Linda HuntNationality:
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04/02/1945 Birthplace:
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biography
Diminutive character actress Linda Hunt scored an Academy Award in only her second film, as doomed Chinese-Australian photojournalist, Billy Kwan, in Peter Weir’s “The Year of Living Dangerously” (1982). Hunt’s win for Best Supporting Actress marked the first time ever in Oscar history that an actor won an award for playing a character of the opposite sex. Distinguished by her tiny 4-foot 9-inch stature and her deep resonant voice, Hunt was a well-respected stage actress prior to stepping before the cameras.Born on April 2, 1945, in Morristown, NJ, Hunt moved to Westport, CT with her family
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Milestone
Family moved to Westport, Connecticut when Hunt was an infant
1945
Misdiagnosed with cretinism at six months of age
Diagnosed with hypopituitary dwarfism (a condition in which the pituitary gland does not release enough growth hormone) in her teens
First acting experience at age 12 in the Silver Nutmeg Theatre's "Flibbertigibbet", at its summer session for older children at the White Barn in Westport
1966
Moved to New York; worked in non-Equity summer stock; worked as a director at the St Bartholomew Community Club Playhouse (dates approximate)
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