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Kim Hunter (November 12, 1922 – September 11, 2002) was an Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress.

Early life

Hunter was born Janet Cole in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Donald Cole and Grace Lind. She attended Miami Beach High School.

Career

Hunter performed in the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), playing the role of Stella Kowalski. She appeared in the 1951 film, for which she won both the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture.

She was blacklisted from film and television during the Hollywood communism paranoia created by McCarthyism.

Her other major film roles include David Niven's fiancee in the classic film A Matter of Life and Death (1945), and Zira the chimpanzee scientist in the first three of the Planet of the Apes series. She also appeared in several soap operas, most notably as Nola Madison on The Edge of Night, for which she received a Daytime Emmy Nomination in 1980 as Best Actress.

For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Kim Hunter has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1617 Vine Street and a second star at 1715 Vine Street.

Death

Kim Hunter died due to cardiac arrest in New York City, aged 79.

Selected Filmography

• Born Innocent (1974) (TV movie)
• Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
• The Swimmer (1968)
• Planet of the Apes (1968)
• A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
• A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
• A Canterbury Tale (1944) (US version only)
• When Strangers Marry (1944)
• The Seventh Victim (1943)

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