{{Short description|American actress (1910–1981)}} {{Use American English|date=October 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Eleanor Hunt | image = Eleanor Hunt, 1932.jpg | caption = Hunt in 1932 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|01|10|mf=yes}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|06|12|1910|01|10|mf=yes}} | death_place = Queens, New York City, U.S. | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1930–1941 | spouse = {{plainlist| * Rex Lease <br> ({{abbr|m.|married}} 1931; {{abbr|div.|divorced}} 19??) <br /> {{marriage|Dr. Frank G. Nolan|1933|1935|end=divorced}} <br /> George Hirliman * ({{abbr|m.|married}} 19??) }} | children = Georgelle Hirliman <br> Kathy Hirliman }}

'''Eleanor Hunt''' (January 10, 1910 &ndash; June 12, 1981) was an American film actress. She starred opposite John Wayne in the 1934 film ''Blue Steel''.

==Personal life== She was married to actor Rex Lease for "a few months"<ref>{{cite news |title=Fadeout for Romance |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35217857/oakland_tribune/ |access-date=August 24, 2019 |work=Oakland Tribune |date=October 13, 1931 |location=California, Oakland |page=2|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref> before their September 1931 divorce and to Dr. Frank G. Nolan from November 1933 until June 14, 1935.<ref>{{cite news |title=Two Divorces Clear Way For Film Actress to Wed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35218212/eleanor_hunt/ |accessdate=August 24, 2019 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |date=June 15, 1933 |location=Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh |page=13|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref> She later married George Hirliman, with whom she adopted a daughter, Georgelle, as an infant.<ref>{{cite news|title=Georgelle Hirliman, 'Writer in the Window,' With Answers, Is Dead at 73|first=Margalit|last=Fox|date=February 20, 2010|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=February 22, 2010|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/nyregion/21hirliman.html}}</ref>

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1930|| ''Whoopee!'' || Sally Morgan || |- |1931|| ''Goldie'' || Russian Girl || |- |1931|| ''Good Sport'' || Party Girl || |- |1932|| ''Tess of the Storm Country'' || One of the Longman Sisters || Uncredited |- |1934|| ''I Hate Women'' || Tillie || |- |1934|| ''Blue Steel'' || Betty Mason || |- |1934|| ''Wake Up and Dream'' || Chorus Girl || Uncredited |- |1934|| ''The Merry Widow'' || Maxim Girl || Uncredited |- |1935|| ''Northern Frontier'' || Beth Braden || |- |1936|| ''Go-Get-'Em, Haines'' || Gloria Palmer || |- |1936|| ''Yellow Cargo'' || Bobbie Reynolds || |- |1936|| ''We're in the Legion Now!'' || Honey Evans || |- |1937|| ''Navy Spy'' || rowspan="3"|Bobbie Reynolds ||<ref name=":0" /> |- |1937|| ''The Gold Racket'' || |- |1937|| ''Bank Alarm'' || <ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title = Mystery Movie Series of 1930s Hollywood|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ybXCchezCsQC|publisher = McFarland|date = August 1, 2012|isbn = 9780786469758|language = en|first = Ron|last = Backer}}</ref> |- |1940|| ''Stolen Paradise'' || Patricia Morrow || |}

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==External links== {{commons category|Eleanor Hunt}} *{{IMDb name|0402437}} *{{IBDB name|424956}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hunt, Eleanor}} Category:1910 births Category:1981 deaths Category:American film actresses Category:Actresses from New York City Category:20th-century American actresses Category:Western (genre) film actresses