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	'''Martita Edith Hunt''' (30 January 1900{{spaced ndash}}13 June 1969) was an [[~~w:Argentine\|~~Argentine]]-born British theatre and film actress. She had a dominant stage presence and played a wide range of powerful characters. She is best remembered for her performance as [[Miss Havisham\|Miss Havisham]] in [[David Lean]]'s ''[[Great Expectations (1946 film)\|Great Expectations]]''.		'''Martita Edith Hunt''' (30 January 1900{{spaced ndash}}13 June 1969) was an [[Argentine]]-born British theatre and film actress. She had a dominant stage presence and played a wide range of powerful characters. She is best remembered for her performance as [[Miss Havisham\|Miss Havisham]] in [[David Lean]]'s ''[[Great Expectations (1946 film)\|Great Expectations]]''.

	==Biography==		==Biography==
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	===Early theatrical career===		===Early theatrical career===
	Hunt began her acting career in [[repertory theatre]] at Liverpool before moving to London. She first appeared there in the [[Stage Society]]'s production of [[Ernst Toller]]'s ''The Machine Wreckers'' at the [[Novelty Theatre\|Kingsway Theatre]] in May 1923. From 1923 to 1929, she appeared as the Principessa della Cercola in [[W. Somerset Maugham]]'s ''[[Our Betters]]'' ([[Gielgud Theatre\|Globe]], 1924) and as Mrs. Linde in [[Henrik Ibsen\|Ibsen's]] ''[[A Doll's House]]'' ([[Playhouse Theatre\|Playhouse]], 1925) in the [[West End theatre\|West End]], along with engagements at club theatres such as the [[Q Theatre]] and the [[Arts Theatre]] and a short 1926 [[Anton Chekhov\|Chekhov]] season at the small Barnes Theatre under [[Theodore Komisarjevsky]] (playing Charlotta Ivanovna, in ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' and Olga in ''[[Three Sisters (play)\|Three Sisters]]''). ~~{{Citation needed\|date=May 2013}}~~		Hunt began her acting career in [[repertory theatre]] at Liverpool before moving to London. She first appeared there in the [[Stage Society]]'s production of [[Ernst Toller]]'s ''The Machine Wreckers'' at the [[Novelty Theatre\|Kingsway Theatre]] in May 1923. From 1923 to 1929, she appeared as the Principessa della Cercola in [[W. Somerset Maugham]]'s ''[[Our Betters]]'' ([[Gielgud Theatre\|Globe]], 1924) and as Mrs. Linde in [[Henrik Ibsen\|Ibsen's]] ''[[A Doll's House]]'' ([[Playhouse Theatre\|Playhouse]], 1925) in the [[West End theatre\|West End]], along with engagements at club theatres such as the [[Q Theatre]] and the [[Arts Theatre]] and a short 1926 [[Anton Chekhov\|Chekhov]] season at the small Barnes Theatre under [[Theodore Komisarjevsky]] (playing Charlotta Ivanovna, in ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' and Olga in ''[[Three Sisters (play)\|Three Sisters]]'').

	In September 1929, she joined the [[Old Vic]] company, then led by [[Harcourt Williams]], and, during the following eight months played Béline in [[Molière]]'s ''[[The Imaginary Invalid]]'', Queen Elizabeth in [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s ''[[The Dark Lady of the Sonnets]]'', and Lavinia in Shaw's ''[[Androcles and the Lion (play)\|Androcles and the Lion]]''. However, her time there was more noted for a succession of [[William Shakespeare\|Shakespearean]] roles: the Nurse in ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', [[Portia (Merchant of Venice)\|Portia]] in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', the Queen in ''[[Richard II (play)\|Richard II]]'', Helena in ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', [[Portia (Julius Caesar)\|Portia]] in ''[[Julius Caesar (play)\|Julius Caesar]]''), including roles with [[John Gielgud]] (Rosalind in ''[[As You Like It]]'', Lady Macbeth in ''[[Macbeth]]'', and Gertrude in ''[[Hamlet]]'').		In September 1929, she joined the [[Old Vic]] company, then led by [[Harcourt Williams]], and, during the following eight months played Béline in [[Molière]]'s ''[[The Imaginary Invalid]]'', Queen Elizabeth in [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s ''[[The Dark Lady of the Sonnets]]'', and Lavinia in Shaw's ''[[Androcles and the Lion (play)\|Androcles and the Lion]]''. However, her time there was more noted for a succession of [[William Shakespeare\|Shakespearean]] roles: the Nurse in ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', [[Portia (Merchant of Venice)\|Portia]] in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', the Queen in ''[[Richard II (play)\|Richard II]]'', Helena in ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', [[Portia (Julius Caesar)\|Portia]] in ''[[Julius Caesar (play)\|Julius Caesar]]''), including roles with [[John Gielgud]] (Rosalind in ''[[As You Like It]]'', Lady Macbeth in ''[[Macbeth]]'', and Gertrude in ''[[Hamlet]]'').

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	'''Martita Edith Hunt''' (30 January 1900{{spaced ndash}}13 June 1969) was an [[w:Argentine\|Argentine]]-born British theatre and film actress. She had a dominant stage presence and played a wide range of powerful characters. She is best remembered for her performance as [[w:Miss Havisham\|Miss Havisham]] in [[~~w:David Lean\|~~David Lean]]'s ''[[w:Great Expectations (1946 film)\|Great Expectations]]''.		'''Martita Edith Hunt''' (30 January 1900{{spaced ndash}}13 June 1969) was an [[w:Argentine\|Argentine]]-born British theatre and film actress. She had a dominant stage presence and played a wide range of powerful characters. She is best remembered for her performance as [[Miss Havisham\|Miss Havisham]] in [[David Lean]]'s ''[[Great Expectations (1946 film)\|Great Expectations]]''.

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	===Early life===		===Early life===
	Hunt was born in [[~~w:Buenos Aires\|~~Buenos Aires]] on 30 January 1900<ref name="ODNB">{{Cite ODNB\|id=67806\|title=Hunt, Martita (1900–1969)}}</ref> to English parents Alfred and Marta ({{née}} Burnett) Hunt. She spent the first 20 years of her life in Argentina before she travelled with her parents to the United Kingdom to attend [[~~w:Queenwood Ladies' College\|~~Queenwood Ladies' College]] in [[~~w:Eastbourne\|Eastbourne~~]] and then to train as an actress.		Hunt was born in [[Buenos Aires]] on 30 January 1900<ref name="ODNB">{{Cite ODNB\|id=67806\|title=Hunt, Martita (1900–1969)}}</ref> to English parents Alfred and Marta ({{née}} Burnett) Hunt. She spent the first 20 years of her life in Argentina before she travelled with her parents to the United Kingdom to attend [[Queenwood Ladies' College]] in [[astbourne]] and then to train as an actress.

	===Early theatrical career===		===Early theatrical career===

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	==External links==		==External links==
	~~{{Portal\|Biography}}~~
	* {{IMDb name\|0402558}}		* {{IMDb name\|0402558}}
	* {{IBDB name\|id=45985}}		* {{IBDB name\|id=45985}}
	* [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/67806 Donald Roy profile of Martita Hunt], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''		* [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/67806 Donald Roy profile of Martita Hunt], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''
	* {{Find a Grave\|10959739}}		* {{Find a Grave\|10959739}}
	* [http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb71-thm/132 Martita Hunt Collection] is held by the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] Theatre and Performance Department<br>Reference Number(s): THM/132/3<br>Dates of Creation c. 1910s – 1960s<br>Physical Description: 11 folders.		* [http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb71-thm/132 Martita Hunt Collection] is held by the [[w:Victoria and Albert Museum\|Victoria and Albert Museum]] Theatre and Performance Department<br>Reference Number(s): THM/132/3<br>Dates of Creation c. 1910s – 1960s<br>Physical Description: 11 folders.

	~~{{TonyAward PlayLeadActress}}~~

	~~{{Authority control}}~~

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	'''Martita Edith Hunt''' (30 January 1900{{spaced ndash}}13 June 1969) was an [[Argentine]]-born British theatre and film actress. She had a dominant stage presence and played a wide range of powerful characters. She is best remembered for her performance as [[Miss Havisham]] in [[David Lean]]'s ''[[Great Expectations (1946 film)\|Great Expectations]]''.		'''Martita Edith Hunt''' (30 January 1900{{spaced ndash}}13 June 1969) was an [[w:Argentine\|Argentine]]-born British theatre and film actress. She had a dominant stage presence and played a wide range of powerful characters. She is best remembered for her performance as [[w:Miss Havisham\|Miss Havisham]] in [[w:David Lean\|David Lean]]'s ''[[w:Great Expectations (1946 film)\|Great Expectations]]''.

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	===Early life===		===Early life===
	Hunt was born in [[Buenos Aires]] on 30 January 1900<ref name="ODNB">{{Cite ODNB\|id=67806\|title=Hunt, Martita (1900–1969)}}</ref> to English parents Alfred and Marta (née Burnett) Hunt. She spent the first 20 years of her life in Argentina ~~{{fact\|date=April 2019}}~~ before she travelled with her parents to the United Kingdom to attend [[Queenwood Ladies' College]] in [[Eastbourne]] and then to train as an actress.		Hunt was born in [[w:Buenos Aires\|Buenos Aires]] on 30 January 1900<ref name="ODNB">{{Cite ODNB\|id=67806\|title=Hunt, Martita (1900–1969)}}</ref> to English parents Alfred and Marta ({{née}} Burnett) Hunt. She spent the first 20 years of her life in Argentina before she travelled with her parents to the United Kingdom to attend [[w:Queenwood Ladies' College\|Queenwood Ladies' College]] in [[w:Eastbourne\|Eastbourne]] and then to train as an actress.

	===Early theatrical career===		===Early theatrical career===

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'''Martita Edith Hunt''' (30 January 1900{{spaced ndash}}13 June 1969) was an [[Argentine]]-born British theatre and film actress. She had a dominant stage presence and played a wide range of powerful characters. She is best remembered for her performance as [[Miss Havisham]] in [[David Lean]]'s ''[[Great Expectations (1946 film)|Great Expectations]]''.

==Biography==
===Early life===
Hunt was born in [[Buenos Aires]] on 30 January 1900<ref name="ODNB">{{Cite ODNB|id=67806|title=Hunt, Martita (1900–1969)}}</ref> to English parents Alfred and Marta (née Burnett) Hunt. She spent the first 20 years of her life in Argentina {{fact|date=April 2019}} before she travelled with her parents to the United Kingdom to attend [[Queenwood Ladies' College]] in [[Eastbourne]] and then to train as an actress.

===Early theatrical career===
Hunt began her acting career in [[repertory theatre]] at Liverpool before moving to London. She first appeared there in the [[Stage Society]]'s production of [[Ernst Toller]]'s ''The Machine Wreckers'' at the [[Novelty Theatre|Kingsway Theatre]] in May 1923. From 1923 to 1929, she appeared as the Principessa della Cercola in [[W. Somerset Maugham]]'s ''[[Our Betters]]'' ([[Gielgud Theatre|Globe]], 1924) and as Mrs. Linde in [[Henrik Ibsen|Ibsen's]] ''[[A Doll's House]]'' ([[Playhouse Theatre|Playhouse]], 1925) in the [[West End theatre|West End]], along with engagements at club theatres such as the [[Q Theatre]] and the [[Arts Theatre]] and a short 1926 [[Anton Chekhov|Chekhov]] season at the small Barnes Theatre under [[Theodore Komisarjevsky]] (playing Charlotta Ivanovna, in ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' and Olga in ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]''). {{Citation needed|date=May 2013}}

In September 1929, she joined the [[Old Vic]] company, then led by [[Harcourt Williams]], and, during the following eight months played Béline in [[Molière]]'s ''[[The Imaginary Invalid]]'', Queen Elizabeth in [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s ''[[The Dark Lady of the Sonnets]]'', and Lavinia in Shaw's ''[[Androcles and the Lion (play)|Androcles and the Lion]]''. However, her time there was more noted for a succession of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespearean]] roles: the Nurse in ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', [[Portia (Merchant of Venice)|Portia]] in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', the Queen in ''[[Richard II (play)|Richard II]]'', Helena in ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', [[Portia (Julius Caesar)|Portia]] in ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]''), including roles with [[John Gielgud]] (Rosalind in ''[[As You Like It]]'', Lady Macbeth in ''[[Macbeth]]'', and Gertrude in ''[[Hamlet]]'').

In Hunt's entry in the ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'', Donald Roy wrote:<blockquote>"With an arresting appearance and a dominant stage presence, she proved most effective as strong, tragic characters, her Gertrude in ''Hamlet'' being accounted by some critics the finest they had seen."</blockquote>

She then returned to the West End (briefly returning to the Old Vic to play Emilia in the 1938 ''[[Othello]]''), notably playing Edith Gunter in [[Dodie Smith]]'s ''Autumn Crocus'' ([[Lyric Theatre (London)|Lyric]], 1931), the Countess of Rousillon in ''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]'' (Arts, 1932), Lady Strawholme in [[Ivor Novello]]'s ''Fresh Fields'' ([[Criterion Theatre|Criterion]], 1933), Liz Frobisher in [[John Van Druten]]'s ''The Distaff Side'' ([[Apollo Theatre|Apollo]], 1933), Barbara Dawe in [[Clemence Dane]]'s ''Moonlight Is Silver'' ([[Sondheim Theatre|Queen's]], 1934), Theodora in [[Elmer Rice]]'s ''[[Not for Children]]'' ([[Fortune Theatre|Fortune]], 1935), Masha in Chekhov's ''[[The Seagull]]'' ([[Noël Coward Theatre|New Theatre]], 1936), the Mother in an English-language version of [[García Lorca]]'s ''[[Blood Wedding (play)|Bodas de sangre]]'' ("Marriage of Blood"; [[Savoy Theatre|Savoy]], 1939), Léonie in [[Jean Cocteau]]'s ''[[Les Parents Terribles]]'' ([[Gate Theatre|Gate]], 1940), Mrs Cheveley in [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[An Ideal Husband]]'' ([[Westminster Theatre|Westminster]], 1943), and Cornelia in [[John Webster]]'s ''[[The White Devil]]'' ([[Duchess Theatre|Duchess]], 1947).

===Early film career===
Hunt also appeared in many supporting roles in several popular British films such as ''[[Good Morning, Boys]]'' (1937), ''[[Trouble Brewing (1939 film)|Trouble Brewing]]'' (1939), and ''[[The Man in Grey]]'' (1943). ''[[The Wicked Lady]]'' (1945) was an international success, but her next film role in [[David Lean]]'s ''[[Great Expectations (1946 film)|Great Expectations]]'' (1946) would be her most famous and most lauded.<ref name="imdb"/> As [[Miss Havisham]], she reprised her role from the 1939 stage adaptation by [[Alec Guinness]] which provided the inspiration and template for Lean's film. Her performance met with significant acclaim, and Roger Ebert later wrote in 1999 that she "dominate[d] the [film's] early scenes, playing Miss Havisham as a beak-nosed, shabby figure, bedecked in crumbling lace and linen, not undernourished despite her long exile."<ref>[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19990822/REVIEWS08/908220301/1023 Review of ''Great Expectations''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009103100/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19990822%2FREVIEWS08%2F908220301%2F1023 |date=9 October 2012 }}, ''Chicago Sun-Times''. Retrieved 10 December 2014.</ref>

===Later career===
Martita Hunt acted in The Sleeping Prince in 1953 at the Phoenix Theatre. From this time on, she divided her time between British and American films as well as the stage. She won a [[Tony Award]] in 1949 for her Broadway début as Countess Aurelia in the English-speaking première of Giraudoux's ''[[The Madwoman of Chaillot]]'' (though she had relatively less impact on the production's 1952 tour). Her last stage role was as Angélique Boniface in ''[[Hotel Paradiso]]'', an adaptation from [[Georges Feydeau|Feydeau]], again with Guinness at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] in May 1956.<ref name="ibdb"/>

Other films in which she appeared include: ''[[Anna Karenina (1948 film)|Anna Karenina]]'' (1948), ''[[The Fan (1949 film)|The Fan]]'' (1949), ''[[Anastasia (1956 film)|Anastasia]]'' (1956), ''[[Three Men in a Boat (1956 film)|Three Men in a Boat]]'' (1956), ''[[The Admirable Crichton (1957 film)|The Admirable Crichton]]'' (1957), ''[[The Brides of Dracula]]'' (1960), ''[[The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm]]'' (1962), ''[[Becket (1964 film)|Becket]]'' (1964), ''[[The Unsinkable Molly Brown (film)|The Unsinkable Molly Brown]]'' (1964) and ''[[Bunny Lake Is Missing]]'' (1965). She also appeared on TV as Lady Bastable in several adaptations of the [[Saki]] stories (1962)<ref name="imdb">{{IMDb name|0402558}}</ref><ref name="ibdb">{{IBDB name|45985}}</ref>

===Death===
Martita Hunt died of bronchial asthma at her home in [[Hampstead]], London, aged 69, on 13 June 1969. Her estate was valued at £5,390. She never married. 

She was cremated at [[Golders Green Crematorium]] on 19 June and her ashes lie in the Ivor Novello Rose Bed.

==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[A Rank Outsider]]'' (1920)
* ''[[Service for Ladies]]'' (1932) as Aline – Countess Ricardi's Maid (uncredited)
* ''[[Love on Wheels]]'' (1932) as Piano Demonstrator
* ''[[I Was a Spy]]'' (1933) as Aunt Lucille
* ''[[Friday the Thirteenth (1933 film)|Friday the Thirteenth]]'' (1933) as Agnes Lightfoot
* ''[[Too Many Millions]]'' (1934) as Mrs. Pilcher
* ''[[Mr. What's-His-Name?]]'' (1935) as Mrs. Davies
* ''[[The Case of Gabriel Perry]]'' (1935) as Mrs. Read
* ''[[Man of the Moment (1935 film)|Man of the Moment]]'' (1935) as Roulette Player
* ''[[First a Girl]]'' (1935) as Seraphina
* ''[[King Of The Damned]]'' (1935) as Woman on Plane (uncredited)
* ''[[When Knights Were Bold (1936 film)|When Knights Were Bold]]'' (1936) as Aunt Esther
* ''[[Pot Luck (1936 film)|Pot Luck]]'' (1936) as Mrs. Cream
* ''[[Tudor Rose (film)|Tudor Rose]]'' (1936) as Jane's Mother
* ''[[The Interrupted Honeymoon]]'' (1936) as Nora Briggs
* ''[[The Beloved Vagabond (1936 film)|The Beloved Vagabond]]'' (1936) as Lady with lorgnettes (uncredited)
* ''[[Sabotage (1936 film)|Sabotage]]'' (1936) as Miss Chatham – The Professor's Daughter (uncredited)
* ''[[The Mill on the Floss (film)|The Mill on the Floss]]'' (1936) as Mrs. Glegg
* ''[[Good Morning, Boys]]'' (1937) as Lady Bogshott
* ''[[Farewell Again]]'' (1937) as Adela Swayle
* ''[[Paradise for Two]]'' (1937) as Mme. Bernard (uncredited)
* ''[[Second Best Bed]]'' (1938) as Mrs. Mather
* ''[[Strange Boarders]]'' (1938) as Miss Pitter
* ''[[Prison Without Bars]]'' (1938) as Mme. Appel
* ''[[Everything Happens to Me (1938 film)|Everything Happens to Me]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Trouble Brewing (1939 film)|Trouble Brewing]]'' (1939) as Madame Berdi
* ''[[The Nursemaid Who Disappeared]]'' (1939) as Lady Alice Ballister
* ''[[A Girl Must Live]]'' (1939) as Mme. Dupont, assistant
* ''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939 film)|Goodbye, Mr. Chips]]'' (1939) as British Tourist on Bicycle (uncredited)
* ''[[Young Man's Fancy (film)|Young Man's Fancy]]'' (1939) as Duchess of Beaumont
* ''[[Old Mother Riley Joins Up]]'' (1939) as Commandant
* ''[[At the Villa Rose (1940 film)|At the Villa Rose]]'' (1940) as Helen Vaquier
* ''[[The Middle Watch (1940 film)|The Middle Watch]]'' (1940) as Lady Elizabeth Hewett
* ''[[The Good Old Days (film)|The Good Old Days]]'' (1940) as Sara Macaulay
* ''[[Tilly of Bloomsbury (1940 film)|Tilly of Bloomsbury]]'' (1940) as Lady Marion Mainwaring
* ''[[Freedom Radio]]'' (1941) as Frau Lehmann the Concierge
* ''[[Quiet Wedding]]'' (1941) as Mme. Mirelle
* ''[[East of Piccadilly]]'' (1941) as Ma
* ''[[The Seventh Survivor]]'' (1942) as Mrs. Lindley
* ''[[They Flew Alone]]'' (1942) as Miss Bland
* ''[[Lady from Lisbon]]'' (1942) as Susan Wellington-Smythe
* ''[[Sabotage at Sea]]'' (1942) as Daphne Faber
* ''[[Talk about Jacqueline]]'' (1942) as Colonel's Wife (uncredited)
* ''The Importance of being earnest'' (1943) as Lady Bracknell
* ''[[The Man in Grey]]'' (1943) as Miss Patchett
* ''[[Welcome, Mr. Washington]]'' (1944) as Miss Finch
* ''[[The Wicked Lady]]'' (1945) as Cousin Agatha
* ''[[Great Expectations (1946 film)|Great Expectations]]'' (1946) as Miss Havisham
* ''[[The Ghosts of Berkeley Square]]'' (1947) as Lady Mary
* ''[[The Little Ballerina]]'' (1947) as Miss Crichton
* ''[[Anna Karenina (1948 film)|Anna Karenina]]'' (1948) as Princess Betty Tversky
* ''[[So Evil My Love]]'' (1948) as Mrs. Courtney
* ''[[My Sister and I (1948 film)|My Sister and I]]'' (1948) as Mrs. Camelot
* ''[[The Fan (1949 film)|The Fan]]'' (1949) as Duchess of Berwick
* ''[[The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men]]'' (1952) as Queen Eleanor
* ''[[Treasure Hunt (1952 film)|Treasure Hunt]]'' (1952) as Aunt Anna Rose
* ''[[Meet Me Tonight]]'' (1952) as Mabel Grace: Red Peppers
* ''[[It Started in Paradise]]'' (1952) as Mme. Alice
* ''[[Folly to Be Wise]]'' (1953) as Lady Dodd
* ''Melba'' (1955) as Mme. Marchesi
* ''[[King's Rhapsody (film)|King's Rhapsody]]'' (1955) as Queen Mother
* ''[[The March Hare (1956 film)|The March Hare]]'' (1956) as Lady Anne
* ''[[Anastasia (1956)|Anastasia]]'' (1956) as Baroness Elena von Livenbaum
* ''[[Three Men in a Boat (1956 film)|Three Men in a Boat]]'' (1956) as Mrs. Willis
* ''[[The Admirable Crichton (1957 film)|The Admirable Crichton]]'' (1957) as Lady Brocklehurst
* ''[[Les Espions]]'' (1957) as Connie Harper
* ''[[Dangerous Exile]]'' (1957) as Lady Lydia Fell
* ''[[Bonjour Tristesse (film)|Bonjour tristesse]]'' (1958) as Philippe's Mother
* ''[[Me and the Colonel]]'' (1958) as Mother Superior
* ''La prima notte'' (1959) as Lisa Bradwell
* ''[[Bottoms Up (1960 film)|Bottoms Up]]'' (1960) as Lady Gore-Willoughby
* ''[[The Brides of Dracula]]'' (1960) as Baroness Meinster
* ''[[Song Without End]]'' (1960) as Grand Duchess
* ''[[Mr. Topaze]]'' (1961) as Baroness
* ''[[The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm]]'' (1962) as Anna Richter (Story Teller)
* ''[[Becket (1964 film)|Becket]]'' (1964) as Empress Matilda
* ''[[The Unsinkable Molly Brown (film)|The Unsinkable Molly Brown]]'' (1964) as Grand Duchess Elise Lupavinova
* ''[[Bunny Lake Is Missing]]'' (1965) as Ada Ford
* ''[[The Best House in London]]'' (1969) as Headmistress (final film role)
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==References==
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==Sources==
* ''Who Was Who in the Theatre'', 1912–1976, 2 (1978), pp. 1241–2
* W. Rigdon, ''The Biographical Encyclopedia'' (1966), p. 556
* D. Quinlan, ''The Illustrated Directory of Film Character Actors'' (1985), p. 152
* S. D'Amico, ed., ''Enciclopedia dello spettacolo'', 11 vols. (Rome, 1954–68)
* P. Hartnoll, ed., ''The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre'' (1972), p. 259
* ''The Times'' (14 June 1969), pp. 1, 10
* J. Willis, ed., ''Theatre World'', 26 (1970), pp. 268–9
* F. Gaye, ed., ''Who's Who in the Theatre'', 14th edn (1967), pp. 769–70
* E. M. Truitt, ''Who Was Who on Screen'', 3rd edn (1983), 360
* ''The Guardian'' (14 June 1969), p. 5
* R. May, ''A Companion to the Theatre'' (1973), p. 110
* J.-L. Passek, ed., ''Dictionnaire du cinéma'' (1991), p. 334

==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|0402558}}
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* [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/67806 Donald Roy profile of Martita Hunt], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''
* {{Find a Grave|10959739}}
* [http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb71-thm/132 Martita Hunt Collection] is held by the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] Theatre and Performance Department<br>Reference Number(s): THM/132/3<br>Dates of Creation c. 1910s – 1960s<br>Physical Description: 11 folders.

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