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She achieved prominence for portraying Stella Kowalski in the original production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, which she reprised for the 1951 film adaptation, and won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.
A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1951 American Southern Gothic drama film adapted from Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name. It is directed by Elia Kazan, and stars Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, and Karl Malden.
Sep 12, 2002 · Sept. 12, 2002 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Kim Hunter, the versatile stage and film actress who won 1951’s Academy Award for best supporting actress as Stella Kowalski, Blanche Dubois’...
Sep 7, 2024 · Kim Hunter was an American actress of stage, screen, and television who was perhaps best known for her portrayals of two extremely varied roles: Stella Kowalski in the stage (1947) and film (1951) versions of A Streetcar Named Desire and the sympathetic chimpanzee psychiatrist Dr. Zira in three.
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Actress: A Streetcar Named Desire. Her father, Donald Cole, was a consulting engineer, and died in 1926 when Kim was only three years old. Her mother, Grace Lind, once performed as a concert pianist.
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Nov 27, 2018 · Watch Kim Hunter's interview on how she won the Oscar for her role in "A Streetcar Named Desire" and her career in film and TV.
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A Streetcar Named Desire: Directed by Elia Kazan. With Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden. Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.
