

Hunt's mother, Inez, was her primary parent and worked as a librarian in a local library. Hunt told The Philadelphia Inquirer that she remembers Philadelphia with affection, particularly the " Philadelphia steak sandwiches and the bad boys on the basketball court". Hunt was born in Philadelphia in 1946 and lived in North Philadelphia, near 23rd and Columbia, then in Germantown and Mount Airy, for the first 13 years of her life. Hunt has written three novels, as well as three volumes of autobiography, which include a frank account of life as a breast cancer sufferer.

She enjoyed close relationships with Marc Bolan and Mick Jagger, who is the father of her only child Karis. She achieved national fame when she appeared in London as Dionne in the long-running rock musical Hair. Marsha Hunt (born April 15, 1946) is an American actress, novelist, singer and former model, who has lived mostly in Britain and Ireland.
