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Alfred David Lunt (August 12, 1892 – August 3, 1977) was an American actor and director, best known for his long stage partnership with his wife, Lynn Fontanne, from the 1920s to 1960, co-starring in Broadway and West End productions. After their marriage, they nearly always appeared together.
Alfred Lunt was an American actor, particularly known for his professional partnership with his wife Lynn Fontanne (1887-1983). Lunt was one of Broadway's leading male stars. Lunt was born in 1892 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Alfred Lunt was an American actor, particularly known for his professional partnership with his wife Lynn Fontanne (1887-1983). Lunt was one of Broadway's leading male stars. Lunt was born in 1892 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
After early success in supporting roles in the West End, she met the American actor Alfred Lunt, whom she married in 1922 and with whom she co-starred in Broadway and West End productions over the next four decades. They became known as "The Lunts", and were celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic.
Lunt and Fontanne, American husband-and-wife acting team who performed together in more than two dozen theatrical productions, from Sweet Nell of Old Drury (1923) to The Visit (1958). Alfred Lunt (b. Aug. 19, 1892, Milwaukee, Wis., U.S.—d. Aug. 3, 1977, Chicago, Ill.) and Lynn Fontanne (original.
Dec 20, 2003 · No one ever questioned their lifelong devotion, though insiders assumed that the offstage union of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne was a “white marriage” between a gay man and a bisexual woman.
By the mid 1920s, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne were the two most respected, most popular, most critically acclaimed, and highest-paid stage actors in the country. At the height of their individual careers, they made a remarkable decision.
Jul 31, 1983 · Lynn Fontanne, who with Alfred Lunt created one of the greatest husband-and-wife acting teams of the theater, died of pneumonia today. She was 95 years old.
Dec 21, 2003 · The theater had obsessed Alfred Lunt (born in Milwaukee) and Lynn Fontanne (born more than 4,000 miles away, near London) since childhood; and it seems appropriate that their first encounter...
Mar 13, 2019 · The heavens aligned when Alfred Lunt (1892-1977) and Lynn Fontanne (1887-1983) met in New York in 1917. Fontanne, an established actor from England, had made her Broadway debut the previous year; Lunt was building an impressive résumé of smaller parts on Boston and Manhattan stages.
