Martita Hunt (January 30 1900 - June 13 1969) was a theatre and film actress. January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 19th century in film 1899 in film 1900 1901 in film 1900s in film years in film film Events Births January 1 - Mildred Davis, actress (d. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... // Events Cannes Film Festival opens, but closes in support of a French general strike without awarding any prizes. ... It has been suggested that Drama (art form) be merged into this article or section. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Martita Hunt as Baroness Meinster in the 1960 Hammer horror film The Brides of Dracula

Born in Buenos Aires to British parents, Hunt spent the first ten years of her life in Argentina, before her parents returned to England. She began her acting career in Liverpool before moving to London where she appeared frequently with the Old Vic. Image File history File links Martitahunt. ... A poster for Dracula Prince of Darkness (1966). ... The Brides of Dracula is a 1960 British Hammer Horror film directed by Terence Fisher. ... Buenos Aires (English: Fair Winds; originally Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María de los Buenos Aires, City of the Holy Trinity and Port of Saint Mary of the Fair Winds) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, and one of... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004... Liverpool waterfront by night, as seen from the Wirral. ... For other uses, see London (disambiguation). ... The exterior of the Old Vic. ...

She appeared in British films for more than twenty years before she achieved her greatest success in middle age. The Wicked Lady (1945) was an international success, but it was her next film role, as Miss Havisham in Great Expectations (1946) that brought her renown as a film actress. The Wicked Lady was a 1945 film starring Margaret Lockwood in the title role as a woman marrying into nobility (Barbara Worth aka Lady Barbara Skelton) who turns to highway robbery for enjoyment, and to repay gambling debts. ... Great Expectations is a Bildungsroman (a novel tracing the life of the protagonist) by Charles Dickens and first serialized in All the Year Round from December 1860 to August 1861. ...

From this time she divided her time between British and Hollywood films. Some of her other films include Anna Karenina (1948), The Fan (1949), Anastasia (1956), The Admirable Crichton (1957) and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964). ... Anna Karenina (Анна Каренина) is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy first published in 1877. ... Anastasia is a 1956 film which tells the true story of a young, confused woman in France after the Russian Revolution who, backed by the Russian emigre community, attempts to pass herself off as Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanova, the daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. ... The Admirable Crichton is a play written in 1902 by J. M. Barrie. ... The Unsinkable Molly Brown is a musical play which tells the fictionalized account of the life of Margaret Brown, whose husband made a fortune in the Colorado gold mines, and who survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic. ...

In addition to her films, she continued to work as a theatre actress, winning a Tony Award in 1949 for The Madwoman of Chaillot. 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. ...

She died in London. For other uses, see London (disambiguation). ...

She was the aunt of actor Gareth Hunt. Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, and Patrick Macnee in The New Avengers. ...