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Kim Hunter (1922–2002) was an American stage, television, and film actor. Born Janet Cole in Detroit, she began her professional work period in 1943 and continued until 2000. She was educated at the Art Students League of New York. Hunter received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. She also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Hunter was a United States citizen who spoke English. She had two children. Her death in Greenwich Village was attributed to natural causes, specifically a myocardial infarction.
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Detroit, Michigan, USA
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…
Known for
- Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger — (archive footage)2024
- Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction — Self (archive footage)2024
- Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff — Self – Interviewee2010
- You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story — Self2008
- An Actor Named Brando — Self (archive footage)2006
- Censorship and Desire — Self (archive footage)2006
- A Man Named Brando — Self2006
- A Streetcar on Broadway — Self (archive footage)2006
- A Streetcar in Hollywood — Self (archive footage)2006
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There — Self2003
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Key facts
- 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, U.S.
- Education
- Miami Beach High School
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1943–2001
- Known for
- A Matter of Life and Death A Streetcar Named Desire Requiem for a Heavyweight Deadline - U.S.A. The Edge of Night Planet of the Apes Beneath the Planet of the Apes Escape from the Planet of the Apes
- Spouses
- William Baldwin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1944 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1946 ) Robert Emmett ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1951 ; died 2000 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Janet
- Family name
- Cole
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Place of death
- Greenwich Village
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Kim Hunter Money, Women and Guns still.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Kim Hunter
- date of birth
- 1922-11-12
- date of death
- 2002-09-11
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- name in native language
- Kim Hunter
- start of work period
- 1943-00-00
- birth name
- Janet Cole
- end of work period
- 2000-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Kim Hunter (born Janet Cole; November 12, 1922 – September 11, 2002) was an American theatre, film, and television actress. She achieved prominence for portraying Stella Kowalski in the original production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, which she reprised for the 1951 film adaptation, and won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Decades later, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for portraying Nola Madison on the soap opera The Edge of Night. She also portrayed the chimpanzee Zira in Planet of the Apes (1968), and its sequels Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) and Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971).
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