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Linda Hunt, born Lydia Susanna Hunt (April 2, 1945) is an American actress. 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 and, as of 2024, the only person to win an Oscar for portraying a character of the opposite sex.
Fans of two-time Teen Choice: Action Actress (and Academy Award) winner Linda Hunt will have to wait a while longer to see Hetty back on NCIS: Los Angeles. As the COVID pandemic raged, Hunt only ...
Linda Hunt as Billy Kwan. Dancer David Atkins was originally cast as Billy Kwan. However, during rehearsals Weir began to feel that the relationship between his character and Mel Gibson's was not working so he decided to recast. Several actors auditioned, including Bob Balaban and Wallace Shawn, when Weir saw a photo of Linda Hunt.
Mapes is portrayed by Linda Hunt in the 1984 film, [8] and by Jaroslava Šiktancová in the 2000 miniseries. [30] Golda Rosheuvel plays the character in the 2021 film. [ 48 ]
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about lotsa shows including Ghosts, Ripley, S.W.A.T. and Law ...
Linda Hunt is an author and journalist in the United States. She is a former CNN reporter and wrote the book Secret Agenda: The United States Government, Nazi Scientists, and Project Paperclip, 1945–1990 that first revealed Operation Paperclip and the extent to which the United States federal government and military aided this mission to bring German scientists, engineers, and technicians to ...
He loved to hunt and fish,” Wiley McCall, Greg’s supervisor said. ... Kimberly's mom, Linda Griffin, died in a car accident at the age of 67 in 2016. ... "She is at peace with them now."
It also stars Linda Hunt, Roger Rees, Robin Bartlett, and Gabrielle Anwar. The film was theatrically released in the United States on March 15, 1991, by Warner Bros. It received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, grossing only $7.7 million against a $12 million budget.