ACTRESS KIM HUNTER DEAD

New York Post ^ | 9/12/02 | AP

[kattracks]

Academy Award-winning actress Kim Hunter in 1952.

September 12, 2002 -- Kim Hunter, who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1951 as Stella Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire" and appeared in three "Planet of the Apes" movies, died yesterday at 79.

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In 1968, she was cast as Dr. Zira, a chimpanzee psychiatrist in the science-fiction classic "Planet of the Apes."

Damn! What a career come down from Streetcar. The poor woman.

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

"Get your lips off of me, you damn, dirty, ape."

[SamAdams76]

Was she in The Sopranos?"

[SunnyUsa]

ewwwwww....

[TLBSHOW]

Her screen career entered a lull in the late '50s, after she was listed as a communist sympathizer by Red Channels, a red-hunting pamphlet that influenced hiring by studios and TV.

Was she a liberal left wing nut?

[AppyPappy]

< brando > STELLLLAAAA!!!! < /brando >

[Chad Fairbanks]

Dang it... ;0)

[Huck]

Are you kidding me? PLanet of the Apes is a classic.

[catonsville]

A radiant, lovely 24 year old Kim Hunter appeared in one of the greatest ( and almost never seen) films ever made. "Stairway To Heaven". (1946). She had a great presence at an early age, bringing solid, interesting performances to her movie and stage work.

[babble-on]

anyone seen "Born Innocent"?

[DWSUWF]

A great actress, able to handle any role, she was one of my favorites.

[gg188]

A radiant, lovely 24 year old Kim Hunter appeared in one of the greatest ( and almost never seen) films ever made. "Stairway To Heaven" (1946), which later inspired a young Robert Plant to pen the immortal rock classic of the same name, dedicating the lyrics to Ms. Hunter and what she was buying.