Thursday, January 5, 2012

Marsha A Hunt

Though born in America, Marsha A. Hunt found fame and success in Europe.
She first caught the public's eye in the London stage production of Hair where her striking appearance lead to fashion modeling (including British Vogue) and her singing voice lead to studio and on-stage backup singing!
A solarized graphic of Marsha was used as the iconic image on the original theatrical poster
She also had co-starring roles in a number of films, including several genre flicks.
Marsha has written a number of well-received novels, an autobiography, a memoir about her battle with breast cancer and is currently writing a book about Jimi Hendrix.
She still performs on stage in England, including a play based on one of her novels and directed by her daughter.
Trivia: She was romantically-involved with Mick Jagger, and had a child with him.
Jagger's song "Brown Sugar" was written about his affair with her.
Genre appearances include...
Sender (Nurse Jo)
Howling II: Your Sister is a WereWolf (Mariana)
Dracula A.D. 1972 (Gaynor)
Check out...
Marsha's Official WebSite
(Note: as of 1/5/2012, site is currently inactive)

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