Marsha Hunt Actress born 1917

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Marsha Virginia Hunt (born October 17, 1917) is a retired American film, theater, and television actress who was blacklisted by Hollywood movie studio executives in the 1950s. In June 1935, at 18, Hunt signed a contract with Paramount Pictures, making her film debut in The Virginia Judge later that same year. Between 1935 and 1938, she made twelve pictures at Paramount and two "loan-outs" at RKO and 20th Century Fox. Among her more notable films from this period was the 1937 western Born to the West, co-starring John Wayne. Disturbed by the actions of the House Un-American Activities Commission (HUAC), Hunt and her husband, screenwriter Robert Presnell, Jr., became members of the Committee for the First Amendment. On Oct 26, 1947, Hunt took part in Hollywood Fights Back, a star-studded radio program, co-written by her husband, protesting the activities of HUAC. The next day Hunt flew with a group of about 30 actors, directors, writers, and filmmakers (including John Huston, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Danny Kaye), to Washington D.C. to protest the actions of HUAC.
When she returned to Hollywood just three days later, things had changed. She was asked to denounce her activities if she wanted to find more work - she refused. In 1950, Hunt was named as a potential Communist or Communist sympathizer (along with 151 other actors, writers and directors) in the anti-Communist publication Red Channels. After the publication of Red Channels in 1950, work became scarce for Hunt and Presnell. Hunt had worked steadily from 1935 until 1949, appearing in 52 films. In 1944 she polled seventh in a list by exhibitors of "Stars of Tomorrow". After being blacklisted, Hunt appeared in only three films during the next eight years

Sent her 3 photos on 31 Aug and got all 3 back signed on 14 Oct

Ms. Marsha Hunt
13131 Magnolia Blvd.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423

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Received signed index card It looks like a stamped signature I cant tell also received a order form for her book Used address here in the data base.

[banjo!]

Received signed index card It looks like a stamped signature I cant tell also received a order form for her book Used address here in the data base.

Do you have a picture of it?