Linda Hunt
Born
4/2/1945, Morristown, New Jersey (USA)Birth Name
Lydia Susana HunterGender
Female
Biography
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Linda Hunt (born April 2, 1945 as Lydia Susanna Hunter) is an Oscar-winning character actress known for her small stature and deep, husky voice, who has worked in theater, film, television and voiceover work. Hunt is alone in winning an Academy Award for playing the opposite sex, as…more
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NCIS: Los Angeles
Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange
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Parley
5/7/13
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Raven & The Swans
4/30/13
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Resurrection
4/23/13
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Purity
4/9/13
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Red: Part Two
3/26/13
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Parley
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NCIS: Los Angeles
Henrietta "Hetty" Lange
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Keepin' it Real
11/3/09
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Search and Destroy
10/13/09
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Keepin' it Real
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NCIS: Los Angeles
Hetty Lange
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Killshot
10/20/09
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Predator
10/6/09
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The Only Easy Day
9/29/09
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Killshot
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The Singing Revolution
Star2009
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The Crooked Eye
Star2009
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The New Los Angeles
Star2006
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Twenty Bucks
Star2005
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Ishi, the Last Yahi
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Dragonfly
Sister Madeline2002
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Pocahontas Ii: Journey To A New World
Star1998
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Amazon: IMAX
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The Relic
Dr. Ann Cuthbert1997
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Pocahontas
Grandmother Willow1995
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Maverick
The Magician (scenes deleted)1994
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Ready to Wear
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Space Rangers
Commander Chennault
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Space Rangers
1/27/93
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Death Before Dishonor
1/20/93
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Banshees
1/13/93
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The Replacements
1/6/93
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Space Rangers
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Rain Without Thunder
Star1992
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If Looks Could Kill
Star1991
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Kindergarten Cop
Miss Schlowski1990
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She Devil
Hooper1989
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Silverado
Stella1985
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Dune
Shadout Mapes1984
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The Bostonians
Star1984
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The Year of Living Dangerously
Star1983
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Popeye
Star1980
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California's Lost Tribes
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The Price of Renewal
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Who Owns the Past?
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Yours, Mine & Ours
Star1968
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Ripe For Change
Star1905
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NCIS: Los Angeles
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Recurring Role (3)
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American Experience
Narrator
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The Polio Crusade
2/2/09
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Ep 5
The Great Fever
10/30/06
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Ep 7
The Great Transatlantic Cable
4/11/05
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Ep 2
Jimmy Carter (Part II)
11/12/02
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Jimmy Carter (Part I)
11/11/02
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The Polio Crusade
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The Practice
Judge Zoey Hiller
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Silent Partners
12/15/02
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Honor Code
11/18/01
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Gideon's Crossover
3/11/01
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Trench Work
11/15/98
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Cloudy with a Chance of Membranes (2)
2/16/98
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Silent Partners
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The Practice
Judge Hiller
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What Child is This?
3/18/01
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The Deal
12/10/00
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Brothers' Keepers
11/19/00
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Show and Tell
11/12/00
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We Hold These Truths...
11/5/00
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What Child is This?
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American Experience
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Guest Star (12)
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NCIS: Los Angeles
Henrietta "Hetty" Lange
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Identity
9/22/09
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Identity
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The Unit
Dr. Eudora Hobbs
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Into Hell, Part 2
11/16/08
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Into Hell, Part 2
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Without a Trace
Clare Bryson
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Closure
9/23/08
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Satellites
5/15/08
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Driven
5/8/08
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Closure
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The Unit
Dr. Endora Hobbs
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Sub Conscious
2/6/07
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Sub Conscious
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Nature
Narrator
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Christmas in Yellowstone
11/19/06
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Christmas in Yellowstone
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Carnivale
Management (voice)
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Damascus, NE
2/20/05
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Old Cherry Blossom Road
1/30/05
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Damascus, NE
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American Experience
Narrator
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The Duel
2/15/00
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The Duel
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PBS American Masters
Narrator
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Isamu Noguchi: Stones and Paper
6/25/97
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Isamu Noguchi: Stones and Paper
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Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Mrs. Sanders
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Room Upstairs
1/31/87
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Room Upstairs
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The Academy Awards
Herself - Presenter
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The 57th Annual Academy Awards
3/25/85
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The 57th Annual Academy Awards
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The Academy Awards
Herself
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The 56th Annual Academy Awards
4/9/84
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The 56th Annual Academy Awards
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Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Mona
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Fame
11/30/78
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Fame
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NCIS: Los Angeles
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Special Guest Star (1)
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Nip/Tuck
Narrator
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Don Hoberman
10/14/09
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Don Hoberman
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Nip/Tuck
Trivia and Quotes
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Trivia
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Linda ranked number nine on Tropopkin's Top 25 Most Intriguing People.
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Linda was nominated for a Tony Award as Best Actress for Arthur L. Kopit's play End of the World.
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In New York, Linda has worked as a manager, director, and actress on stage with such companies as La Mama, and Open Theater.
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Linda has successfully played male roles. She played the part of Billy Kwan in "The Year of Living Dangerously". For this role she won the 1983 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was the first actor to win an Oscar for playing a character of the opposite sex.
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Linda started taking drama classes when she was thirteen.
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Linda was nominated for a Q Award for the Best Recurring Player for the TV Series The Practice in 1998.
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Attending Goodman Theater School in Chicago, Linda majored in directing.
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Linda attended the Interlochen Arts Academy.
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Linda won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the film The Year of Living Dangerously in 1984.
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Linda's height is 4'9".
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Linda Hunt voiced the narrator and Gaia in the video game God Of War.
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