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| name = Kim Hunter
| image = KimHunter_DavidNiven.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| caption = in ''[[A Matter of Life and Death (film)|A Matter of Life and Death]]'' with [[David Niven]]
| birthname = Janet Cole
| birthdate = [[November 12]] [[1922]]
| ___location = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], [[USA]]
| deathdate = [[September 11]], [[2002]] <br> aged {{age|1922|11|12|2002|9|11}}
| deathplace = [[New York, New York|New York]], [[New York]], [[USA]]
| notable role = '''Zira''' in ''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]''<br />'''Stella''' in ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]''<br />'''June''' in ''[[A Matter of Life and Death (film)|A Matter of Life and Death]]''
| academyawards = '''[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]''' <br> 1951 ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]''
| goldenglobeawards = '''[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture]]''' <br> 1952 ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]''
| spouse = William Baldwin (1944-1946) <br> Robert Emmett (1951-2000)
}}
'''Kim Hunter''' ([[November 12]], [[1922]] – [[September 11]], [[2002]]) was an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning [[United States|American]] film and stage actress.
==Early life==
Hunter was born '''Janet Cole''' in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], the daughter of Donald Cole and Grace Lind. She attended [[Miami Beach High School]].
==Career==
Hunter performed in the original [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production of ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' ([[1947]]), playing the role of Stella Kowalski. She appeared in the [[1951]] film, for which she won both the [[Academy Award|Oscar]] for [[Best Supporting Actress]] and the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture]].
She was [[blacklist]]ed from film and television during the Hollywood [[communism]] paranoia created by [[McCarthyism]].
[[Image:Zira01.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Kim Hunter playing the ape scientist [[Zira (Planet of the Apes)|Zira]] in ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'']]
Her other major film roles include [[David Niven]]'s fiancee in the classic film ''[[A Matter of Life and Death (film)|A Matter of Life and Death]]'' (1946), and [[Zira (Planet of the Apes)|Zira]] the [[chimpanzee]] scientist in the first three of the ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'' series. She also appeared in several [[soap opera]]s, most notably as Nola Madison on ''[[The Edge of Night]]'', for which she received a Daytime [[Emmy]] Nomination in 1980 as Best Actress. She also starred in several episodes of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater in the mid seventies.
For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Kim Hunter has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 1617 [[Vine Street]] and a second star at 1715 Vine Street.
Many may not realize that Kim Hunter also played the role of Betty Harty in ''[[Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]]''. Although her role was small, her presence in this landmark film, that featured the unique culture of [[Savannah, Georgia]] as the backdrop for a real-life drama and murder trial of James "Jim" Wilson, was undoubtedly a surprise for her committed fans. In ''Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil'', Hunter played alongside other notable actors such as [[Kevin Spacey]], [[John Cusack]], and [[Jude Law]].
==Death==
In 2002, Kim Hunter died of [[cardiac arrest]] in [[New York City]] at the age of 79.
==Selected Filmography==
*''[[Born Innocent]]'' (1974) (TV movie)
*''[[Beneath the Planet of the Apes]]'' (1970)
*''[[The Swimmer (film)|The Swimmer]]'' (1968)
*''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' (1968)
*''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' (1951)
*''[[A Matter of Life and Death (film)|A Matter of Life and Death]]'' (1946)
*''[[A Canterbury Tale]]'' (1944) (US version only)
*''[[When Strangers Marry]]'' (1944)
*''[[The Seventh Victim]]'' (1943)
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| title=[[Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]
| years=1951<br>'''for ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' '''
| before=[[Josephine Hull]]<br>for ''[[Harvey (film)|Harvey]]''
| after=[[Gloria Grahame]]<br>for ''[[The Bad and the Beautiful]]''
}}
{{succession box
| title=[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture]]
| years=1952<br>'''for ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' '''
| before=[[Josephine Hull]]<br>for ''[[Harvey (film)|Harvey]]''
| after=[[Katy Jurado]]<br>for ''[[High Noon]]''
}}
{{end}}
==External link==
*{{imdb name | id=0001375 | name=Kim Hunter}}
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