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Linda Hunt, born Lydia Susanna Hunt (April 2, 1945) is an American actress of stage and screen. She made her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye (1980). Her portrayal of the male character Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress , making her the first person to win an Oscar ...
Apr 28, 2022 · To say that Henrietta' Hetty' Lang, played by Linda Hunt, is a fan favorite on NCIS: Los Angeles would be something of an understatement.
Linda Hunt is a veteran character actress who had only just begun acting in motion pictures when director Peter Weir required her peculiarities to animate one of cinema's most esoteric characters, Billy Kwan, the intellectual and virtuous Chinese-Australian dwarf and photographer, in the Australian romantic drama, The Year of Living Dangerously ...
Nov 8, 2021 · Her most recent absence appeared significant to the season's overarching plot, too, so it may be safe to say that Hunt is here to stay. Actress Linda Hunt of "NCIS: Los Angeles" has been absent from the show on a few occasions. Here's why.
Jun 21, 2024 · Linda Hunt (born April 2, 1945, Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.) is an American stage, film, and television character actress known for her resonant voice, small stature, and magnetic performances in a wide variety of roles.
Linda Hunt is a veteran character actress who had only just begun acting in motion pictures when director Peter Weir required her peculiarities to animate one of cinema's most esoteric characters, Billy Kwan, the intellectual and virtuous Chinese-Australian dwarf and photographer, in the Australian romantic drama, The Year of Living Dangerously ...
Feb 1, 2019 · Linda Hunt made history in 1984 as the first actress to play a cisgender character of the opposite sex in “The Year of Living Dangerously.”
Linda Hunt (born April 2, 1945) is an American film, stage and television actress. She is perhaps best known for her Academy Award-winning role in 1982's The Year of Living Dangerously.
Jan 31, 2022 · When the Oscars rewarded an American actress for portraying a Chinese-Australian man. Linda Hunt was cast in ‘The Year of Living Dangerously’ in 1982 in a move that would be unlikely to...
But 35 years ago, when Peter Weir embraced the spirit of the title The Year of Living Dangerously and hired an American woman to play a Chinese-Australian man in that political drama, his gamble...
