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Title
Star rehearses with youths
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1957
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Marsha Hunt was born on October 17, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois. She is a former American film actress and activist. She appeared in many films before being blacklisted by Hollywood movie studio executives after protesting the actions of House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s. Hunt appeared in stage plays during this time and gradually began to work again behind the camera. After announcing her retirement in 1960, she appeared in a few films and television programs. She was married to screenwriter and radio director Robert Presnell Jr. from 1946 until his death in 1986.
Photograph caption dated July 4, 1957 reads "Marsha Hunt, second from right, movie star and committee member of Valley Youth Foundation Young Theater Guild, rehearses with youthful actors and actresses. Teenagers taking part in Guild, which is co-sponsored by Valley State College, are from left, Barbara Schwartz, Jan Miser and Gordon Sando."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00145242
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d054_f15_i25
CARL0005861569
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/73086
Subject
Hunt, Marsha,--1917-
Women--California--San Fernando Valley
Teenagers--California--San Fernando Valley
Motion picture actors and actresses--California--San Fernando Valley
Television actors and actresses--California--San Fernando Valley
Actresses--California--San Fernando Valley
Actors--California--San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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