGillis, Tom Bosley, Maureen Stapleton, Denise Miller, Kathryn Walker
Roles Rosemary O'Reilly
Rating53% 2.6557352.6557352.6557352.6557352.655735
Dr. Joe Braden (Farrell) is a therapist living and working in Manhattan, who also gives advice on the radio. His wife Claire (Walker) has divorced him six months earlier, and he still has not progressed the emotional impact this has had on him. When their teenaged daughter Millie (Tanner) learns that Claire is dating a new man, a goofy writer named Quentin Byrd (Genest), Millie neglects her school work in order to set up her father with a woman. She encourages him to allow his gym buddy Jerry Sharma (Garber) to set him up a blind date with a woman named Tippi (Malick). Even though they both like each other, Joe soon concludes that he is not ready to date again, and cannot keep his mind from Millie. At his work, Joe is eventually bothered by Millie's guidance counselor Susan Prescott (Dowling), whom he agrees to date; announcing that he is finally ready to move on, going even as far as meeting Quentin.
Skokie
Skokie (1981)
, 2h5
Directed by Herbert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Danny Kaye, Eli Wallach, Carl Reiner, George Dzundza, Brian Dennehy, Ed Flanders
Roles Bertha Feldman
Rating71% 3.585473.585473.585473.585473.58547
The peace of Skokie, a comfortable Chicago suburb, is threatened when Frank Collin (George Dzundza), a politically astute neo-Nazi organizer, selects the place as the site of his next rally. Close to 40 percent of the town’s population is Jewish, and many of them are survivors of the Holocaust. They see the march as a warning and reminder of their days as concentration camp prisoners.
Once an Eagle (miniseries), 9h
Directed by E.W. Swackhamer
Origin USA
Actors Sam Elliott, Cliff Potts, Darlene Carr, Darleen Carr, Amy Irving, Glenn Ford
Roles Kitty Damon
Rating79% 3.9807053.9807053.9807053.9807053.980705
Sam Damon (Sam Elliott) is a virile and praiseworthy warrior. Courtney Massengale (Cliff Potts) is the opposite—an impotent, self-aggrandizing conniver.
Bad Ronald
Bad Ronald (1974)
, 1h14
Directed by Buzz Kulik
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Scott Jacoby, Kim Hunter, Pippa Scott, John Larch, Dabney Coleman, John Fiedler
Roles Elaine Wilby
Rating65% 3.2962853.2962853.2962853.2962853.296285
Ronald Wilby (Scott Jacoby) is a socially inept, awkward high school youth with budding artistic talent and a predilection for fantasy, who is often ridiculed for his behavior and mannerisms. His overprotective mother, Elaine (Kim Hunter of the first three Planet of the Apes films) is in need of surgery and plans for Ronald to become a doctor and cure her illness. Ronald's father has not been heard from in years, having divorced his mother and then agreeing to terminate his parental rights in exchange for not having to pay child support.
Born Innocent, 1h38
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, LGBT-related films, Women in prison films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Linda Blair, Richard Jaeckel, Kim Hunter, Allyn Ann McLerie, Joanna Miles, Mary Murphy
Roles Mrs. Parker
Rating61% 3.0991153.0991153.0991153.0991153.099115
Linda Blair stars as a 14-year-old runaway who, after getting arrested one too many times, is sentenced to do time in a girls' juvenile detention center, which doubles as a reform school for the girls. Blair's character, Christine Parker, comes from an abusive home. Her father (played by Richard Jaeckel) beat her on a regular basis, which caused Chris to run away many times. Her mother (Kim Hunter) is just as troubled as Chris is; unfeeling, sitting in her recliner, watching television and smoking cigarettes all day, and in denial as to what her husband is doing. While the movie had a morality play tone, calling attention to the harsh conditions of juvenile detention centers, it also blamed society for Christine's downfall.
Battle for the Planet of the Apes, 1h33
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Films about animals, Films about computing, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about apes, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Disaster films
Actors Roddy McDowall, Claude Akins, Natalie Trundy, Severn Darden, Lew Ayres, Paul Williams
Roles Dr. Zira
Rating54% 2.703862.703862.703862.703862.70386
Told as a flashback to the early 21st century with a wraparound sequence narrated by the orangutan Lawgiver (John Huston) in "North America - 2670 A.D.", this sequel follows the ape leader, Caesar (Roddy McDowall), years after a global nuclear war has destroyed civilization. In this post-nuclear society, Caesar tries to cultivate peace between the apes and the surviving humans. A gorilla general named Aldo (Claude Akins), however, opposes this and plots Caesar's downfall. Caesar is married to Lisa (Natalie Trundy), the female ape of the previous film, and they have a son, named Cornelius (Bobby Porter) in honor of Caesar's father.
Jennifer on My Mind, 1h30
Directed by Noel Black
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Michael Brandon, Tippy Walker, Renee Taylor, Robert De Niro, Steve Vinovich, Barry Bostwick
Roles Jennifer's Mother (scenes deleted)
Rating39% 1.978941.978941.978941.978941.97894
Marcus Rottner (Brandon), a 24-year-old heir of his late grandfather's fortune, is living in his New Jersey Palisades apartment as he finds out hippie girlfriend Jennifer Da Silva (Walker) has died of a heroin overdose in his living room. Fearing that he might be arrested for her death, he decides to dump her body, but not before his sister Selma (Taylor) and her psychologist boyfriend Sergei (Bonerz) -- whom Marcus detests—pay him a visit. They notice his strange behavior and suspect that Marcus has gotten himself into trouble. They search his apartment, but to no avail.