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Linda Hunt

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American actress

United StatesActorsBorn 1945 · age 81
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Fame63.2
Momentum10.0
Languages32
Peak1990s
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Linda Hunt is an American actress. She made her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye (1980).

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Linda Hunt
said · 2019
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When I was growing up, particularly during puberty in my teen years, I was so miserable because I elicited so much teasing and meanness from my teenage cohorts.

Linda speak on difficulties she encountered while growing up in 2019.

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Linda Hunt
said · 2019
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I was so lucky my parents were encouraging on every level.

Linda talked about her supportive parents in 2019.

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Linda Hunt
said · 2019
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I think people have always liked in me the combination of being the underdog because I’m a tiny woman, but I have enormous authority in myself.

Linda speak in admiration and confidence in herself in 2019.

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Filmography 40

Solo: A Star Wars Story2018 · ★ 6.6
Pocahontas1995 · ★ 6.9
Dune1984 · ★ 6.2
Stranger Than Fiction2006 · ★ 7.3
Kindergarten Cop1990 · ★ 6.1
Silverado1985 · ★ 7.0
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World1998 · ★ 5.6
Dragonfly2002 · ★ 6.5
Popeye1980 · ★ 5.6
Yours, Mine & Ours2005 · ★ 6.2
The Relic1997 · ★ 6.1
She-Devil1989 · ★ 6.0
The Year of Living Dangerously1982 · ★ 6.7
Prêt-à-Porter1994 · ★ 5.2
If Looks Could Kill1991 · ★ 6.1
Twenty Bucks1993 · ★ 5.7
The Bostonians1984
Younger and Younger1993
Eleni1985
The Relationtrip2017
Amazon1997
The Singing Revolution2006
Basements1987
Waiting for the Moon1987
Rain Without Thunder1993
Eat Your Heart Out1997
The Room Upstairs1987
Titanic: Untold Stories1997
Out of the Past1998
Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End1997
Wild by Law1991
Carmilla1989
Influenza 19181998
Island of the Sharks1999
The Turn of the Screw1989
Woodrow Wilson2002
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes1992
Fame1978
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems1992
Isamu Noguchi: Stones and Paper1997

73 credits on file

Television 16

NCIS: Los Angeles2009
Without a Trace2002
Scorpion2014
The Practice1997
American Experience1988
Great Performances1971
Nip/Tuck2003
The Unit2006
Nature1982
Carnivàle2003
People's Choice Awards1975
Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution2005
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951
Space Rangers1993
Nightmare Classics1989
Secrets of the Ocean Realm1997

Awards 1

1984Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

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About this person

Linda Hunt is an American actress. She made her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye (1980). Her portrayal of the male character Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first person to win an Oscar for portraying a character of the opposite sex. Hunt has also appeared in films such as Dune (1984), Silverado (1985), Eleni (1985), Kindergarten Cop (1990), Pocahontas (1995), Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998), and Stranger Than Fiction (2006).

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
living
Dates
Born 1945 · age 81
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32 languages

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