Happy 50th birthday to actress Holly Hunter. A lot of talent and her share of serendipitous coincidences joined forces to make Hunter a movie star. In 1980, she had just finished appearing in an off-Broadway show when she got stuck in an elevator with playwright Beth Henley. That meeting led to Hunter's Broadway debut in Henley's Crimes of the Heart. Directors Joel and Ethan Coen saw her in Crimes of the Heart and wanted to cast her in their first film, Blood Simple, but Hunter was unavailable. She introduced them to her roommate, Frances McDormand, who ended up getting the role and marrying Joel Coen. Later, Hunter made her feature film debut in the Coen Brothers comedy Raising Arizona.
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