Kim Hunter
Known for Acting · 115 credits
- Born
- 1922-11-12
- Died
- 2002-09-11
- Place of birth
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Also known as
- Janet Cole
Biography
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 received a Daytime Emmy Award for her work on the long running soap The Edge of Night.
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Known For
TV Shows (44)
Columbo
1971
as Edna Matthews
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Beatrice Vitello
Bonanza
1959
as Ada Halle
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Ironside
1967
as Athena Champion
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Adelaide Winters
Mannix
1967
as Louise Dubrio
L.A. Law
1986
as Natalie Schoen
Mission: Impossible
1966
Climax!
1954
as Barbara Williams / Lynn Griffith / Ann Brewster
The Rockford Files
1974
as Mrs. Brockelman
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Emily Field
American Playhouse
1982
as Mary Easty
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Mad About You
1992
as Millie Barton
Naked City
1958
as Edna Daggett
Studio One
1948
as Maggie Church
Cannon
1971
Gunsmoke
1955
as Bea Colter
Night Gallery
1970
The Defenders
1961
as Eileen Rolf
Medical Center
1969
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Vanessa Sutton Charles
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Lina
Police Story
1973
Playhouse 90
1956
as Grace Carney / Julie Hogarth / Helen Bragg
Arrest and Trial
1963
as Geraldine Weston Saunders
Your Show of Shows
1950
The Dick Powell Show
1961
as Ruth Jacobs
Suspense
1949
as Emily
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Gerrie Mason
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mara / Mrs. Harper / Polissena/Maria Celeste
Breaking Point
1963
Once an Eagle
1976
as Kitty Damon
The Edge of Night
1956
The Evil Touch
1973
The Oregon Trail
1977
Backstairs at the White House
1979
as Ellen Wilson
General Electric Theater
1953
as Mary Murphy / Hilda / Edie Gauman
Special for Women
1960
as Leora Davis
Cross of Fire
1989
as Mrs. Oberholtzer
Hollywood Preview
1955
as Self
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
1985
as Mary Easty
Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party
1957
as Self
Movies (71)
Planet of the Apes
1968
as Zira
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951
as Stella Kowalski
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970
as Zira
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971
as Dr. Zira
Two Evil Eyes
1990
as Gloria Pym
Glorious Technicolor
1998
as Self
A Matter of Life and Death
1946
as June
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997
as Betty Harty
The Comedian
1957
as Julie Hogarth
Reconnaissance Pilot
1943
as Catherine Cummings
Tender Comrade
1944
as Doris Dumbrowski
The Swimmer
1968
as Betty Graham
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952
as Nora Hutcheson
Lilith
1964
as Dr. Bea Brice
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
A Price Above Rubies
1998
as Rebbitzn
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Self – Interviewee
Money, Women and Guns
1958
as Mary Johnston Kingman
Private Sessions
1985
as Rosemary O'Reilly
The Seventh Victim
1943
as Mary Gibson
Dial Hot Line
1970
as Mrs. Edith Carruthers
Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
1960
as Maria
In Search of America
1971
as Cora Chandler
The Young Stranger
1957
as Helen Ditmar
Born Innocent
1976
as Mrs. Parker
Give Us Barabbas!
1961
as Mara
Out of the Cold
1999
as Elsa Lindepu
Bad Ronald
1974
as Elaine Wilby
When Strangers Marry
1944
as Millie Baxter
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980
as Lucy Rutherford
The Kindred
1987
as Amanda Hollins
A Midsummer Daydream
1955
as Elizabeth
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
2024
as (archive footage)
Anything Can Happen
1952
as Helen Watson
A Man Named Brando
2006
as Self
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1956
as Grace Carney
A Streetcar on Broadway
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
1993
as Vera Woodman
Blue Moon
1999
as Sheila Keating
Censorship and Desire
2006
as Self (archive footage)
The Golden Gate Murders
1979
as Sister Superior
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
1990
as Self
Drop-Out Mother
1988
as Leona
Skokie
1981
as Bertha Feldman
Unwed Father
1974
as Judy Simmons
The Magician
1973
as Nora Coogan
Dark August
1976
as Adrianna Putnam
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975
as Marion McKell
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
1985
as Mary Easty
Abilene
1999
as Emmeline Brown
The Young Loner
1968
as Freda Williams
A Streetcar in Hollywood
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998
as Self
You Came Along
1945
as Frances Hotchkiss
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978
as Mrs. Harper
Storm Center
1956
as Martha Lockridge
An Actor Named Brando
2006
as Self (archive footage)
The Impersonation Murder Case
1975
as Fern
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The Dark Side of Innocence
1976
as Kathleen Hancock
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008
as Self
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994
as Self
The Dark Side of the Earth
1957
as Anna Rojas
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
1978
as Dr. Martha Reed
The Hiding Place
2000
as Muriel
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
1995
as Self
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
1993
as Elsa Rael
Bermuda Affair
1956
as Fran West
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
1995
as Self (archive footage)
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
2000
as Self
North and the Music of the South
2006
as Self (archive footage)
About Kim Hunter
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 received a Daytime Emmy Award for her work on the long running soap The Edge of Night. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kim Hunter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. With 115 credits spanning from 1943 to 2024, Kim Hunter has appeared in 71 films and 44 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kim Hunter Movies
- Planet of the Apes (1968) — as Zira
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) — as Stella Kowalski
- Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) — as Zira
- Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) — as Dr. Zira
- Two Evil Eyes (1990) — as Gloria Pym
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