Martita Hunt
Born: 1900-01-30 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: 1969-06-13
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Martita Edith Hunt (30 January 1900 – 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.
Filmography
1969
- The Best House in London as Headmistress
1965
- Bunny Lake Is Missing as Ada Ford
1964
- Becket as Empress Matilda
- The Unsinkable Molly Brown as Grand Duchess Elise Lupavinova
1963
- Festival as Madame Desmermortes
1962
1961
- Mr. Topaze as Baroness
- A Call on Kuprin: Part 1 as Madame Kuprin
- A Call on Kuprin: Part 2 as Madame Kuprin
1960
- Route 66
- Thriller as Celia Sommerville
- Sunday-Night Play as Madame Kuprin
- The Brides of Dracula as Baroness Meinster
- Song Without End as Grand Duchess
- Bottoms Up! as Lady Gore-Willoughby
1959
- Venetian Honeymoon as Lisa Bradwell
1958
- Bonjour Tristesse as Philippe's Mother
- Me and the Colonel as Mother Superior
1957
- The Admirable Crichton as Lady Brocklehurst
- The Spies as Connie Harper
- Dangerous Exile as Lady Lydia Fell
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Julia Sharpe
- Anastasia as Baroness Elena von Livenbaum
- Three Men in a Boat as Mrs. Willis
- The March Hare as Lady Anne
1955
- King's Rhapsody as Queen Mother
1953
- Melba as Mme. Marchesi
1952
- The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men as Queen Eleanor
- Folly to Be Wise as Lady Dodd
- It Started in Paradise as Mme. Alice
- Treasure Hunt as Aunt Anna Rose
- Meet Me Tonight as Mabel Grace
1949
- The Fan as Duchess of Berwick
1948
- Studio One as Mrs. Porter
- Anna Karenina as Princess Betty Tversky
- So Evil My Love as Mrs. Courtney (SR)
- My Sister and I as Mrs. Camelot
1947
- The Ghosts of Berkeley Square as Lady Mary
1946
- Great Expectations as Miss Havisham
1945
- The Wicked Lady as Cousin Agatha
1944
- Welcome, Mr Washington as Miss Finch
1943
- The Man in Grey as Miss Patchett
1942
- They Flew Alone as Miss Bland
- Sabotage at Sea as Daphne Faber
- The Lady from Lisbon as Susan Wellington-Smythe
- The Seventh Survivor as Mrs. Lindley
- The Great Mr Handel as Chorister
- Talk About Jacqueline as Colonel's Wife
1941
- Freedom Radio as Frau Lehmann the Concierge
- Quiet Wedding as Mme. Mirelle
- East of Piccadilly as Ma
1940
- The Middle Watch as Lady Elizabeth Hewett
- Miss Grant Goes to the Door as Edith
- At the Villa Rose as Helen Vaquier
- Miss Knowall as Miss Hardcastle
1939
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips as British Tourist on Bicycle (uncredited)
- Trouble Brewing as Mme Berdi
- The Good Old Days as Sarah Macaulay
- The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
- Old Mother Riley Joins Up as Commandant
- A Girl Must Live as Mme. Dupont, assistant
- Young Man's Fancy as Duchess of Beaumont
1938
- Strange Boarders as Miss Pitter
- Prison Without Bars as Mme. Appel
- Everything Happens to Me
- Second Best Bed as Mrs. Mather
1937
- Sabotage as The Professor's Daughter (uncredited)
- Farewell Again as Adela Swayle
- The Mill on the Floss as Mrs. Glegg
- Good Morning, Boys! as Lady Bogshott
- Paradise for Two as Mme. Bernard
1936
- Tudor Rose as Jane's Mother
- The Beloved Vagabond as Lady with lorgnettes
- Pot Luck
- When Knights Were Bold as Aunt Esther
1935
- First a Girl as Madame Seraphina
- King of the Damned as Woman on Plane
- Man of the Moment as Lady at Roulette Table
- Mr. What's-His-Name? as Mrs Davies
- The Case of Gabriel Perry as Mrs. Read
- Foreign Affaires as Bit (uncredited)
1933
- Friday the Thirteenth as Agnes Lightfoot
- I Was a Spy as Aunt Lucille
1932
- Love on Wheels as Piano Demonstrator
- Service for Ladies as Aline - Countess Ricardi's Maid (uncredited)