1. Martita Edith Hunt was an Argentine-born British theatre and film actress.
10 Facts About Martita Hunt
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Martita Hunt had a dominant stage presence and played a wide range of powerful characters.
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Martita Hunt is best remembered for her performance as Miss Havisham in David Lean's Great Expectations.
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Martita Hunt began her acting career in repertory theatre in Liverpool before moving to London.
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Martita Hunt first appeared there in the Stage Society's production of Ernst Toller's The Machine Wreckers at the Kingsway Theatre in May 1923.
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Martita Hunt appeared in many supporting roles in several popular British films, such as Good Morning, Boys, Trouble Brewing, and The Man in Grey.
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Martita Hunt acted in The Sleeping Prince in 1953 at the Phoenix Theatre.
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Martita Hunt won a Tony Award in 1949 for her Broadway debut as Countess Aurelia in the English-speaking premiere of Giraudoux's The Madwoman of Chaillot.
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Martita Hunt appeared on television as Lady Bastable in several adaptations of the Saki stories.
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Martita Hunt died of bronchial asthma at her home in Hampstead, London, aged 69, on 13 June 1969.