
Kim Hunter
Known for Acting · 111 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 (43)

Columbo
1971
as Edna Matthews

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Beatrice Vitello

Bonanza
1959
as Ada Halle

Mannix
1967
as Louise Dubrio

Ironside
1967
as Athena Champion

Mission: Impossible
1966

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950

Mad About You
1992
as Millie Barton

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Adelaide Winters

L.A. Law
1986
as Natalie Schoen

Climax!
1954
as Barbara Williams / Lynn Griffith / Ann Brewster

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

The Rockford Files
1974
as Mrs. Brockelman

Dr. Kildare
1961
as Emily Field

Naked City
1958
as Edna Daggett

Studio One
1948
as Maggie Church

Cannon
1971

Medical Center
1969

The Defenders
1961
as Eileen Rolf

Night Gallery
1970

Gunsmoke
1955
as Bea Colter

Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Vanessa Sutton Charles

Suspense
1949
as Emily

Playhouse 90
1956
as Grace Carney / Julie Hogarth / Helen Bragg

Police Story
1973
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Lina

Arrest and Trial
1963

Your Show of Shows
1950
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Gerrie Mason

The Dick Powell Show
1961
as Ruth Jacobs

The Oregon Trail
1977

Breaking Point
1963

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mara / Mrs. Harper / Polissena/Maria Celeste

The Evil Touch
1973

Once an Eagle
1976
as Kitty Damon

General Electric Theater
1953
as Mary Murphy / Hilda / Edie Gauman

Backstairs at the White House
1979
as Ellen Wilson

The Edge of Night
1956
Hollywood Preview
1955
as Self

Cross of Fire
1989
as Mrs. Oberholtzer

Special for Women
1960
as Leora Davis
Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party
1957
as Self

Three Sovereigns for Sarah
1985
as Mary Easty
Movies (68)

Planet of the Apes
1968
as Zira

Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971
as Dr. Zira

A Streetcar Named Desire
1951
as Stella Kowalski

Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970
as Zira

A Matter of Life and Death
1946
as June

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997
as Betty Harty

Two Evil Eyes
1990
as Gloria Pym

Born Innocent
1976
as Mrs. Parker

Deadline - U.S.A.
1952
as Nora Hutcheson

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self

The Swimmer
1968
as Betty Graham

The Comedian
1957
as Julie Hogarth

Unwed Father
1974
as Judy Simmons

Abilene
1999
as Emmeline Brown

Lilith
1964
as Dr. Bea Brice

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Self – Interviewee

The Kindred
1987
as Amanda Hollins

Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
1993
as Vera Woodman

The Seventh Victim
1943
as Mary Gibson

Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998
as Self

The Young Stranger
1957
as Helen Ditmar

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994
as Self

Skokie
1981
as Bertha Feldman

A Price Above Rubies
1998
as Rebbitzn

Bad Ronald
1974
as Elaine Wilby

Blue Moon
1999
as Sheila Keating

F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980
as Lucy Rutherford

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008
as Self

Storm Center
1956
as Martha Lockridge

Bermuda Affair
1956
as Fran West

Tender Comrade
1944
as Doris Dumbrowski

Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
1990
as Self

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
2024
as (archive footage)

Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
1993
as Elsa Rael

The Golden Gate Murders
1979
as Sister Superior

Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
1995
as Self

Dial Hot Line
1970
as Mrs. Edith Carruthers

The Dark Side of Innocence
1976
as Kathleen Hancock

In Search of America
1971
as Cora Chandler

Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975
as Marion McKell

You Came Along
1945
as Frances Hotchkiss

Out of the Cold
1999
as Elsa Lindepu

Drop-Out Mother
1988
as Leona

Dark August
1976
as Adrianna Putnam

Requiem for a Heavyweight
1956
as Grace Carney

Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
2024
as Self (archive footage)

Private Sessions
1985
as Rosemary O'Reilly

The Magician
1973
as Nora Coogan

When Strangers Marry
1944
as Millie Baxter

The Case of the Baltimore Girls
1978
as Dr. Martha Reed

The Young Loner
1968
as Freda Williams

Money, Women and Guns
1958
as Mary Johnston Kingman

Reconnaissance Pilot
1943
as Catherine Cummings

The Impersonation Murder Case
1975
as Fern

Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978
as Mrs. Harper
A Man Named Brando
2006
as Self

The Hiding Place
2000
as Muriel

Three Sovereigns for Sarah
1985
as Mary Easty
A Midsummer Daydream
1955
as Elizabeth

The Dark Side of the Earth
1957
as Anna Rojas

Anything Can Happen
1952
as Helen Watson

Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
1960
as Maria

Glorious Technicolor
1998
as Self

A Streetcar on Broadway
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Give Us Barabbas!
1961
as Mara

A Streetcar in Hollywood
2006
as Self (archive footage)

Censorship and Desire
2006
as Self (archive footage)

An Actor Named Brando
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 111 credits spanning from 1943 to 2024, Kim Hunter has appeared in 68 films and 43 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kim Hunter Movies
- Planet of the Apes (1968) — as Zira
- Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) — as Dr. Zira
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) — as Stella Kowalski
- Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) — as Zira
- A Matter of Life and Death (1946) — as June
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