Linda Hunt as Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously
Linda Hunt as Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously
Linda Hunt
While still a child, Linda Hunt decided to become an actress, and began taking drama lessons at age 13. Attended the Interlochen Arts Academy. She was a charter student the first year of the Interlochen Arts Academy which was established in 1962 as a complement to the Interlochen Arts Camp which had been established in 1928.As she was quite small (4'9") and not a great beauty, she also studied directing, in case she never landed any acting roles. Hunt majored in directing at the prestigious Goodman Theater School in Chicago, and went on to spend several years in New York, working as a stage manager, director, and occasionally as an actress; during some of that time she worked in alternative theater with companies such as La Mama and the Open Theater. Following years of getting bit parts and directing for a children's theater, Hunt finally started landing good roles and ultimately won two Obie awards and a Tony nomination. She debuted onscreen in Robert Altman's Popeye (1980), but it was her second film, The Year of Living Dangerously (1983), that made her internationally known; for her portrayal of a male Indonesian dwarf, she won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar. She went on to have a fairly busy and successful film career as a character and supporting actress, often winning raves for her performances. ~ All Movie Guide. Was nominated for Broadway's 1984 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for Arthur L. Kopit's "End of the World".
MOVIES:
1. Stranger Than Fiction (2006) (post-production)
2. Yours, Mine and Ours (2005) (completed)
3. A Lot Like Love (2005) .... Airline Attendant
4. God of War (2005) (VG) (voice) .... Narrator
5. Dragonfly (2002) .... Sister Madeline
6. Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998) (V) (voice) .... Grandmother Willow
7. The Relic (1997) .... Dr. Ann Cuthbert
8. Eat Your Heart Out (1997) .... Kathryn
9. The New Chimpanzees (1995) (TV) .... Narrator
10. Pocahontas (1995) (voice) .... Grandmother Willow
11. Prêt-à-Porter (1994) .... Regina Krumm
12. Maverick (1994) (scenes deleted) .... The Magician
13. "Space Rangers" (1993/I) TV Series .... Cmdr. Chennault (1993)
14. Younger and Younger (1993) .... Frances
15. Twenty Bucks (1993) .... Angeline
16. Rain Without Thunder (1992) .... Atwood Society Director
17. Nonesense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes (1992) (V)
18. Nonesense and Lullabyes: Poems (1992) (V)
19. If Looks Could Kill (1991) .... Ilsa Grunt
20. Kindergarten Cop (1990) .... Miss Schlowski
21. Carmilla (1990) (voice) .... Narrator (Quoting Poe for the Nightmare Classics Intro)
22. The Turn of the Screw (1990) (TV) .... The Voice
23. She-Devil (1989) .... Hooper
24. Nightmare Classics (1989) (TV) (voice)
25. Basements (1987) (TV) .... Rose (segment "The Room")
26. The Room Upstairs (1987) (TV) .... Mrs. Sanders
27. Waiting for the Moon (1987) .... Alice B. Toklas
28. Eleni (1985) .... Katina
29. Silverado (1985) .... Stella
30. Dune (1984) .... Shadout Mapes
31. The Bostonians (1984) .... Dr. Prance
32. The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) .... Billy Kwan
33. Popeye (1980) .... Mrs. Oxheart
34. Fame (1978) (TV) .... Mona
35. Ah, Wilderness! (1976) (TV) .... Nora
1. "Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution'" (2005) (mini) TV Series .... Narrator
2. "Before We Ruled the Earth" (2003) TV Series (voice) Host aka Living with Monsters
3. Woodrow Wilson and the Birth of the American Century (2002) (TV) (voice) Narrator
4. Shadow Play: Indonesia's Year of Living Dangerously (2002) .... Narrator
5. Island of the Sharks (1999) (voice) .... Narrator
6. The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999) (TV) .... Herself
7. "The Century" (1999) (mini) TV Series (voice) .... Narration & Voice Overs
8. Influenza 1918 (1998) (TV) .... Narration
9. Out of the Past (1998) .... Narrator
10. Isamu Noguchi: Stones and Paper (1997) (TV) .... Herself/Narrator
11. Amazon (1997) (voice) .... Narrator
12. Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End (1996) (voice) .... Narrator
13. Rain of Ruin: The Bombing of Nagasaki (1995) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
14. Ecological Design: Inventing the Future (1994) .... Narrator
15. Ishi: The Last Yahi (1992) (voice) .... Narrator
16. Chico Mendes: Voice of the Amazon (1989) .... Narrator
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