Martita Hunt

Born: 1900-01-30

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.


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Great Expectations

as Miss Havisham
Released: 1946-12-26

In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious...

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The Brides of Dracula

as Baroness Meinster
Released: 1960-07-07

A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles...

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Bunny Lake Is Missing

as Ada Ford
Released: 1965-10-03

A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she...

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Goodbye, Mr. Chips

as British Tourist on Bicycle (uncredited)
Released: 1939-07-28

A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who...

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Anastasia

as Baroness Elena von Livenbaum
Released: 1956-12-13

Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming...

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The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

as Queen Eleanor
Released: 1952-05-26

Young Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the...

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Becket

as Empress Matilda
Released: 1964-03-11

King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he...

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Sabotage

as The Professor's Daughter (uncredited)
Released: 1937-01-08

Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live...

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Anna Karenina

as Princess Betty Tversky
Released: 1948-01-22

Stefan and Dolly Oblonsky have had a spat and Stefan has asked his sister, Anna Karenina, to...

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Bonjour Tristesse

as Philippe's Mother
Released: 1958-01-15

Cecile is a decadent young girl who lives with her rich playboy father, Raymond. When Anne,...

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The Admirable Crichton

as Lady Brocklehurst
Released: 1957-06-11

Lord Loam has modern ideas about his household, he believes in treating his servants as his...

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The Unsinkable Molly Brown

as Grand Duchess Elise Lupavinova
Released: 1964-06-11

The buoyant Molly Brown has survived the first crisis of her life—a flood. Sixteen years later...

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The Man in Grey

as Miss Patchett
Released: 1943-08-06

After marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a...

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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

as Anna Richter
Released: 1962-08-07

The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century,...

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The Wicked Lady

as Cousin Agatha
Released: 1945-11-15

A married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.

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Dangerous Exile

as Lady Lydia Fell
Released: 1957-12-12

Dangerous Exile is a 1957 British historical drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and...

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So Evil My Love

as Mrs. Courtney (SR)
Released: 1948-08-02

In the late 19th century, on board a ship sailing from Jamaica to England, Olivia Harwood, a...

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First a Girl

as Madame Seraphina
Released: 1935-11-07

An aspiring singer quits her menial job and is talked into performing as a female impersonator...

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Me and the Colonel

as Mother Superior
Released: 1958-10-01

Nazis are about to overrun France, and a Jewish man named Jacobowsky is stranded in Paris. He...

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The Spies

as Connie Harper
Released: 1957-10-10

A doctor at a run-down psychiatric hospital is offered a large sum of money to shelter a new...

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The Fan

as Duchess of Berwick
Released: 1949-04-01

Lord Windermere appears to all – including his young wife Margaret – to be the perfect husband....

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Folly to Be Wise

as Lady Dodd
Released: 1952-12-04

A newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting...

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Venetian Honeymoon

as Lisa Bradwell
Released: 1959-02-27

There is a lot of excitement in the high society of Venice: An Arab prince, who always travels...

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Song Without End

as Grand Duchess
Released: 1960-08-11

The romantic story of Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt, whose scandalous love affair forced him to...

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Three Men in a Boat

as Mrs. Willis
Released: 1956-12-23

Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and...

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Friday the Thirteenth

as Agnes Lightfoot
Released: 1933-11-01

It is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a...

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Service for Ladies

as Aline - Countess Ricardi's Maid
Released: 1932-01-14

Max Tracey is the head waiter at a London hotel. He falls in love at first sight with Sylvia...

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Mr. Topaze

as Baroness
Released: 1961-04-04

Mr. Topaze is an unassuming school teacher in an unassuming small French town, who is honest to...

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The Best House in London

as Headmistress
Released: 1969-01-01

In Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of prostitution...

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Miss Grant Goes to the Door

as Edith
Released: 1940-09-01

Two sisters encounter a German spy. A public service film showing how to thwart the enemy.

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They Flew Alone

as Miss Bland
Released: 1942-06-29

The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public...

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Treasure Hunt

as Aunt Anna Rose
Released: 1952-06-01

Short of money the owners of Ballyroden Hall must attempt to run it as a guest house, but not...

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Tudor Rose

as Jane's Mother
Released: 1936-09-01

The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before...

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The March Hare

as Lady Anne
Released: 1956-01-01

Sir Charles Hare, a young Irish baronet, gambles his all on one of his horses at Ascot. But the...

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Freedom Radio

as Frau Lehmann the Concierge
Released: 1941-02-04

Hitler's doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be...

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The Lady from Lisbon

as Susan Wellington-Smythe
Released: 1942-09-01

When she learns that the Nazis have confiscated Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece Mona Lisa,...

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East of Piccadilly

as Ma
Released: 1941-06-23

A series of murders in the West End of London baffle the officers of Scotland Yard and draw the...

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The Beloved Vagabond

as Lady with lorgnettes
Released: 1936-08-24

Flying from one charming lady---eluding another---and almost losing both!

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King of the Damned

as Woman on Plane
Released: 1935-12-31

Revolt on a prison island is a parable of workers revolution. A cruel and repressive penal...

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It Started in Paradise

as Mme. Alice
Released: 1952-10-28

A talented dress designer, who lets nothing get in the way of her success, rises in the fashion...

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When Knights Were Bold

as Aunt Esther
Released: 1936-02-18

Happy-go-lucky soldier Guy De Vere must leave India and return to the family seat at Little...

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Talk About Jacqueline

as Colonel's Wife
Released: 1942-11-30

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King's Rhapsody

as Queen Mother
Released: 1955-06-07

Flynn plays the exciled Ruritanian king who leaves his mistress to return home to a political...

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Bottoms Up!

as Lady Gore-Willoughby
Released: 1960-03-25

An incompetent boarding school headmaster, Professor Jim Edwards, devises a bizarre plot to...

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Paradise for Two

as Mme. Bernard
Released: 1937-12-22

A chorus girl is mistaken for a millionaire's girlfriend.

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Trouble Brewing

as Mme Berdi
Released: 1939-03-01

Ealing comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes...

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Farewell Again

as Adela Swayle
Released: 1937-01-05

Farewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people...

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Man of the Moment

as Lady at Roulette Table
Released: 1935-09-01

Love blossoms after a young man rescues a pretty girl who attempted to drown herself.

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Quiet Wedding

as Mme. Mirelle
Released: 1941-04-19

A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.

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The Mill on the Floss

as Mrs. Glegg
Released: 1937-01-09

Romeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over...

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Young Man's Fancy

as Duchess of Beaumont
Released: 1939-07-31

An aristocrat falls in love with a human cannonball

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The Seventh Survivor

as Mrs. Lindley
Released: 1942-01-05

During the Second World War, a German spy goes on the run, carrying important news about a...

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Meet Me Tonight

as Mabel Grace
Released: 1952-09-09

Meet Me Tonight was the American title for the British-filmed Tonight at 8:30, adapted from the...

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Everything Happens to Me

as uncredited
Released: 1938-12-01

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A Girl Must Live

as Mme. Dupont, assistant
Released: 1939-09-24

A run-away school-girl falls among chorus girls planning to marry into the nobility.

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Sabotage at Sea

as Daphne Faber
Released: 1942-09-07

The captain of a British cargo ship shanghais a group of sabateurs, unaware that the daughter of...

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I Was a Spy

as Aunt Lucille
Released: 1933-09-04

During World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding...

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Old Mother Riley Joins Up

as Commandant
Released: 1939-09-18

Mother Riley plays a nurse who was forced to volunteer for the Auxiliary Territorial Service....

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Love on Wheels

as Piano Demonstrator
Released: 1932-07-26

A department store assistant becomes publicity conscious.

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Good Morning, Boys!

as Lady Bogshott
Released: 1937-05-27

Dr. Benjamin Twist (Hay) and his pupils become involved with art thieves on a trip to Paris....

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Melba

as Mme. Marchesi
Released: 1953-08-07

Rural Australian Nellie Melba becomes an opera star in 1900s Europe and the United States.

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My Sister and I

as Mrs. Camelot
Released: 1948-08-02

A family is in need of a new house help so they employ a mysterious young woman. They soon...

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Prison Without Bars

as Mme. Appel
Released: 1938-09-20

Suzanne, Renee, Nina and Marta all hate being in prison, being slapped and treated badly, and so...

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Strange Boarders

as Miss Pitter
Released: 1938-05-01

Pre-war intelligence man Tommy Blythe interrupts his honeymoon to investigate the discovery of...

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Miss Knowall

as Miss Hardcastle
Released: 1940-12-31

Short government film on the dangers of gossip in wartime.

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Pot Luck

as uncredited
Released: 1936-04-01

A retired Scotland Yard detective, Patrick Fitzpatrick (Tom Walls) comes back to take one final...

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At the Villa Rose

as Helen Vaquier
Released: 1940-03-02

A gang of clever thieves kill a wealthy woman in hopes of stealing her gems. But the thieves...

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Welcome, Mr Washington

as Miss Finch
Released: 1944-05-18

Based on a story by author Noel Streatfeild, the film trells the story of two sisters who are...

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Studio One

as Mrs. Porter
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Route 66

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-10-07

Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet...

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Thriller

as Celia Sommerville
First aired: 1960-09-13

Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62...

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