Marsha Hunt, Blacklisted Hollywood Actress, Dies at 104

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During Sen. Joseph McCarthy's Communist witch hunt in the 1950s, Marsha Hunt, 

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a star of MGM and Paramount starting in the 1930s, was banned from Hollywood and passed away on Wednesday at the age of 104.

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The information was validated by Roger Memos, who directed a documentary about Hunt's life.

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Former model Hunt made memorable appearances in movies like "Born to the West," with John Wayne, 

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"The Glamour Girls," with Lana Turner, "Pride and Prejudice," and "Raw Deal," a famous noir from 1948.

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She became a member of the Screen Actors Guild board in 1945.

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Blacklisted by the major studios, Hunt found occasional roles in television

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Over the years, she also became an activist on issues like homelessness, global pollution and worldwide poverty.

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