Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Martita Edith Hunt (30 January 1900 – 13 June 1969) was an Argentine-born British theatre and film actress. She had a dominant stage presence and played a wide range of powerful characters. She is best remembered for her performance as Miss Havisham in David Lean's Great Expectations.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Best House in London
1969
as Headmistress
In Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of prostitution by establishing the world's most fabulous brothel.
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965
as Ada Ford
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
1964
as Grand Duchess Elise Lupavinova
The buoyant Molly Brown has survived the first crisis of her life—a flood. Sixteen years later she sets out to make her way in the world. She assures ...
Becket
1964
as Empress Matilda
Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding when he is unwillingly appointed as Archbishop of C...
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
as Anna Richter
The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write s...
Mr. Topaze
1961
as Baroness
Mr. Topaze is an unassuming school teacher in an unassuming small French town, who is honest to a fault. He is fired when he refuses to give a passing...
Song Without End
1960
as Grand Duchess
The romantic story of Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt, whose scandalous love affair forced him to abandon his adoring audiences.
The Brides of Dracula
1960
as Baroness Meinster
A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she innocently u...
Bottoms Up!
1960
as Lady Gore-Willoughby
An incompetent boarding school headmaster, Professor Jim Edwards, devises a bizarre plot to raise the profile of his boarding school, and thus save hi...
Venetian Honeymoon
1959
as Lisa Bradwell
There is a lot of excitement in the high society of Venice: An Arab prince, who always travels incognito, is said to be in the city. By chance, the el...
Me and the Colonel
1958
as Mother Superior
Nazis are about to overrun France, and a Jewish man named Jacobowsky is stranded in Paris. He hitches a ride with reluctant Polish serviceman Colonel ...
Bonjour Tristesse
1958
as Philippe's Mother
A spoiled teenager spends the summer at the French Riviera with her rich, widower, playboy father, but when his old flame resurfaces, she resolves to ...
Dangerous Exile
1957
as Lady Lydia Fell
Dangerous Exile is a 1957 British historical drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Louis Jourdan, Belinda Lee, Anne Heywood and Rich...
The Spies
1957
as Connie Harper
A doctor at a run-down psychiatric hospital is offered a large sum of money to shelter a new patient. Soon the place is full of suspicious and secreti...
The Admirable Crichton
1957
as Lady Brocklehurst
Lord Loam has modern ideas about his household, he believes in treating his servants as his equals - at least sometimes. His butler, Crichton, still b...
Three Men in a Boat
1956
as Mrs. Willis
Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.
Anastasia
1956
as Baroness Elena von Livenbaum
Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the Russ...
The March Hare
1956
as Lady Anne
Sir Charles Hare, a young Irish baronet, gambles his all on one of his horses at Ascot. But the horse is 'pulled', and Sir Charles is forced to sell h...
King's Rhapsody
1955
as Queen Mother
Flynn plays the exciled Ruritanian king who leaves his mistress to return home to a political marriage. Love versus duty in this enjoyable romantic fi...
Melba
1953
as Mme. Marchesi
Rural Australian Nellie Melba becomes an opera star in 1900s Europe and the United States.
Folly to Be Wise
1952
as Lady Dodd
A newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables. Unfortunately ...
It Started in Paradise
1952
as Mme. Alice
A talented dress designer, who lets nothing get in the way of her success, rises in the fashion world then loses contact with her own humanity. She al...
Meet Me Tonight
1952
as Mabel Grace
Meet Me Tonight was the American title for the British-filmed Tonight at 8:30, adapted from the Noel Coward stage production of the same name.
Treasure Hunt
1952
as Aunt Anna Rose
Short of money the owners of Ballyroden Hall must attempt to run it as a guest house, but not everyone is happy about the plan.
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
1952
as Queen Eleanor
Young Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the King's palace. On the way home his father is murdered by ...
The Fan
1949
as Duchess of Berwick
Lord Windermere appears to all – including his young wife Margaret – to be the perfect husband. The couple's happy marriage is placed at risk when he ...
So Evil My Love
1948
as Mrs. Courtney (SR)
In the late 19th century, on board a ship sailing from Jamaica to England, Olivia Harwood, a recent widow, takes on the task of caring for several mal...
My Sister and I
1948
as Mrs. Camelot
A family is in need of a new house help so they employ a mysterious young woman. They soon realise all is not as it seems as the past comes back to ha...
Anna Karenina
1948
as Princess Betty Tversky
Stefan and Dolly Oblonsky have had a spat and Stefan has asked his sister, Anna Karenina, to come down to Moscow to help mend the rift. Anna's compani...
Great Expectations
1946
as Miss Havisham
In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman....
The Wicked Lady
1945
as Cousin Agatha
A married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.
Welcome, Mr Washington
1944
as Miss Finch
Based on a story by author Noel Streatfeild, the film trells the story of two sisters who are left penniless by their father's sudden death and lease ...
The Man in Grey
1943
as Miss Patchett
After marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a stage actor while her best friend from boarding school ent...
Talk About Jacqueline
1942
as Colonel's Wife
The Great Mr Handel
1942
as Chorister
This classic film reveals how the great composer Georg Friedrich Handel rose above the personal anguish and difficulties in his life to create the sub...
Sabotage at Sea
1942
as Daphne Faber
The captain of a British cargo ship shanghais a group of sabateurs, unaware that the daughter of the ship’s owner is among them.
The Lady from Lisbon
1942
as Susan Wellington-Smythe
When she learns that the Nazis have confiscated Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece Mona Lisa, art-loving South American wanna-be spy Tamara (Jane Carr) j...
They Flew Alone
1942
as Miss Bland
The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights aro...
The Seventh Survivor
1942
as Mrs. Lindley
During the Second World War, a German spy goes on the run, carrying important news about a U-Boat campaign. The ship he is traveling aboard is hit by ...
East of Piccadilly
1941
as Ma
A series of murders in the West End of London baffle the officers of Scotland Yard and draw the interest of a crime reporter to the case.
Quiet Wedding
1941
as Mme. Mirelle
A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.
Freedom Radio
1941
as Frau Lehmann the Concierge
Hitler's doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be when his friends start to "disappear" into the camps. H...
Miss Knowall
1940
as Miss Hardcastle
Short government film on the dangers of gossip in wartime.
Miss Grant Goes to the Door
1940
as Edith
Two sisters encounter a German spy. A public service film showing how to thwart the enemy.
The Middle Watch
1940
as Lady Elizabeth Hewett
Through a series of unforeseen events, two glamorous young ladies find that they are obliged to spend the night on board the battleship HMS Falcon, wh...
At the Villa Rose
1940
as Helen Vaquier
A gang of clever thieves kill a wealthy woman in hopes of stealing her gems. But the thieves aren't clever enough to ascertain the location of those g...
A Girl Must Live
1939
as Mme. Dupont, assistant
A run-away school-girl falls among chorus girls planning to marry into the nobility.
Old Mother Riley Joins Up
1939
as Commandant
Mother Riley plays a nurse who was forced to volunteer for the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Mayhem ensues until she is able to prevent German spies ...
Young Man's Fancy
1939
as Duchess of Beaumont
An aristocrat falls in love with a human cannonball
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939
as British Tourist on Bicycle (uncredited)
A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who touched his life.
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
1939
An overheard conversation leads to clues that a kidnapping plot is afoot.
Trouble Brewing
1939
as Mme Berdi
Ealing comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes undercover to expose a gang of counterfeiters. Posing ...
The Good Old Days
1939
as Sarah Macaulay
1840 - Max Miller and a troupe of artistes come to perform at a tavern, which is not licensed for such performances. A rival tavern informs the police...
Everything Happens to Me
1938
Prison Without Bars
1938
as Mme. Appel
Suzanne, Renee, Nina and Marta all hate being in prison, being slapped and treated badly, and so all the girls are trying to escape. Madame Appel just...
Second Best Bed
1938
as Mrs. Mather
A newly married couple run into difficulty when the wife refuses to obey her husband.
Strange Boarders
1938
as Miss Pitter
Pre-war intelligence man Tommy Blythe interrupts his honeymoon to investigate the discovery of vital Air Ministry blueprints on a woman killed in a Lo...
Paradise for Two
1937
as Mme. Bernard
A chorus girl is mistaken for a millionaire's girlfriend.
Good Morning, Boys!
1937
as Lady Bogshott
Dr. Benjamin Twist (Hay) and his pupils become involved with art thieves on a trip to Paris. Hay’s seamy schoolmaster act is supported by a fine cast ...
The Mill on the Floss
1937
as Mrs. Glegg
Romeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over water rights. The lord wins threatening the mill owne...
Sabotage
1937
as The Professor's Daughter (uncredited)
Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her h...
Farewell Again
1937
as Adela Swayle
Farewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've left. Given a six-hour pass after a tour of duty ...
Tudor Rose
1936
as Jane's Mother
The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.
The Beloved Vagabond
1936
as Lady with lorgnettes
Flying from one charming lady---eluding another---and almost losing both!
Pot Luck
1936
A retired Scotland Yard detective, Patrick Fitzpatrick (Tom Walls) comes back to take one final case, tracking down a missing vase which has been stol...
When Knights Were Bold
1936
as Aunt Esther
Happy-go-lucky soldier Guy De Vere must leave India and return to the family seat at Little Twittering, for he has inherited the family title. Sir Guy...
King of the Damned
1935
as Woman on Plane
Revolt on a prison island is a parable of workers revolution. A cruel and repressive penal colony is the setting for a prison revolt with a special tw...
First a Girl
1935
as Madame Seraphina
An aspiring singer quits her menial job and is talked into performing as a female impersonator by her friend. Her drag act makes her famous, which cau...
Mr. What's-His-Name?
1935
as Mrs Davies
A beautician meets and falls in love with a young man, and they soon marry. What she doesn't know, however, is that her new husband is actually a mill...
Man of the Moment
1935
as Lady at Roulette Table
Love blossoms after a young man rescues a pretty girl who attempted to drown herself.
The Case of Gabriel Perry
1935
as Mrs. Read
An unstable Victorian doctor murders a woman.
Friday the Thirteenth
1933
as Agnes Lightfoot
It is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a London bus is peering through his blurred windscreen a...
I Was a Spy
1933
as Aunt Lucille
During World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding military information to the British. Complicating matte...
Love on Wheels
1932
as Piano Demonstrator
A department store assistant becomes publicity conscious.
Service for Ladies
1932
as Aline - Countess Ricardi's Maid (uncredited)
Max Tracey is the head waiter at a London hotel. He falls in love at first sight with Sylvia Robertson, an aristocratic woman, and poses as a prince t...