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Linda Hunt 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 person to win an Oscar for portraying a character of the opposite sex. Hunt has also appeared in films such as Dune (1984), Silverado (198…
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entertainment · American actress (born 1945) · actor · stage actor · television actor · film actor · voice actor · also Linda Hunt, Lydia Susanna Hunter, Hunt
Born 2 April 1945 · Q232874
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“Acting onstage is like an explosion each night. And what comes in at you all the time as you are trying to . . . create something which is a tremendous act of organization and concentration.”
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Narrated the Discovery Channel documentary "Titanic: Untold Stories
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“is supra-personal [with] layers of sexual ambiguity[.]”
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Year of Living Dangerously (1984).
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Becoming the first person to win an Oscar for playing a character of the opposite sex
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In Robert Altman's musical comedy Popeye
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Born 1945-04-02.
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