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'Linda Hunt' (born April 2, 1945) is an American film, stage and television actress. She is known for her Academy Award-winning role in 1983's ''The Year of Living Dangerously''. She also did the voice acting for the role of Gaia, the female titan who narrated the ''God of War'' series of video games.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Career

Filmography

Selected television credits

External links

Biography

Early life

Hunt was born in Morristown, New Jersey to Elsie Doying, who taught at the Westport School of Music and accompanied the Saugatuck Congregational Church choir, and Raymond Davy Hunt, the long-time vice president of Harper Fuel Oil in Long Island. She has a sister, Marcia.

Career

Hunt's film debut occurred in 1980 in Robert Altman's musical comedy ''Popeye''. She won the Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for her role as the male Chinese-Australian dwarf Billy Kwan in the film ''The Year of Living Dangerously'' in 1982. This made her the only person to ever win an Oscar for playing a character of the opposite gender.
Hunt is also a well known stage actress, who has received two Obie awards and a Tony Award nomination for her theatre work. She created the role of Aunt Dan in Wallace Shawn's play ''Aunt Dan and Lemon''. Recently, she portrayed Sister Aloysius in the Pasadena Playhouse production of John Patrick Shanley's Tony Award-winning play ''Doubt''.
Beside her acting abilities, Hunt is distinguished by her small stature (she is 4' 9" or 1.45 m), and her rich, resonant voice, which she has used effectively in numerous documentaries, cartoons, and commercials. Hunt is the on-air host for City Arts & Lectures, a radio program recorded by KQED public radio. She was chosen by Walt Disney Feature Animation to lend her enigmatic speaking and singing voice to Grandmother Willow in ''Pocahontas''. Her voice work also includes the character of "Management", in the US TV series ''Carnivàle'', and Gaia, who serves as the Narrator in ''God of War'' and its sequel ''God of War II'' . She also narrates the introduction film at the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC.

Filmography

★ ''God of War II'' (2007) (VG) (voice) - Narrator/Gaia

★ ''Nature'', Christmas in Yellowstone (2006) - Narrator

★ ''Stranger Than Fiction'' (2006) - Dr. Mittag-Leffler

★ ''Auschwitz -- Inside the Nazi State'' (2005) - Narrator

★ ''Yours, Mine and Ours'' (2005) - Mrs. Munion

★ ''A Lot Like Love'' (2005) - Airline Attendant

★ ''God of War'' (2005) (VG) (voice) - Narrator

★ ''Dragonfly'' (2002) - Sister Madeline

★ '' (1998) - Grandmother Willow (voice)

★ ''The Relic'' (1997) - Dr. Ann Cuthbert

★ ''Eat Your Heart Out'' (1997) - Kathryn

★ ''Pocahontas'' (1995) - Grandmother Willow (voice)

★ ''Prêt-à-Porter'' (1994) - Regina Krumm

★ ''Younger and Younger'' (1993) - Frances

★ ''Twenty Bucks'' (1993) - Angeline

★ ''Rain Without Thunder'' (1992) - Atwood Society Director

★ ''If Looks Could Kill'' (1991) - Ilsa Grunt

★ ''Kindergarten Cop'' (1990) - Miss Schlowski

★ ''Carmilla'' (1990) - Narrator

★ ''She-Devil'' (1989) - Hooper

★ ''Waiting for the Moon'' (1987) - Alice B. Toklas

★ ''Eleni'' (1985) - Katina

★ ''Silverado'' (1985) - Stella

★ ''Dune'' (1984) - Shadout Mapes

★ ''The Bostonians'' (1984) - Dr. Prance

★ ''The Year of Living Dangerously'' (1982) - Billy Kwan

★ ''Popeye'' (1980) - Mrs. Oxheart

Selected television credits

★ ''The Unit'' (2007)

★ ''Carnivàle'' (9 episodes, 2003-2005) (voice) - Management

★ ''The Practice'' (24 episodes, 1997-2002) - Judge Zoey Hiller

★ ''Space Rangers'' (1993) - Cmdr. Chennault

★ ''Fame'' (1978) - Mona

External links

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★ Linda Hunt at City Arts & Lectures