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. is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Nickname: Military Capital of the Revolution Location of Morristown in Morris County (L); Location of Morris County in New Jersey (R) Coordinates: Country United States State New Jersey County Morris Founded 1715 Incorporated 1865 Mayor Donald Cresitello (D; term ends December 31, 2009. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The Year of Living Dangerously is a novel by Christopher Koch, which was made into a film in 1982, directed by Peter Weir and written by Koch, Weir, and David Williamson. ... For other uses, see Gaia. ... God of War is a video game for the Sony PlayStation 2 console released on March 22, 2005. ...

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. Nickname: Military Capital of the Revolution Location of Morristown in Morris County (L); Location of Morris County in New Jersey (R) Coordinates: Country United States State New Jersey County Morris Founded 1715 Incorporated 1865 Mayor Donald Cresitello (D; term ends December 31, 2009. ... Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs. ... A vice president is an officer in government or business who is next in rank below a president. ... Map showing Long Island; to the north is Connecticut and to the west are New York City and New Jersey. ...

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. Robert Bernard Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. ... Popeye is a 1980 live-action film directed by Robert Altman, based on the comic strip and cartoon character Popeye the Sailor. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the awards given to actresses working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Year of Living Dangerously is a novel by Christopher Koch, which was made into a film in 1982, directed by Peter Weir and written by Koch, Weir, and David Williamson. ...

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. The Obie Awards, short for Off-Broadway Theater Awards, are annual awards bestowed by the newspaper The Village Voice on theater artists performing in New York City. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... Wallace Shawn (born November 12, 1943), sometimes credited as Wally Shawn, is an American actor and playwright. ... Kristen Johnston and Lili Taylor in the 2004 revival of Aunt Dan and Lemon Aunt Dan and Lemon is a play by Wallace Shawn. ... The Pasadena Playhouse is a historic theatre located in Pasadena, California. ... Doubt book cover Doubt: A Parable is a 2004 play by John Patrick Shanley (ISBN 1-55936-276-6) set in a Bronx Catholic school during the fall of 1964. ...

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. City Arts and Lectures is a lecture series produced by National Public Radio affiate KQED in San Francisco. ... KQED is a public broadcasting company based in San Francisco, California. ... Public broadcasting (also known as public service broadcasting or PSB) is the dominant form of broadcasting around the world, where radio, television, and potentially other electronic media outlets receive funding from the public. ... Walt Disney Feature Animation (WDFA) is the animation studio that makes up a key element of The Walt Disney Company. ... Pocahontas is the thirty-third animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. ... Pocahontas is the thirty-third animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. ... Carnivàle, pronounced // (“car-nih-VAL”), was an American dramatic television series produced by HBO. Created by Daniel Knauf, it starred Nick Stahl and Clancy Brown. ... For other uses, see Gaia. ... God of War is a video game for the Sony PlayStation 2 console released on March 22, 2005. ... God of War II is the sequel to the popular God of War video game. ... International Spy Museum sign International Spy Museum at F Street and 9th Streets NW in Washington, D.C. The International Spy Museum is a privately owned museum dedicated to the field of espionage located in the Penn Quarter neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and one block west of the Gallery...

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
• Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (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

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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

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External links

• Linda Hunt at the Internet Movie Database
• Linda Hunt at City Arts & Lectures