Linda Hunt Biography (1945-)

Born April 2, 1945, in Morristown, NJ; daughter of Raymond Davy (an oil company executive) and Elsie (a piano teacher; maiden name, Doying) Hunt. Addresses: Agent: William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA90212-2704.; Contact: 1434 N. Ogden Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90046.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress
Birth Details: April 2, 1945; Morristown, New Jersey, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Player Queen, Hamlet, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1972
The Soldier's Tale and The Knight of the Burning Pestle (double-bill), Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1974
Hamlet, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1974
(Off-Broadway debut) Constantine, Down by the River Where WaterliliesAre Disfigured Every Day, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1975
(Broadway debut) Norah, Ah, Wilderness!, Circle in the Square, NewYork City, 1975
The Rose Tattoo, Long Wharf Theatre, 1977
Five Finger Exercise, Philadelphia Drama Guild, Philadelphia, PA,1977
The Recruiting Officer, Long Wharf Theatre, 1978
Elizabeth Dead (one-woman show), Music-Theatre Group/Lenox Arts Center, Cubiculo Theatre, New York City, 1980
Mother Courage and Her Children, Boston Shakespeare Company, Boston, MA, 1983
Pope Joan and Louise, Top Girls, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1983
Joan of Arc, Little Victories, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1983
Audrey Wood, End of the World, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1983
Metamorphosis in Miniature, New York City, 1983
Aunt Dan, Aunt Dan and Lemon, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, 1985
Charlotta, The Cherry Orchard, Brooklyn Academy of Music, MajesticTheatre, Brooklyn, NY, 1988
Olga, Three Sisters, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, 1991-1992
Also appeared in productions for the Long Wharf Theatre, 1971-73; TheTennis Game.
Film Appearances
(Film debut) Mrs. Oxheart, Oxblood's mother, Popeye, Paramount, 1980
Billy Kwan, The Year of Living Dangerously, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982
Shadout Mapes, Dune, Universal, 1984
Dr. Prance, The Bostonians, Almi, 1984
Katina, Eleni, Warner Bros., 1985
Stella, Midnight Star Saloon manager, Silverado, Columbia, 1985
Alice B. Toklas, Waiting for the Moon, Skouras, 1987
Hooper, She-Devil, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989
Miss Schlowski, Kindergarten Cop, Universal, 1990
Ilsa Grunt, If Looks Could Kill (also known as Teen Agent),Warner Bros., 1991
Voice of Varua, Third Stone from the Sun, 1991
Atwood Society Director, Rain without Thunder, Orion Classics, 1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes, 1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems, 1992
Angeline, Twenty Bucks, Triton Pictures, 1993
Frances, Younger and Younger, Paramount Home Video, 1993

Regina Krumm, Ready to Wear (also known as Pret-a-Porter),Miramax, 1994
Narrator, Ecological Design: Inventing the Future, 1994
(Scenes deleted) The Magician, Maverick, 1994
Voice of Grandmother Willow, Pocahontas (animated), Buena Vista, 1995
Narrator, Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End, First Run Features, 1997
Kathryn, Eat Your Heart Out, First Look Pictures, 1997
Narrator, Amazon, MacGillivray Freeman Films, 1997
Dr. Ann Cuthbert, The Relic (also known as Das Relikt), Paramount, 1997
Narrator, Out of the Past, Zeitgeist Films/Unapix Films, 1998
Voice of Grandmother Willow, Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World(animated; also known as Disney's Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World and Pocahontas: Journey to a New World), Walt Disney Home Video, 1998
Voice of narrator, Island of the Sharks, IMAX Corp., 1999
Voice, Shrek (animated), DreamWorks, 2001
Sister Madeline, Dragonfly, Universal, 2002
Television Appearances
Series
Commander Chennault, Space Rangers (also known as Space Mariners and Planet Busters), CBS, 1993
Judge Zoey Hiller, a recurring role, The Practice, ABC, 1998-
Movies
Mona, Fame, 1978
Mrs. Sanders, The Room Upstairs, CBS, 1987
Rose Hudd, "The Room," Basements (also known as The Room),ABC, 1987
The Voice, The Turn of the Screw, 1990
Miniseries
Narrator, The Century, ABC, 1999
Specials
Norah, Ah, Wilderness!, PBS, 1976
Narrator, Chico Mendes: Voice of the Amazon, TBS, 1989
Host, Distant Lives, The Learning Channel, 1990
The Hollywood Christmas Parade, 1990
Narrator, "Survive Siberia," ABC's World of Discovery, ABC, 1992
Narrator, Spirits of the Rainforest, The Discovery Channel, 1993
Narrator, Cambodians in America, PBS, 1993
Narrator, "Bikini: Forbidden Paradise" (also known as "Bikini's Nuclear Graveyard"), ABC's World of Discovery, ABC, 1993
Narrator, "Ishi: The Last Yahi Indian," The American Experience, PBS, 1994
Narrator, "The New Chimpanzees," National Geographic Specials, NBC, 1995
Narrator, He Dances for his Cormorants, The Discovery Channel, 1995
Narrator, Titanic: Untold Stories (also known as Titanic Voyage), The Discovery Channel, 1997
Narrator, Secrets of the Ocean Realm, PBS, 1997
Narrator, "Namib, Africa's Burning Shore," The Living Edens, PBS,1997
Narrator, A Meerkat Family Saga, CBS, 1997
Narrator, Isamu Noguchi: Stones and Paper, PBS, 1997
Narrator, Influenza 1918, PBS, 1998
The 51st Primetime Emmy Awards, Fox, 1999
Narrator, Tigers of Kahna, NBC, 1999
Narrator, Kamchatka: Siberia's Forbidden Wilderness, PBS, 2000
Narrator, The Duel, PBS, 2000
Narrator, Who Owns the Past?, PBS, 2001
Narrator, Tasmania: Land of the Devils, PBS, 2001
Narrator, Woodrow Wilson, PBS, 2002
Narrator, Monkey Trial, PBS, 2002
Episodic
Narrator, "Rafting through the Grand Canyon," Nova, PBS, 1992
Radio Appearances
Host, City Arts and Lectures, National Public Radio, 2001

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