- Her only child, a daughter, was born prematurely on July 1, 1947, and died a day later. She and her second husband later became foster parents.
- Prior to her death in 2022, at 104 years old, she had been the oldest living actor to have appeared in the "Star Trek" franchise. She played Anne Jameson in Too Short a Season (1988).
- A very good singer, she sang in a few of her movies.
- After her role on Empire State Building Murders (2008), she retired from acting at age 90.
- Lifelong friends with Julie Adams and Piper Laurie.
- Her acting career spanned 73 years, with her first film released in 1935, The Virginia Judge (1935), and her final one in 2008, Empire State Building Murders (2008). In 2008 Ms. Hunt was also in a 22 minute crime film, The Grand Inquisitor (2008).
- Unlike most blacklisted actors, she did work on television and in some theatrical films through the 1950s.
- Marsha's original Paramount contract granted her two unusual concessions: she could do her own make-up and she was not required to appear in the usual photos other starlets did.
- According to the late Colin Briggs, a steadfast writer for "Classic Images", Marcia was called Betty while growing up because the names Marjorie (her sister) and Marcia sounded too much alike. She changed the spelling of her first name to "Marsha" by the time she entered movies.
- She was initially cast as James Dean's overwrought mother in Rebel Without a Cause (1955), but had to give up the role just before rehearsals were to start owing to an earlier stage commitment. Ann Doran took over the role.
- Nine days after her 30th birthday, HUAC ordered dozens of Hollywood actors, directors, and screenwriters to testify about "Communist influences" in the movie industry. She, Dalton Trumbo, and 17 others refused to participate. Ten were found in contempt of Congress and became known as the "Hollywood Ten". (October 26, 1947)
- In 1998, she was the recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award for her many selfless efforts.
- She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6658 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
- Although she was never subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee, her name appeared in the red-baiting pamphlet Red Channels because of her membership in the Committee for the First Amendment and on liberal petitions she signed. She and her husband, writer Robert Presnell Jr., found this increasingly difficult to get work because of the blacklist.
- When Hunt enrolled in the Paramount Actors Training School, her classmates were Frances Farmer, Olympe Bradna, Robert Cummings, Eleanore Whitney and Rosalind Keith.
- She made 54 films in 17 years before a series of unfortunate events led to her being unfairly blacklisted. After the blacklist, she championed humanitarian causes, forging a new career as one of Hollywood's first celebrity activists.
- She is a proud supporter of UNICEF, the March of Dimes and the American Red Cross.
- Before her career, she taught Sunday School at New York's St. Paul's Methodist Church.
- She appeared with Johnny Carson in a Broadway stage production of "Tunnel of Love" (1958).
- She coordinated a clothing drive for 200 families living in homeless shelters in San Fernando Valley.
- As an ingénue, she attended Paramount Pictures' acting school along with classmates Frances Farmer, Olympe Bradna, Robert Cummings, Eleanore Whitney and Rosalind Keith. In 1935, Paramount Pictures signed her to a contract. Her original Paramount contract granted her two unusual concessions: she could do her own make-up and she was not required to appear in the usual photos other starlets did. In 1941, she signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
- In 2013, she debuted a clip of a song she wrote 40 years earlier about love and same-sex marriage titled "Here's to All Who Love". Sung by Glee (2009) star Bill A. Jones, the clip immediately went viral.
- While people sang on her 90th birthday, Hunt was appointed an Ambassador for Peace in honor of decades of activism on behalf of the United Nations and other organizations. (October 17, 2007)
- Honorary mayor of Sherman Oaks, California.
- She met Julie Adams, Piper Laurie and Tony Curtis when they (but not Hunt) were under contract at Universal Studios in 1949.
- After graduation, Hunt's parents wanted to her to pursue a college degree, but Hunt, unable to "locate a single college or university in the land where you could major in drama before your third year", instead found work modeling for the John Powers Agency and began taking acting classes at the Theodora Irvine Studio for the Theatre in New York City, New York.
- Marsha was a strong consideration for the role of Melanie Hamilton in Gone with the Wind (1939), since the studio's first pick, Olivia de Havilland, was having trouble being loaned out by Warner Bros. In fact, David O. Selznick selected Marsha to play the role at one point but the following day the loanout worked itself out and Olivia was handed the role.
- It was during a trip in 1927 that Hunt and her family visited Indianapolis, Indiana, to see her aunt Edith Conklin, who owned one of the first electric cars in the city.
- After her final film appearance, she lived in retirement in Sherman Oaks, California.
- Nine days after her 30th birthday, HUAC ordered dozens of Hollywood actors, directors, and screenwriters to testify about "Communist influences" in the movie industry. She, Dalton Trumbo, and 17 others refused to participate. She was blacklisted at age 32 and had trouble finding roles afterwards.
- In 1935, Hunt moved to Hollywood, California, to become an actress.
- Her father, Earl Hunt, worked as a lawyer and, later, a Social Security administrator, and her mother, Minabel Hunt, worked as a vocal teacher and organist.
- She talks about her blacklisting, and the horror movie Back from the Dead (1957), in the book "A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde" (McFarland, 2010) by Tom Weaver.
- Her maternal grandfather, William Morris, was a horseback-riding Baptist preacher who traveled throughout Indiana, working in towns that sprang up across the farmlands.
- Her father, Earl Hunt, was a Phi Beta Kappa scholar at DePauw University and a violin soloist at the Glee Club and became the singles collegiate tennis champion of Indiana.
- Along with her family, Hunt moved to New York City, New York in 1921, when she was only three.
- Before she was a successful actress and activist, she was a model.
- Began acting at an early age, performing in school plays and church functions.
- Attended and graduated from the Horace Mann High School for Girls in New York City (1934).
- Hunt signed her contract with Paramount Pictures on May 24, 1935. (Paramount originally offered $100/week, but Hunt's agent - Zeppo Marx - got the offer upped to $250/week - equivalent to over $5,400/week in 2022.).
- Hunt is the younger of two sisters. Her older sister, Marjorie, a teacher, died in 2002.
- She guest-starred on The Young Lawyers (1969) and Harry O (1973) with John Rubinstein when his career was just beginning.
- Her first husband, editor-turned-director Jerry Hopper, was a cousin to actress Glenda Farrell.
- She was a very active member of both the Hollywood Democratic Committee and the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League and donated her time and money to many liberal causes (such as the creation of the United Nations and the Civil Rights Movement) and political candidates (including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Henry Wallace, Adlai Stevenson, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry and Barack Obama).
- Identifies herself as a political liberal, and is very concerned with such issues as global pollution, worldwide poverty, peace in third world nations, and population growth.
- Nephew Allan Hunt is a director.
- Upon her death, she was cremated per the Neptune Society and her ashes scattered at sea.
- Hunt was pregnant and very sick while filming Carnegie Hall. Her only biological child, a premature daughter, was born on July 1, 1947, and died the next day.
- During a film screening some years ago Marsha was being interviewed and struggling to explain the phrase 'Film Noir'. Film Historian Eddie Muller says he blurted out "It's suffering with style, Marsha." He also said in Film Noir the sexes are equally tempted, compromised, guilty and equally styled.
- Hunt was a founder of the San Fernando Valley Mayor's Fund for the Homeless and helped to open one of the first homeless shelters in the San Fernando Valley.
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