Mary Hunter Wolf

Mary Hunter Wolf (December 4, 1904 – November 3, 2000), born Mary Charlotte Hunter, was an American theater director and producer. She was co-founder and executive director of the American Shakespeare Theatre, and "a leading advocate for the arts in Connecticut."

Early life and education Hunter was born in Bakersfield, California, the daughter of James Milo Hunter and Mary Hutchins Hunter. Her mother died soon after giving birth to Mary; her father died in 1917. Her aunt was the novelist Mary Hunter Austin, and through Austin she met Willa Cather, D. H. Lawrence, and others in the Santa Fe literary community of the 1920s. She and Agnes de Mille were friends and classmates at the Hollywood School for Girls. She attended but did not graduate from Wellesley College. She also attended the University of Chicago.

Career Hunter was a voice actor on the radio program Easy Aces from 1931 to 1945. When Hunter was replaced as director of High Button Shoes in 1947, she sued on the grounds of sex discrimination. The New York Supreme Court agreed with her, in its ruling on the case. She also created the Professional Training Program of the American Theatre Wing, They divorced in 1965. She lived in Anchorage, Alaska, in her later years. She died in 2000, at the age of 95, at her home in Hamden, Connecticut.