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Linda Hunt (b. April 2, 1945, Morristown, New Jersey) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. This diminutive Oscar winner, respected for her work on stage and screen, played Shadout Mapes in David Lynch's 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune. Her other genre credits include The Relic (1997) and voice roles as Commander Chennault for television's Space Rangers (1993) and in the series Carnivàle.