Lois Marie Kelso Hunt (July , â€" May , ) was an American actress,
theater director, and arts advocate. A native of Oak Park, Illinois,
she studied at the University of Michigan and Columbia University
before pursuing a career as an English and drama teacher. Hunt
relocated to Alexandria, Virginia in , where she acted in local
theater productions, and served as a director and producer of a
touring production of Malcolm Boyd's They Aren't Real to Me (â€").Hunt
made her feature film debut portraying a domineering house mother in
The House on Sorority Row (), which went on to become a cult film. She
later appeared onscreen as a guest star on the series Homicide: Life
on the Street in , and later in a minor part in the comedy film Head
of State (). Hunt spent much of her later life dedicated to various
humanitarian and philanthropic causes in Alexandria. She died at Inova
Alexandria Hospital of pneumonia in , aged .Hunt was born Lois Marie
Kelso in Oak Park, Illinois on July , to Hugh Donnally Kelso and Lou
Lillian Hammerlund. She attended the University of Michigan, where she
worked as a member of the student newspaper. She subsequently earned a
graduate degree from Columbia University, and began her career as a
schoolteacher, teaching English and drama at Passaic Valley High
School and St. Mary’s Hall, both in New Jersey. In February , she
married Leon Gibson Hunt in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey.In , Hunt
relocated to Alexandria, Virginia, and worked as a stage actress,
appearing in productions for the Washington, D.C. Arena Stage, Studio
Theatre, Castle Performing Arts Center, and the Jewish Community
Center. From to , Hunt toured as a director and producer of a stage
production of They Aren't Real to Me, a one-act play by Episcopalian
priest and gay rights activist Malcolm Boyd.
theater director, and arts advocate. A native of Oak Park, Illinois,
she studied at the University of Michigan and Columbia University
before pursuing a career as an English and drama teacher. Hunt
relocated to Alexandria, Virginia in , where she acted in local
theater productions, and served as a director and producer of a
touring production of Malcolm Boyd's They Aren't Real to Me (â€").Hunt
made her feature film debut portraying a domineering house mother in
The House on Sorority Row (), which went on to become a cult film. She
later appeared onscreen as a guest star on the series Homicide: Life
on the Street in , and later in a minor part in the comedy film Head
of State (). Hunt spent much of her later life dedicated to various
humanitarian and philanthropic causes in Alexandria. She died at Inova
Alexandria Hospital of pneumonia in , aged .Hunt was born Lois Marie
Kelso in Oak Park, Illinois on July , to Hugh Donnally Kelso and Lou
Lillian Hammerlund. She attended the University of Michigan, where she
worked as a member of the student newspaper. She subsequently earned a
graduate degree from Columbia University, and began her career as a
schoolteacher, teaching English and drama at Passaic Valley High
School and St. Mary’s Hall, both in New Jersey. In February , she
married Leon Gibson Hunt in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey.In , Hunt
relocated to Alexandria, Virginia, and worked as a stage actress,
appearing in productions for the Washington, D.C. Arena Stage, Studio
Theatre, Castle Performing Arts Center, and the Jewish Community
Center. From to , Hunt toured as a director and producer of a stage
production of They Aren't Real to Me, a one-act play by Episcopalian
priest and gay rights activist Malcolm Boyd.
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