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Kim Hunter 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 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire. Decades later, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her work on the long-running 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.
Birth Name
Janet Cole
Born
Sunday, 12 November 1922
Died
Wednesday, 11 September 2002
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
| Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation | Stella | 2021 |
| Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film | Self | 2020 |
| I Am a Disciple | Mrs. Lovejoy | 2016 |
| Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Self - Interviewee / Herself – Interviewee | 2010 |
| Religulous | Zira | 2008 |
| The 75th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2003 |
| Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 2003 |
| Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 2001 |
| The Education of Max Bickford | Adelle Aldrich | 2001 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
| Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation | Stella | 2021 |
| Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film | Self | 2020 |
| I Am a Disciple | Mrs. Lovejoy | 2016 |
| Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Self - Interviewee / Herself – Interviewee | 2010 |
| Religulous | Zira | 2008 |
| The 75th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2003 |
| Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 2003 |
| Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 2001 |
| The Education of Max Bickford | Adelle Aldrich | 2001 |
| AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies | Self | 2001 |
| Out of the Cold | Elsa Lindepu | 2001 |
| Here's to Life! | Nelly Ormond | 2000 |
| The Hiding Place | Muriel | 2000 |
| Shadows of the Past | Emmeline Brown | 1999 |
| Glorious Technicolor | Self | 1998 |
| Behind the Planet of the Apes | Herself / Self | 1998 |
| A Price Above Rubies | Rebbitzn | 1998 |
| E! Mysteries & Scandals | Self | 1998 |
| Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Betty Harty | 1997 |
| Bloodlines: Murder in the Family | Vera Woodman | 1993 |
| Mad About You | Millie Barton | 1992 |
| Dateline NBC | Self | 1992 |
| Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond | Self | 1990 |
| Two Evil Eyes | Mrs. Pym (segment "The Black Cat") / Gloria Pym | 1990 |
| Cross Fire | Mrs. Oberholtzer | 1989 |
| Drop-Out Mother | Leona | 1988 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| The Kindred | Amanda Hollins | 1987 |
| L.A. Law | Natalie Schoen | 1986 |
| American Masters | Self / Self - Actress / Stella | 1986 |
| Scene of the Crime | Helen Hollander | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Beatrice Vitello | 1984 |
| The 54th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1982 |
| American Playhouse | Mary Easty / Samuel Nurse | 1982 |
| Skokie | Bertha Feldman | 1981 |
| F.D.R.: The Last Year | Lucy Rutherford | 1980 |
| The Golden Gate Murders | Sister Superior | 1979 |
| Backstairs at the White House | Mrs. Ellen Wilson / Ellen Wilson | 1979 |
| Project U.F.O. | Samantha | 1978 |
| Once an Eagle | Kitty Damon | 1976 |
| America at the Movies | Stella | 1976 |
| Hunter | Mrs. Lovejoy | 1976 |
| The Oregon Trail | Liz Webster | 1976 |
| Working in the Theatre | Self | 1976 |
| Dark August | Adrianna Putnam | 1976 |
| Ellery Queen | Marion McKell | 1975 |
| Baretta | Crazy Annie | 1975 |
| Bad Ronald | Elaine Wilby | 1974 |
| Born Innocent | Mrs. Parker | 1974 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| Lucas Tanner | Bess Reiter | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | Mrs. Brockelman / Mrs. Brockleman | 1974 |
| Unwed Father | Judy Simmons | 1974 |
| Tomorrow Coast to Coast | Self | 1973 |
| Griff | Dr. Martha Reed | 1973 |
| The Evil Touch | Emily Webber / Jill | 1973 |
| Battle for the Planet of the Apes | Dr. Zira | 1973 |
| Police Story | Rose Koster | 1973 |
| The Case Of The Baltimore Girls | Dr. Martha Reed | 1973 |
| Hec Ramsey | Annie Kirby | 1972 |
| Columbo | Edna Matthews | 1971 |
| Cannon | Liz Somers | 1971 |
| Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Faye Danner | 1971 |
| Escape from the Planet of the Apes | Zira / Dr. Zira | 1971 |
| In Search of America | Cora Chandler | 1971 |
| Actor's Choice | Self - Performer | 1970 |
| Beneath the Planet of the Apes | Zira / Dr. Zira | 1970 |
| Night Gallery | Cora Peddington (segment "The Late Mr. Peddington") | 1969 |
| The Young Lawyers | Miriam Hewitt | 1969 |
| Love, American Style | Ruth (segment "Love and the Happy Family") | 1969 |
| Bracken's World | Amy Dobie | 1969 |
| The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Elaine Miller | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Self - Guest | 1969 |
| Medical Center | Carla Yarman / Marion Troy | 1969 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Vera Pulaski | 1969 |
| The Swimmer | Betty Graham | 1968 |
| Planet of the Apes | Zira | 1968 |
| Mannix | Angela Warren / Louise Dubrio | 1967 |
| Ironside | Athena Champion / Joanna Portman | 1967 |
| CBS Playhouse | Gerrie Mason | 1967 |
| NET Playhouse | Clytemnestra | 1966 |
| The Jackie Gleason Show | Miss Patterson | 1966 |
| Mission: Impossible | Hannah O'Connel | 1966 |
| Hawk | 1966 | |
| Lilith | Dr. Bea Brice | 1964 |
| Breaking Point | Anita Anson | 1963 |
| Arrest and Trial | Geraldine Weston Saunders | 1963 |
| The Eleventh Hour | Virginia Hunter | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself | 1962 |
| Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine | Guest / Sketches | 1962 |
| The Doctors and the Nurses | Lora Stanton | 1962 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Adelaide Winters | 1962 |
| Dr. Kildare | Emily Field | 1961 |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | Ruth Jacobs | 1961 |
| The Defenders | Eileen Rolf | 1961 |
| 'Way Out | Self - Multiple Sclerosis Hope Chest commercial | 1961 |
| World Wide '60 | Jill | 1960 |
| Play of the Week | Norma Trahern | 1959 |
| Adventures in Paradise | Vanessa Sutton Charles | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Ada Halle | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Amelia Spaulding | 1959 |
| Money, Women and Guns | Mary Johnston Kingman | 1958 |
| Naked City | Edna Daggett | 1958 |
| Make Me Laugh | Self | 1958 |
| Rendezvous | Amanda 'Mandy' Sullivan Skowran | 1958 |
| Alcoa Theatre | Stephanie Heldman | 1957 |
| Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party | Self | 1957 |
| The Young Stranger | Helen Ditmar | 1957 |
| Playhouse 90 | Anna Rojas / Grace Carney / Helen Bragg / Joyce McClure / Julie Hogarth / Maria / Mrs. Anderson / Shirl Cato | 1956 |
| Bermuda Affair | Fran West | 1956 |
| The Kaiser Aluminum Hour | Louise Marden | 1956 |
| Storm Center | Martha Lockridge | 1956 |
| The Edge of Night | Nola Madison | 1956 |
| The Lee Phillip Show | Self - Guest | 1956 |
| Screen Directors Playhouse | Elizabeth | 1955 |
| The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial | Anita Wells | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Bea Colter | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Freda Williams | 1954 |
| Climax! | Lynn Griffith / Barbara Williams / Ann Brewster | 1954 |
| The Lineup | Sister Angela | 1954 |
| Studio 57 | Molly | 1954 |
| The United States Steel Hour | Vivan | 1953 |
| Person to Person | Self | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Edie Gauman / Hilda / Mary Murphy | 1953 |
| Omnibus | Joan of Arc (segment "The Trial of St. Joan") | 1952 |
| Anything Can Happen | Helen Watson | 1952 |
| Deadline - U.S.A. | Nora Hutcheson | 1952 |
| Celanese Theatre | Gaby Maple | 1951 |
| A Streetcar Named Desire | Stella Kowalski / Stella | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Lina | 1950 |
| The Arthur Murray Party | Self - Actress | 1950 |
| Your Show of Shows | Self - Guest Performer | 1950 |
| Suspense | Emily | 1949 |
| Studio One | Maggie Church | 1948 |
| The Ford Theatre Hour | Meg March | 1948 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | 1948 | |
| Stairway to Heaven | June | 1946 |
| You Came Along | Frances Hotchkiss | 1945 |
| When Strangers Marry | Millie Baxter / Mildred 'Millie' Baxter | 1944 |
| A Canterbury Tale | Johnson's Girl (US release) | 1944 |
| Tender Comrade | Doris Dumbrowski | 1944 |
| The Seventh Victim | Mary Gibson | 1943 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1952 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Won |
| 1952 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
