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Linda Hunt

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Apr 2, 1945 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Morristown, New Jersey, USA

Biography

​Linda Hunt (born April 2, 1945) is an American film, stage and television actress. She is perhaps best known for her Academy Award-winning role in 1982's The Year of Living Dangerously. She is currently portraying the role of Henrietta "Hetty" Lange, Office of Special Projects Operations Manager on the CBS Television series NCIS: Los Angeles.

Known For

Acting
2018Solo: A Star Wars StoryLady Proxima (voice)
2017The RelationtripDr. Lipschweiss
2014ScorpionHetty Lange
2009The Polio CrusadeSelf - Narrator (voice)
2009NCIS: Los AngelesHenrietta "Hetty" Lange
2007The Making of God of War IIGaia
2006The Path to Nuclear Fission: The Story of Lise Meitner and Otto HahnNarrator (voice)
2006The Singing RevolutionSelf - Narrator
2006Stranger Than FictionDr. Mittag-Leffler
2006Christmas in YellowstoneNarrator
2006The Unit
2005Yours, Mine & OursMrs. Munion
2005Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution
2003CarnivàleManagement (voice)
2003Nip/TuckVoice of Authority
2002DragonflySister Madeline
2002Jimmy CarterSelf - Narrator (voice)
2002Woodrow WilsonSelf - Narrator (voice)
2002Shadow Play: Indonesia's Year of Living Dangerouslynarrator
2002Without a TraceClare Bryson
2000Who Owns the Past?Self - Narrator (voice)
1999Island of the SharksSelf - Narrator (voice)
1998Pocahontas II: Journey to a New WorldGrandmother Willow (voice)
1998Out of the PastSelf - Narrator (voice)
1998Influenza 1918Self - Narrator
1997The RelicDr. Ann Cuthbert
1997AmazonSelf - Narrator (voice)
1997Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's EndSelf - Narrator (voice)
1997Titanic: Untold StoriesSelf - Narrator (voice)
1997Eat Your Heart OutKathryn
1997Isamu Noguchi: Stones and PaperSelf - Narrator (voice)
1997Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen AmerikaSelf (uncredited)
1997The PracticeJudge Zoey Hiller
1997Secrets of the Ocean RealmSelf - Narrator (voice)
1995PocahontasGrandmother Willow (voice)
1995Rain of Ruin: The Bombing of NagasakiSelf - Narrator (voice)
1995Third Stone from the SunThe Varua (voice)
1994Prêt-à-PorterRegina Krumm
1994Ishi, the Last YahiSelf - Narrator (voice)
1993Twenty BucksAngeline
1993Younger and YoungerFrances
1993Rain Without ThunderAtwood Society Director
1993Space RangersCmdr. Chennault
1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems(voice)
1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes(voice)
1991If Looks Could KillIlsa Grunt
1991Wild by LawNarrator
1990Kindergarten CopMiss Schlowski
1989She-DevilHooper
1989CarmillaNarrator (voice)
1989The Turn of the ScrewTitle Opening (voice)
1989Nightmare ClassicsNarrator
1988American ExperienceSelf - Narrator (voice)
1987The Room UpstairsMrs. Sanders
1987Waiting for the MoonAlice B. Toklas
1987BasementsRose (segment "The Room")
1986Louise BrooksNarrator
1985SilveradoStella
1985EleniKatina
1984DuneShadout Mapes
1984The BostoniansDr. Prance
1982The Year of Living DangerouslyBilly Kwan
1982NatureNarrator (voice)
1980PopeyeMrs. Oxheart
1978FameMona
1976Ah, Wilderness!Nora
1975People's Choice AwardsSelf - Presenter
1971Great PerformancesNora
1951Hallmark Hall of FameMona
1951Hallmark Hall of FameMrs. Sanders