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Kim Hunter

Kim Hunter
Photograph showing the head and shoulders of a woman
1951 publicity photograph
Born Janet Cole
(1922-11-12)November 12, 1922
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Died September 11, 2002(2002-09-11) (aged 79)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1943–2000
Spouse(s) William Baldwin (1944–46)
Robert Emmett (1951–2000)
Children 2

Kim Hunter (November 12, 1922 – September 11, 2002) was an American film, theatre, and television actress. She won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, each as Best Supporting Actress, for her performance as Stella Kowalski in the 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire. Decades later, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her work on the long-running soap opera The Edge of Night. She has also portrayed the character Zira in the first three installments of the original Planet of the Apes (1968-1973).

Hunter was born Janet Cole in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Grace Lind, who was trained as a concert pianist, and Donald Cole, a refrigeration engineer. She attended Miami Beach High School.

Hunter's first film role was in the 1943 film noir, The Seventh Victim, and her first starring role was in the 1946 British fantasy film A Matter of Life and Death. In 1947, she was Stella Kowalski on stage in the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Recreating that role in the 1951 film version, Hunter won both the Academy and Golden Globe awards for Best Supporting Actress. In the interim, however, in 1948, she had already joined with Streetcar co-stars Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, and 47 others, to become one of the first members accepted by the newly created Actors Studio.


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