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It also stars Linda Hunt as a Chinese-Australian man with dwarfism, Billy Kwan, Hamilton's local photographer contact, a role for which Hunt won the 1983 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. [6] The film was shot in both Australia and the Philippines and includes Australian actors Bill Kerr as Colonel Henderson and Noel Ferrier as Wally O ...
Linda Hunt, born Lydia Susanna Hunt (April 2, 1945) is an American actress of stage and screen. She made her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye (1980). Her portrayal of the male character Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first and, as of 2024, the only person to win an Oscar for portraying a ...
Linda Hunt ‡ Billy Kwan: The Year of Living Dangerously [55] Cher: Dolly Pelliker: Silkwood: Glenn Close: Dr. Sarah Cooper: The Big Chill: Amy Irving: Hadass Vishkower: Yentl: Alfre Woodard: Beatrice 'GeeChee' Cross Creek: 1984: Peggy Ashcroft ‡ Mrs. Moore: A Passage to India [56] Glenn Close: Iris Gaines: The Natural: Lindsay Crouse ...
Linda Hunt: The Year of Living Dangerously: Billy Kwan Won Hunt portrayed a character who was a cisgender male, and was the first person to win an Oscar for playing a ...
Linda Hunt: The Year of Living Dangerously: Billy Kwan 1984: Peggy Ashcroft: A Passage to India: Mrs. Moore 1985: Anjelica Huston: Prizzi's Honor: Maerose Prizzi 1986: Dianne Wiest: Hannah and Her Sisters: Holly 1987: Kathy Baker: Street Smart: Punchy 1988: Joan Cusack: Married to the Mob: Rose Stars and Bars: Irene Stein Working Girl: Cynthia ...
Fans of two-time Teen Choice: Action Actress (and Academy Award) winner Linda Hunt will have to wait a while longer to see Hetty back on NCIS: Los Angeles. As the COVID pandemic raged, Hunt only ...
Tony Shalhoub's character, Fred Kwan played Tech Sergeant Chen wearing yellowface makeup in the fictional 1970s TV series Galaxy Quest. Shalhoub's role is a parody of yellowface casting in the past. 2001: Vidocq: Inés Sastre: Pitof: Sastre's character, Préah, who is a dancer in a brothel, disguises as an East Asian in order to attract ...
Actress Linda Hunt won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Billy Kwan. While the novel focuses on the political atmosphere in Indonesia in 1965 and the moral choices faced by the characters, the film focuses more heavily on the love affair between Guy and Jill. [11]