Marsha Hunt married director, Jerry Hopper, assistant head of the editing department at Paramount and later a director. They got married on November 23, 1938. However, the marriage did not last as they got divorced in 1943.
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Hunt went ahead to marry a second husband, Robert Presnell Jr. He was a screenwriter and radio director. They got married on February 19, 1946.
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Hunt was pregnant and very sick while filming Carnegie Hall. Her only biological child, a premature daughter, was born on July 1, 1947, and died the next day.
Hunt and her husband, Robert became foster parents and remained married until his death on June 14, 1986, at age 71.
Hunt died in her home at Sheman Oaks, in Los Angeles on September 7, 2022, at age 104.


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