Name Darlene Hunt | Role Actress | |
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Full Name Melinda Darlene Hunt Occupation Television producer, writer, actress Movies and TV shows Similar People Jenny Bicks, Laura Linney, Gabriel Basso, Phyllis Somerville, John Benjamin Hickey | ||
Inside the Writer's Room of Showtime's cancer comedy 'The Big C'
Melinda Darlene Hunt is an American actress, producer and television writer, best known for creating and producing the Showtime series The Big C.
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Career
As a writer, the Lebanon Junction, Kentucky native's credits include episodes of 90210, Will and Grace, The Goldbergs, and Save Me. She also created the critically acclaimed Showtime series, The Big C, starring Laura Linney. The series revolved around the life of suburban wife and high school teacher, Cathy Jaminson, who is diagnosed with melanoma. The Big C premiered on August 16, 2010 and concluded on May 20, 2013. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for being a producer on the series.
As an actress, she is known for her recurring roles in television shows such as: Parks and Recreation, Help Me Help You, and Suburgatory. In addition to television she has appeared in films such as I Heart Huckabees and Idiocracy.
Filmography
Writer
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Charlie (TV Movie) (announced)
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Call Me Kat (TV Series) (developed by - 53 episodes, 2021 - 2023) (written by - 3 episodes, 2021) (teleplay by - 1 episode, 2021)
- Call Me a Donut Wall (2023) - (creator)
- Call Me Pretty Kitty (2023) - (creator)
- Call Me Consciously Uncoupled (2023) - (creator)
- Call Me Not Okurrr (2023) - (creator)
- Call Me Toilet Roboto (2023) - (creator)
- Call Me Lady Avenger (2023) - (creator)
- Call Me Worth the Wait (2023) - (creator)
- Call Me 'Cat's in the Cradle' (2023) - (creator)
- Call Me Better Than Paul Rudd (2023) - (creator)
- Call Me Fatty Patty (2023) - (creator)
- Call Me Ichabod Evel Knievel (2023) - (creator)
- Call Me Prescription Roulette (2023) - (creator)
- Call Me Philliam (2023) - (creator)
- Call Me Chrismukkah (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me Fancy Puffenstuff (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me Dame Booty Clench (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me the Hot Chick Two (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me Uncle Dad (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me Donor Four-Five-Seven (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me Thor (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me Skeeter Juice (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me Ken Jennings (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me Shellfish (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me Flatch (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me What the Kat Dragged In (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me Tiny Boo-Boo (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me Cupid (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me a Kingbirdie (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me a McCluckhead (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me the Bad Boy of Cheese (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me Katzilla (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me Irresponsible (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me Señor Don Gato (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me Cupcake (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me Unfaithful (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me Your Biggest Fan (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me Forty (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me a Sporty Giant (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me by My Middle Name (2022) - (creator)
- Call Me Kerfuffled (2022) - (creator)
- Cat-A-Versary (2021) - (creator) / (written by)
- Salsa (2021) - (creator)
- Moving In (2021) - (creator)
- Business Council (2021) - (creator)
- First Date (2021) - (creator)
- All Nighter (2021) - (creator)
- Eggs (2021) - (creator)
- Gym (2021) - (creator)
- Cake (2021) - (creator)
- Therapy (2021) - (creator) / (written by)
- Vacation (2021) - (creator)
- Double Date (2021) - (creator) / (written by)
- Plus One (2021) - (creator) / (teleplay by)
2020
Lazy Susan (screenplay by)
2019
Patty's Auto (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Pilot (2019)
2019
Dickinson (TV Series) (written by - 1 episode)
- 'Faith' Is a Fine Invention (2019) - (written by)
2018
The Conners (TV Series) (written by - 2 episodes)
- A Kiss Is Just a Kiss (2019) - (written by)
- Tangled Up in Blue (2018) - (written by)
2018
Roseanne (TV Series) (written by - 1 episode)
- Dress to Impress (2018) - (written by)
2016
Good Girls Revolt (TV Series) (written by - 2 episodes)
- Dateline (2016) - (written by)
- The Futures (2016) - (written by)
2013
The Goldbergs (TV Series) (written by - 1 episode)
- The Kremps (2013) - (written by)
2013
Save Me (TV Series) (written by - 1 episode)
- Take It Back (2013) - (written by)
-
The Big C (TV Series) (created by - 39 episodes, 2010 - 2013) (written by - 11 episodes, 2010 - 2013) (creator - 1 episode, 2013)
- The Finale (2013) - (creator) / (written by)
- Quality of Death (2013) - (creator)
- You Can't Take It with You (2013) - (creator)
- Quality of Life (2013) - (creator) / (written by)
- Fly Away (2012) - (creator) / (written by)
- Vaya Con Dios (2012) - (creator)
- Killjoy (2012) - (creator)
- How Bazaar (2012) - (creator)
- Life Rights (2012) - (creator)
- Face Off (2012) - (creator)
- Family Matters (2012) - (creator)
- Bundle of Joy (2012) - (creator)
- What's Your Story? (2012) - (creator)
- Thin Ice (2012) - (creator) / (written by)
- Crossing the Line (2011) - (creator) / (written by)
- The Darkest Day (2011) - (creator)
- Fight or Flight (2011) - (creator)
- How Do You Feel? (2011) - (creator)
- A Little Death (2011) - (creator)
- The Last Thanksgiving (2011) - (creator) / (written by)
- Goldilocks and the Bears (2011) - (creator)
- The Little c (2011) - (creator)
- Cats and Dogs (2011) - (creator)
- Boo! (2011) - (creator)
- Sexual Healing (2011) - (creator)
- Musical Chairs (2011) - (creator)
- Losing Patients (2011) - (creator) / (written by)
- Taking the Plunge (2010) - (creator) / (written by)
- Everything That Rises Must Converge (2010) - (creator)
- New Beginnings (2010) - (creator)
- Divine Intervention (2010) - (creator)
- The Ecstasy and the Agony (2010) - (creator)
- Happy Birthday, Cancer (2010) - (creator) / (written by)
- Two for the Road (2010) - (creator)
- Taking Lumps (2010) - (creator)
- Blue-Eyed Iris (2010) - (creator)
- Playing the Cancer Card (2010) - (creator)
- There's No C in Team (2010) - (creator)
- Summer Time (2010) - (creator) / (written by)
- Pilot (2010) - (creator) / (written by)
2008
90210 (TV Series) (written by - 2 episodes)
- There's No Place Like Homecoming (2008) - (written by)
- The Jet Set (2008) - (written by)
2003
Platonically Incorrect (TV Movie)
2003
Good Morning, Miami (TV Series) (written by - 1 episode)
- Mee So Torny (2003) - (written by)
2002
Will & Grace (TV Series) (written by - 1 episode)
- Dyeing Is Easy, Comedy Is Hard (2002) - (written by)
Producer
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Charlie (TV Movie) (executive producer) (announced)
2021
Call Me Kat (TV Series) (executive producer - 13 episodes)
- Cat-A-Versary (2021) - (executive producer - showrunner)
- Salsa (2021) - (executive producer - showrunner)
- Moving In (2021) - (executive producer - showrunner)
- Business Council (2021) - (executive producer - showrunner)
- First Date (2021) - (executive producer - showrunner)
- All Nighter (2021) - (executive producer - showrunner)
- Eggs (2021) - (executive producer - showrunner)
- Gym (2021) - (executive producer - showrunner)
- Cake (2021) - (executive producer - showrunner)
- Therapy (2021) - (executive producer - showrunner)
- Vacation (2021) - (executive producer - showrunner)
- Double Date (2021) - (executive producer - showrunner)
- Plus One (2021) - (executive producer - showrunner)
-
Dickinson (TV Series) (consulting producer - 10 episodes, 2021) (executive producer - 1 episode, 2019)
- You Cannot Put a Fire Out (2021) - (consulting producer)
- I Like a Look of Agony (2021) - (consulting producer)
- I'm Nobody! Who Are You? (2021) - (consulting producer)
- Forever - Is Composed of Nows (2021) - (consulting producer)
- Split the Lark (2021) - (consulting producer)
- Forbidden Fruit a Flavor Has (2021) - (consulting producer)
- The Daisy Follows Soft the Sun (2021) - (consulting producer)
- The Only Ghost I Ever Saw (2021) - (consulting producer)
- Fame Is a Fickle Food (2021) - (consulting producer)
- Before I Got My Eye Put Out (2021) - (consulting producer)
- Because I Could Not Stop (2019) - (executive producer)
2019
Patty's Auto (TV Series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
- Pilot (2019) - (executive producer)
2018
The Conners (TV Series) (consulting producer - 19 episodes)
- Lanford, Toilet of Sin (2019) - (consulting producer)
- Slappy Holidays (2019) - (consulting producer)
- Tempest in a Stew Pot (2019) - (consulting producer)
- Nightmare on Lunch Box Street (2019) - (consulting producer)
- Lanford- Lanford (2019) - (consulting producer)
- The Preemie Monologues (2019) - (consulting producer)
- A Kiss Is Just a Kiss (2019) - (consulting producer)
- Preemies, Weed and Infidelity (2019) - (consulting producer)
- We Continue to Truck (2019) - (consulting producer)
- Don't Shoot the Piano Teacher (2019) - (consulting producer)
- Rage Against the Machine (2019) - (consulting producer)
- O Sister, Where Art Thou? (2018) - (consulting producer)
- Hold the Salt (2018) - (consulting producer)
- One Flew Over the Conners' Nest (2018) - (consulting producer)
- Miracles (2018) - (consulting producer)
- The Separation of Church and Dan (2018) - (consulting producer)
- There Won't Be Blood (2018) - (consulting producer)
- Tangled Up in Blue (2018) - (consulting producer)
- Keep on Truckin' (2018) - (consulting producer)
2018
Roseanne (TV Series) (co-executive producer - 9 episodes)
- Knee Deep (2018) - (co-executive producer)
- Netflix & Pill (2018) - (co-executive producer)
- Go Cubs (2018) - (co-executive producer)
- No Country for Old Women (2018) - (co-executive producer)
- Darlene v. David (2018) - (co-executive producer)
- Eggs Over, Not Easy (2018) - (co-executive producer)
- Roseanne Gets the Chair (2018) - (co-executive producer)
- Dress to Impress (2018) - (co-executive producer)
- Twenty Years to Life (2018) - (co-executive producer)
2015
Good Girls Revolt (TV Series) (executive producer - 10 episodes)
- The Newser (2016) - (executive producer)
- Dateline (2016) - (executive producer)
- Exposé (2016) - (executive producer)
- Puff Piece (2016) - (executive producer)
- The Year-Ender (2016) - (executive producer)
- The Folo (2016) - (executive producer)
- Out of Pocket (2016) - (executive producer)
- Strikethrough (2016) - (executive producer)
- The Futures (2016) - (executive producer)
- Pilot (2015) - (executive producer)
2013
The Goldbergs (TV Series) (consulting producer - 4 episodes)
- The Kremps (2013) - (consulting producer)
- Who Are You Going to Telephone? (2013) - (consulting producer)
- Mini Murray (2013) - (consulting producer)
- Daddy Daughter Day (2013) - (consulting producer)
2013
Save Me (TV Series) (executive producer - 6 episodes)
- Holier Than Thou (2013) - (executive producer)
- Whatever the Weather (2013) - (executive producer)
- Heavenly Hostess (2013) - (executive producer)
- WWJD (2013) - (executive producer)
- Heal Thee (2013) - (executive producer)
- Take It Back (2013) - (executive producer)
2010
The Big C (TV Series) (executive producer - 40 episodes)
- The Finale (2013) - (executive producer)
- Quality of Death (2013) - (executive producer)
- You Can't Take It with You (2013) - (executive producer)
- Quality of Life (2013) - (executive producer)
- Fly Away (2012) - (executive producer)
- Vaya Con Dios (2012) - (executive producer)
- Killjoy (2012) - (executive producer)
- How Bazaar (2012) - (executive producer)
- Life Rights (2012) - (executive producer)
- Face Off (2012) - (executive producer)
- Family Matters (2012) - (executive producer)
- Bundle of Joy (2012) - (executive producer)
- What's Your Story? (2012) - (executive producer)
- Thin Ice (2012) - (executive producer)
- Crossing the Line (2011) - (executive producer)
- The Darkest Day (2011) - (executive producer)
- Fight or Flight (2011) - (executive producer)
- How Do You Feel? (2011) - (executive producer)
- A Little Death (2011) - (executive producer)
- The Last Thanksgiving (2011) - (executive producer)
- Goldilocks and the Bears (2011) - (executive producer)
- The Little c (2011) - (executive producer)
- Cats and Dogs (2011) - (executive producer)
- Boo! (2011) - (executive producer)
- Sexual Healing (2011) - (executive producer)
- Musical Chairs (2011) - (executive producer)
- Losing Patients (2011) - (executive producer)
- Taking the Plunge (2010) - (executive producer)
- Everything That Rises Must Converge (2010) - (executive producer)
- New Beginnings (2010) - (executive producer)
- Divine Intervention (2010) - (executive producer)
- The Ecstasy and the Agony (2010) - (executive producer)
- Happy Birthday, Cancer (2010) - (executive producer)
- Two for the Road (2010) - (executive producer)
- Taking Lumps (2010) - (executive producer)
- Blue-Eyed Iris (2010) - (executive producer)
- Playing the Cancer Card (2010) - (executive producer)
- There's No C in Team (2010) - (executive producer)
- Summer Time (2010) - (executive producer)
- Pilot (2010) - (executive producer)
2008
90210 (TV Series) (consulting producer - 3 episodes)
- Model Behavior (2008) - (consulting producer)
- Lucky Strike (2008) - (consulting producer)
- The Jet Set (2008) - (consulting producer)
2003
Platonically Incorrect (TV Movie) (executive producer)
Actress
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Other Plans (TV Movie) (completed) as
Melanie
2023
American Auto (TV Series) as
Deborah
- Cost Cutting (2023) - Deborah
2019
Dickinson (TV Series) as
Maggie
- This was a Poet - (2021) - Maggie
- This is my letter to the World (2021) - Maggie
- It feels a shame to be Alive - (2021) - Maggie
- "Hope" is the thing with feathers (2021) - Maggie
- You Cannot Put a Fire Out (2021) - Maggie
- I'm Nobody! Who Are You? (2021) - Maggie
- The Daisy Follows Soft the Sun (2021) - Maggie
- The Only Ghost I Ever Saw (2021) - Maggie
- Fame Is a Fickle Food (2021) - Maggie
- Before I Got My Eye Put Out (2021) - Maggie
- I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain (2019) - Maggie
- 'Faith' Is a Fine Invention (2019) - Maggie
- We Lose - Because We Win (2019) - Maggie
- A Brief But Patient Illness (2019) - Maggie
- I Am Afraid to Own a Body (2019) - Maggie
- Wild Nights (2019) - Maggie
- I Have Never Seen 'Volcanoes' (2019) - Maggie
2020
Lazy Susan as
Wendy
2019
The Conners (TV Series) as
Gaby
- Lanford- Lanford (2019) - Gaby
2016
Dice (TV Series) as
Splits Lady
- Prestige (2016) - Splits Lady
2015
Hot in Cleveland (TV Series) as
Phyllis
- Vegas Baby/I Hate Goodbyes (2015) - Phyllis
2015
Accidental Love as
Doctor Adams
2009
Parks and Recreation (TV Series) as
Marcia Langman
- Pie-Mary (2015) - Marcia Langman
- Are You Better Off? (2013) - Marcia Langman
- Sex Education (2012) - Marcia Langman
- Jerry's Painting (2011) - Marcia Langman
- Time Capsule (2011) - Marcia Langman
- Pawnee Zoo (2009) - Marcia Langman
2014
The Night Shift (TV Series) as
Ms. Palmer
- Coming Home (2014) - Ms. Palmer
- Pilot (2014) - Ms. Palmer
2014
Longmire (TV Series) as
Mrs. McGill
- In the Pines (2014) - Mrs. McGill
2014
Runoff as
Paula
2013
The Big C (TV Series) as
Hospice Administrator
- The Finale (2013) - Hospice Administrator
- Quality of Death (2013) - Hospice Administrator
2011
Suburgatory (TV Series) as
Connie Kushell
- Brown Trembler (2013) - Connie Kushell
- The Motherload (2012) - Connie Kushell
- The Chatterer (2011) - Connie Kushell
2010
Donna's Revenge (TV Series) as
Marlene
- Keeping Kosher Every Now and Zen (2010) - Marlene
2009
Hung (TV Series) as
Linda
- This Is America or Fifty Bucks (2009) - Linda
2008
Greek (TV Series) as
Rental car worker
- Spring Broke (2008) - Rental car worker
2008
The Merry Gentleman as
Diane
2006
Help Me Help You (TV Series) as
Darlene
- Boxer (2007) - Darlene
- Moving On (2007) - Darlene
- Working Women (2006) - Darlene
- The Sheriff (2006) - Darlene
- Perserverance (2006) - Darlene
- Perverse Psychology (2006) - Darlene
- Raging Bill (2006) - Darlene
- Inger Management (2006) - Darlene
- Sasha's Birthday BBQ (2006) - Darlene
- Pink Freud (2006) - Darlene
- Fun Run (2006) - Darlene
- The Mattress (2006) - Darlene
- Pilot (2006) - Darlene
2006
Idiocracy as
Yuppie Wife
2006
The Darwin Awards as
Minion
2005
One on One (TV Series) as
Carla
- Shock Jock (2005) - Carla
2004
I Heart Huckabees as
Darlene
2002
The King (Short) as
Phyllis
2002
Will & Grace (TV Series) as
Beth
- Dyeing Is Easy, Comedy Is Hard (2002) - Beth
2001
Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV Series) as
Erato
- Sabrina, the Muse (2001) - Erato (as M. Darlene Hunt)
2000
Becker (TV Series) as
Lynda
- The Bearer of Bad Tidings (2000) - Lynda (as M. Darlene Hunt)
1999
Smut as
Millie
1998
Party of Five (TV Series) as
Hilary
- Forgive and/or Forget (1998) - Hilary (as M. Darlene Hunt)
1998
Since You've Been Gone (TV Movie) as
Theater Person
Miscellaneous
2002
Good Morning, Miami (TV Series) (executive story editor - 1 episode)
- I'm with Stupid (2002) - (executive story editor)
References
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