Kim Hunter (born Janet Cole; November , â€" September , ) was an
American film, theatre, and television actress. She won both an
Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, each as Best Supporting
Actress, for her performance as Stella Kowalski in the film A
Streetcar Named Desire. Decades later, she was nominated for a Daytime
Emmy Award for her work on the soap opera The Edge of Night. She also
portrayed the character of chimpanzee Zira in the first three
installments of the original film adaptation Planet of the Apes.Hunter
was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Grace Lind, who was
trained as a concert pianist, and Donald Cole, a refrigeration
engineer. She was of English and Welsh descent. Hunter attended Miami
Beach High School.Hunter's first film role was in the film noir, The
Seventh Victim, and her first starring role was in the British
fantasy film A Matter of Life and Death. In , she was Stella Kowalski
on stage in the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named
Desire. Recreating that role in the film version, Hunter won both the
Academy and Golden Globe awards for Best Supporting Actress. In the
interim, however, in , she had already joined with Streetcar co-stars
Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, and others, to become one of the first
members accepted by the newly created Actors Studio.In , Hunter became
Humphrey Bogart's leading lady in Deadline USA.
American film, theatre, and television actress. She won both an
Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, each as Best Supporting
Actress, for her performance as Stella Kowalski in the film A
Streetcar Named Desire. Decades later, she was nominated for a Daytime
Emmy Award for her work on the soap opera The Edge of Night. She also
portrayed the character of chimpanzee Zira in the first three
installments of the original film adaptation Planet of the Apes.Hunter
was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Grace Lind, who was
trained as a concert pianist, and Donald Cole, a refrigeration
engineer. She was of English and Welsh descent. Hunter attended Miami
Beach High School.Hunter's first film role was in the film noir, The
Seventh Victim, and her first starring role was in the British
fantasy film A Matter of Life and Death. In , she was Stella Kowalski
on stage in the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named
Desire. Recreating that role in the film version, Hunter won both the
Academy and Golden Globe awards for Best Supporting Actress. In the
interim, however, in , she had already joined with Streetcar co-stars
Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, and others, to become one of the first
members accepted by the newly created Actors Studio.In , Hunter became
Humphrey Bogart's leading lady in Deadline USA.
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