Known For: British actress (1900–1969)
Category: Actresses
Occupation: actor, stage actor, film actor
Country: United Kingdom
City: Buenos Aires
Date of Birth: Tuesday, 30 January 1900
Died: 1969-06-13 00:00:00 in Q84
Martita Edith Hunt was an Argentine-born British theatre and film actress. She had a dominant stage presence and played a wide range of powerful characters. She is best remembered for her performance as Miss Havisham in David Lean's Great Expectations (1946).
BirthPlace | Buenos Aires |
Education | Q7271132 |
Awards | Q185299, Q5295360 |
Wikipedia | Martita_Hunt |
Hunt was born in Buenos Aires on 30 January 1900 to English parents Alfred and Marta (née Burnett) Hunt. Aged ten, she travelled with her parents to the United Kingdom, where she attended Queenwood Ladies' College in Eastbourne, and then trained as an actress.