Diminutive character actress Linda Hunt scored an Academy Award in only her second film, as doomed... (Learn more)
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Linda Hunt’s Milestones
| Diagnosed with hypopituitary dwarfism (a condition in which the pituitary gland does not release enough growth hormone) in her teens | |
| Family moved to Westport, Connecticut when Hunt was an infant | |
| First acting experience at age 12 in the Silver Nutmeg Theatre's "Flibbertigibbet", at its summer session for older children at the White Barn in Westport | |
| Narrated Federal Express TV commercials | |
| 1945 | Misdiagnosed with cretinism at six months of age |
| 1966 - 1969 | Moved to New York; worked in non-Equity summer stock; worked as a director at the St Bartholomew Community Club Playhouse (dates approximate) |
| 1969 | Returned to Westport and studied acting with Robert Lewis at Bambi Lynn's studio; decided to try for an acting career rather than directing (date approximate) |
| 1970 | Began association with the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven; starred in one-woman show of selections from literature about Joan of Arc (date approximate) |
| 1971 | Off-Broadway debut as the Player Queen in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of "Hamlet" in Central Park |
| 1973 | First major role as Norah, the maid, in Arvin Brown's Long Wharf production of "Ah, Wilderness!"; production moved to NYC's Circle-in-the Square on Broadway; and was taped for airing on PBS' "Theater in America" in 1976 |
| 1978 | One of first TV appearances was in the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" production of Arthur Miller's "Fame" in a role written for her by the playwright |
| 1978 | Starred in "The Tennis Game" at the Music-Theatre Group of Stockbridge, Massachusetts; written specifically for her by the author George Trow |
| 1980 | Made film debut as fighter Oxblood Oxheart's mother in "Popeye" |
| 1983 | Had breakthrough screen role playing a man in Peter Weir's "The Year of Living Dangerously"; won Best Supporting Actress Oscar |
| 1983 | Starred as agent Audrey Wood in Arthur Kopit's play "End of World"; received a 1984 Tony nomination as Best Actress in a Play |
| 1985 | Had supporting role as a saloon owner in Lawrence Kasdan's revisionist Western "Silverado" |
| 1987 | Portrayed Alice B Toklas in Jill Godmilow's "Waiting for the Moon" |
| 1989 | Supported Roseanne in "She Devil" |
| 1993 | First role as a regular in a TV series in CBS-TV's "Space Rangers" |
| 1994 | Began second career as sought after voice actor, narrating the documentary "Ecological Design: Inventing the Future" |
| 1995 | Provided the voice of Grandmother Willow in Disney's animated "Pocahontas" |
| 1996 | Narrated the Oscar-nominated documentary "Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End" |
| 1997 | Narrated the Oscar-nominated documentary short "Amazon" |
| 1997 - 2002 | Played recurring role of Judge Zoey Hiller on the ABC legal drama "The Practice" |
| 2003 - 2005 | Cast on the HBO original series "Carnivàle," as the voice of Management |
| 2005 | Co-starred with Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo in the remake of "Yours, Mine and Ours, a comedy about a blended family |
| 2006 | Co-starred in the Marc Forster comedy, "Stranger Than Fiction" starring Will Ferrell |
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