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Kim Hunter

American actress (1922-2002) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 79

Kim Hunter was an American theatre, film, and television actress. She achieved prominence for portraying Stella Kowalski in the original production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, which she reprised for the 1951 film adaptation, and won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best...

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2002Died11 September 20022000Vivien Leigh: A Delicate BalanceFilm1998A Price Above RubiesFilm, Rebbitzn1992Mad About YouSeries, Millie Barton1990Two Evil EyesFilm, Gloria Pym1984Murder, She WroteSeries, Beatrice Vitello1980F.D.R.: The Last YearFilm, Lucy Rutherford1976Born InnocentFilm, Mrs. Parker1974The Rockford FilesSeries, Mrs. Brockelman1973The MagicianFilm, Nora Coogan1971CannonSeries1970Beneath the Planet of the ApesFilm, Zira1969Medical CenterSeries1966Mission: ImpossibleSeries1964LilithFilm, Dr. Bea Brice1961Dr. KildareSeries, Emily Field1960Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAward1958Naked CitySeries, Edna Daggett1956Requiem for a HeavyweightFilm, Grace Carney1954Climax!Series, Barbara Williams1952Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressAward1951Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion PictureAwardA Streetcar Named DesireFilm, 1951Stella Kowalski1948Studio OneSeries, Maggie Church1945You Came AlongFilm, Frances Hotchkiss1943Reconnaissance PilotFilm, Catherine Cummings1922Born12 November 1922

People around Kim

  • Planet of the Apes 1968
  • A Matter of Life and Death 1946
  • A Streetcar Named Desire 1951
  • The Swimmer 1968
  • Behind the Planet of the Apes 1998

Filmography 40

123 credits on file

Television 24

Media & music

Photos 1

Awards

Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame1960
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress1952
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture1951
Donaldson Awards

About this person

She achieved prominence for portraying Stella Kowalski in the original production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, which she reprised for the 1951 film adaptation, and won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 2002 · aged 79