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Attended the Interlochen Arts Academy. She was a charter student the first year of the Interlochen Arts Academy which was established in 1962 as a complement to the Interlochen Arts Camp which had been established in 1928. See more trivia »

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Lydia Susanna Hunter
in Morristown, New Jersey, USA
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Hide HideActress (47 titles)
2013 Blood Moon (short) (completed)
Narrator (voice)
 
2009-2013 NCIS: Los Angeles (TV series)
Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange
– Descent (2013) … Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange
– Parley (2013) … Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange
– Raven & the Swans (2013) … Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange
– Resurrection (2013) … Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange
– Purity (2013) … Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange
See all 96 episodes »
 
2013 God of War: Ascension (Video Game)
Narrator (voice)
 
2010 God of War: Ghost of Sparta (Video Game)
Narrator (voice)
 
2010 God of War III (Video Game)
Narrator (voice)
 
2009 Nip/Tuck (TV series)
Voice of Authority
– Don Hoberman (2009) … Voice of Authority
 
2009 The Crooked Eye (short)
Sharon's Narrator
 
2007-2008 The Unit (TV series)
Dr. Eudora Hobbs
– Into Hell: Part Two (2008) … Dr. Eudora Hobbs
– Sub-Conscious (2007) … Dr. Eudora Hobbs
 
2008 Without a Trace (TV series)
Dr. Clare Bryson
– Closure (2008) … Dr. Clare Bryson
– Satellites (2008) … Dr. Clare Bryson
– Driven (2008) … Dr. Clare Bryson
 
2008 Once Upon a Tide (short)
Narrator
 
2008 God of War: Chains of Olympus (Video Game)
Narrator (voice)
 
2007 God of War II (Video Game)
Narrator (voice) / Gaia (voice)
 
1998-2006 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– The Great Fever (2006) … Narrator
– The Great Transatlantic Cable (2005) … Narrator
– Jimmy Carter (Part I) (2002) … Narrator
– Monkey Trial (2002) … Narrator
– The Duel (2000) … Narrator
See all 6 episodes »
 
2006 Stranger Than Fiction
Dr. Mittag-Leffler
 
2005 Yours, Mine and Ours
Mrs. Munion
 
2003-2005 Carnivàle (TV series)
Management
– New Canaan, CA (2005) … Management (voice) (uncredited)
– Outskirts, Damascus, NE (2005) … Management (voice) (uncredited)
– Damascus, NE (2005) … Management (voice) (uncredited)
– Old Cherry Blossom Road (2005) … Management (voice) (uncredited)
– Alamogordo, N.M. (2005) … Management (voice) (uncredited)
See all 10 episodes »
 
2005 God of War (Video Game)
Narrator (voice)
 
2005 Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution' (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Liberation & Revenge (2005) … Narrator
– Frenzied Killing (2005) … Narrator
– Corruption (2005) … Narrator
– Factories of Death (2005) … Narrator
– Orders & Initiatives (2005) … Narrator
See all 6 episodes »
 
1997-2002 The Practice (TV series)
Judge Zoey Hiller
– Silent Partners (2002) … Judge Zoey Hiller
– Honor Code (2001) … Judge Zoey Hiller
– What Child Is This? (2001) … Judge Zoey Hiller
– Gideon's Crossover (2001) … Judge Zoey Hiller
– The Deal (2000) … Judge Zoey Hiller
See all 23 episodes »
 
2002 Dragonfly
Sister Madeline
 
1998 Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (video)
Grandmother Willow (voice)
 
1997 The Relic
Dr. Ann Cuthbert
 
1997 Eat Your Heart Out
Kathryn
 
1995 Pocahontas
Grandmother Willow (voice)
 
1994 Prêt-à-Porter
Regina Krumm
 
1994 Maverick
The Magician (scenes deleted)
 
1993-1994 Space Rangers (TV series)
Cmdr. Chennault
– To Be... Or Not to Be (1994) … Cmdr. Chennault
– The Trial (1994) … Cmdr. Chennault
– Fort Hope (1993) … Cmdr. Chennault
– Death Before Dishonor (1993) … Cmdr. Chennault
– Banshies (1993) … Cmdr. Chennault
See all 6 episodes »
 
1993 Younger and Younger
Frances
 
1993 Twenty Bucks
Angeline
 
1992 Rain Without Thunder
Atwood Society Director
 
1992 Nonesense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes (video)
 
1992 Nonesense and Lullabyes: Poems (video)
 
1991 If Looks Could Kill
Ilsa Grunt
 
1990 Kindergarten Cop
Miss Schlowski
 
1989 She-Devil
Hooper
 
1989 Nightmare Classics (TV series)
Narrator (Quoting Poe for the Nightmare Classics Intro) / The Voice
– Carmilla (1989) … Narrator (Quoting Poe for the Nightmare Classics Intro) (voice)
– The Turn of the Screw (1989) … The Voice
 
1987 Basements (TV movie)
Rose (segment "The Room")
 
1987 The Room Upstairs (TV movie)
Mrs. Sanders
 
1987 American Playhouse (TV series)
Alice B. Toklas
– Waiting for the Moon (1987) … Alice B. Toklas
 
1985 Eleni
Katina
 
1985 Silverado
Stella
 
1984 Dune
Shadout Mapes
 
1984 The Bostonians
Dr. Prance
 
1982 The Year of Living Dangerously
Billy Kwan
 
1980 Popeye
Mrs. Oxheart - his Mudder
 
1978 Fame (TV movie)
Mona
 
1976 Great Performances (TV series)
Nora
– Ah, Wilderness! (1976) … Nora
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1995 Pocahontas (performer: "Listen with Your Heart I, II, III" 1995, "Listen With Your Heart - Part 1", "Listen With Your Heart - Part 2")
 
Show ShowSelf (36 titles)
2013 CBS News Sunday Morning (TV series)
Various
– Episode dated 24 February 2013 (2013) … Various
 
2013 The 39th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
2010 Sacred Earth (documentary)
Narrator
 
2009 Natural Heroes (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– The Sea & Me (2009) … Narrator (voice)
 
2002-2009 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
Herself / Narrator
– The Polio Crusade (2009) … Herself/Narrator
– Jimmy Carter: Part 2 (2002) … Herself/Narrator
– Woodrow Wilson: Episode Two - The Redemption of the World (2002) … Herself/Narrator
– Woodrow Wilson: Episode One - A Passionate Man (2002) … Herself/Narrator
 
2009 Every War Has Two Losers (documentary short) (voice)
 
2006 The Singing Revolution (documentary)
Narrator
 
2006 Nature (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Christmas in Yellowstone (2006) … Narrator
 
2005-2006 California and the American Dream (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator / Herself - Narrator
– Ripe for Change (2006) … Narrator
– The New Los Angeles (2006) … Narrator
– The Price of Renewal (2006) … Narrator
– California's 'Lost' Tribes (2005) … Herself - Narrator
 
2006 The New Los Angeles (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2006 Deleted 'Dune' (video documentary short)
Shadout Mapes (uncredited)
 
2006 The Path to Nuclear Fission: The Story of Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2005 Small Fortunes: Microcredit and the Future of Poverty (TV documentary)
Narration
 
2003 Reporting America at War (TV series documentary)
Narrator
 
2003 Shadow Play: Indonesia's Year of Living Dangerously (documentary)
Narrator
 
2003 Before We Ruled the Earth (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Hunt or Be Hunted (2003) … Narrator
– Mastering the Beasts (2003) … Narrator
 
2002 Woodrow Wilson and the Birth of the American Century (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1997-2001 The Living Edens (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Tasmania: Land of the Devils (2001) … Narrator
– Kamchatka: Siberia's Forbidden Wilderness (2000) … Narrator
– Namib: Africa's Burning Shore (1997) … Narrator
 
1999 Island of the Sharks (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1999 The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1998 Out of the Past (documentary)
Narrator
 
1998 Titanic: Untold Stories (video documentary)
Narrator
 
1997 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Herself / Narrator
– Isamu Noguchi: Stones and Paper (1997) … Herself/Narrator
 
1997 Amazon (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1996 Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1995 The New Chimpanzees (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1995 Rain of Ruin: The Bombing of Nagasaki (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1994 Spirits of the Rainforest (TV movie)
Herself - Narrator
 
1994 Ecological Design: Inventing the Future (documentary)
Narrator
 
1992 Ishi: The Last Yahi (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1991 E.T. - Entretenimento Total (TV series)
Herself (1991)
 
1991 Fit: Episodes in the History of the Body (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1989 Chico Mendes: Voice of the Amazon (documentary)
Narrator
 
1985 The 57th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
1984 The 38th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Nominee: Best Leading Actress in a Play
 
1984 The 56th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2012 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2008 Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1999 The Making of 'Silverado' (video documentary short)
Herself
 
1995 Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (TV series)
 
1992 Oscar's Greatest Moments (video documentary)
Herself
 

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Prominent on New York and other stages. Appeared in Peter Brooks' THE CHERRY ORCHARD at Brooklyn Academy of Music in the late 1980s, and starred as Aunt Dan in AUNT DAN AND LEMON on Broadway in the mid 1980s. See more »

Height:

4' 9" (1.45 m)
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Trivia:

Attended the Interlochen Arts Academy. She was a charter student the first year of the Interlochen Arts Academy which was established in 1962 as a complement to the Interlochen Arts Camp which had been established in 1928. See more »

Trademark:

Deep husky voice See more »

Star Sign:

Aries