Memos, was filmed about her life called Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity.” It was released in 2015. In the 1980s, Hunt was named honorary mayor of Sherman Oaks.Ī critically acclaimed documentary by director, Roger C.
Hunt became an activist, serving on the advisory board of directors for the San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center, raised funds for a daycare shelter for homeless children, and working for the United Nations and UNICEF. Not able to find work in films, Hunt moved into theatre, starring in Broadway plays and regional theatre. In 2008, she appeared in the short crime film The Grand Inquisitor. Her role in Star Trek was her last until her appearance in the drama Chloe’s Prayer in 2006. Hunt only acted in a handful of films after being blacklisted, with a large role in “Johnny Got His Gun.” The 1971 film in protest of the war, was based on a book by Dalton Trumbo, who had been blackballed along with Hunt. Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Earl Warren on human rights grounds. Their only child, a daughter, died just hours after birth in August 1947, just three months later she was on a plane to protest McCarthyism.Īfter the mid-1950s, McCarthyism began to decline, mainly due to Joseph McCarthy’s gradual loss of public popularity and credibility after several of his accusations were found to be false, and sustained opposition from the U.S. But I was shocked at the behavior of my government and its mistreatment of my industry.” Marsha Hunt, Film Talk Interview in 2004 “I was very much interested in my industry, my country and my government. Hunt appeared on Broadway in George Bernard Shaw’s The Devil’s Disciple and graced the cover of Life magazine in 1950 but was blackballed three months later, after the Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television a pamphlet was released with the names of actors, directors, screenwriters and others accused of communist ties. Some of the stars, including Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall later backpedaled, and dodged being blackballed by the Hollywood industry but Hunt, who gave an anti-censorship speech, did not apologize. Hunt continued, “Under that banner, all of us gathered and took that flag to Washington.” “They gave the movement the name The Committee for the First Amendment,” explained Hunt in the documentary of her life filmed by director Roger C.
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Hunt said she was not a communist but instead was sticking up for free speech. Marsha Hunt, “Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity.” “That committee is scaring the public to death, they are going to stop going to movies.” Hunt and a group of actors charted a plane to Washington to testify in front of Joseph McCarthy, in what was later called a “witch hunt” for communists and “un-American” activities. In 1947, Hunt and her screenwriter husband, Robert Presnell Jr., became members of the Committee for the First Amendment.
She starred in over 60 films including Born to the West with John Wayne, but her career derailed during the Red Scare. Hunt appeared opposite Mickey Rooney in 1943’s The Human Comedy, an Oscar nominee for best picture. Her father, Earl Hunt, was a lawyer and insurance executive, and her mother, Minabel Hunt, was a voice teacher.īeginning as a model with the Powers Agency, Hunt became a studio actress working with a number of studios, including Paramount, MGM and Republic. The family moved to New York City and she attended private schools. A critically acclaimed documentary by director, Roger C.
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