Linda Hunt is recognized as an American film, TV and stage actress. She is most known for her portrayal of Billy Kwan(male role) in The Year of Living Dangerously(1982). She is also known for her booming voice, magnetic performances and small height in a wide variety of roles. She was the first actor to win an Oscar for playing an opposite-sex role as Billy Kwan.
From her splendid career, the actress has also collected a gigantic amount of net worth.
Early Life Of Linda Hunt
Hunt was born on April 2, 1945, in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. She is the daughter of Raymond Davy Hunt, former vice president of Harper Fuel Oil and Elsie Hunt, a piano teacher at the Westport School of Music. Hunt was raised in Westport, CT.
She was misdiagnosed with cretinism at six months of age. And she was precisely diagnosed with hypo-pituitary dwarfism, it is a disease in which the pituitary gland fails to release enough growth hormone.
CAPTION: Early Life Of Linda Hunt SOURCE: As a result, Hunt grew up an unusual overachiever, courageous by her condition. She has a sister named Marcia who is 5 years older than her.
Hunt attended the Interlochen Arts Academy and the Goodman School of drama in Chicago, Illinois which as of now is part of DePaul University.
Linda Hunt's Career
When Hunt was just 12, she took her first step at acting in a production of Flibbertigibbet at Westport's famed Silver Nutmeg Theatre. She made her official debut in the theatre appearing in the 1972 production of Hamlet, playing Lucianus.
In 1975 she made Broadway debut in Ah, Wilderness and also performed in the Long Wharf production of The Rose Tattoo in 1977. A year later she again appeared in the TV movie Fame and won appreciation for her performance in A Metamorphosis in Miniature.
Hunt debuted in film appearing in Popeye, a musical comedy of Robert Altman which was released in 1980. Two years later she got a huge breakthrough playing the role of Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously of Peter Weir.
In 1983, Hunt was honored with an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as the male Chinese-Australian photographer Billy Kwan. She also became the first person to win an Oscar for playing the role of the opposite sex.
In an interview with the Bomb magazine, Hunt mentioned that Billy Kwan
"is supra-personal [with] layers of sexual ambiguity."
She was praised for her role in Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children. Also, she won a nomination for a Tony Award the following year for her main role in the Broadway production of Arthur Kopit's End of the World.
Furthermore, she appeared in many other movies like The Bostonians (1984), Dune (1984), Silverado (1985) and Aunt Dan and Lemon (1985).
The trio is back! #brainsonbrainsonbrains #ncisla by @reneefsmith https://t.co/jSRZn1hlNt pic.twitter.com/1Hp6ENuYFt
— Linda Hunt (@FCLindaSuanHunt) April 19, 2018
Her later films comprised She-Devil in 1989 which was based on a novel by Fay Weldon. She has a resonant voice which can be heard in various commercials, cartoons, and doc u mentaries such as the Disney animated feature Pocahontas (1995).
Hunt got recognition as a narrator from the TV miniseries Auschwitz: The Nazis and the “Final Solution” (2005), God of War (2005) series of video games. In addition, she also played Commander Chennault in the sci-fi TV series Space Rangers (1993-94) and again played the recurring role of a judge in The Practice.
In 2018, Hunt landed a breakout role in the commercially successful movie Solo: A Star Wars Story along with Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
Linda Hunt's Net Worth
Active in the acting industry since 1976, Linda Hunt has garnered an impressive net worth which is estimated to be around $6 million, as per Celebrity net worth, in 2019. One of her famous movie The Year of Living Dangerously acc u mulated $10.3 million at the box office against a budget of $4.4 million. Her other movie Yours, Mine & Ours collected $72 million at the box office made under the budget of $45 million.
In the year 1995, NCIS: Los Angeles star Hunt also played the iconic role in the animated musical romantic drama Pocahontas which was turned out to be a hit at the box office grossing $346 million worldwide. The movie also won two Academy Awards under the title Best Musical or Comedy Score. She shared the screen alongside Glen Keane, Joe Grant, Ralph Zondag, and Burny Mattinson.
The actress also proud owner of BMW SUV which worth ranges between of $60,700-$75,750.
Linda Hunt's Personal Life, Wife, And Relationship
Linda Hunt is openly gay. She is a married woman, tied the knot with Karen Klein, a psychotherapist, in 2008. However, both were together since 1978. Despite gaining worldwide fame, she maintained to keep her personal affairs away from the limelight.
Hunt and her partner Klein are living happily in a historic neighborhood in Hollywood, California along with their pets. Their home is of 20th century American Craftsman style. Hunt is also an amba s sador for the Best Friends Animal Society.
Hunt faced a terrible car wreck in Hollywood on July 2, 2018, while she was driving a black BMW SUV and tried making a left turn. She was later hospitalized for a few weeks.
Linda Hunt Body Measurements
- Height- she stands at the height of 4' 9" (1.45 m).
- Weight- 65 kg
- Birth Name: Lydia Susanna Hunter
- Age: April 2, 1945 (age 73)
- She has a deep husky voice
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