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Acting · Woodford, Essex, England, UK
From Wikipedia Lynn Fontanne (/fɒnˈtæn/; 6 December 1887 – 30 July 1983) was a British-born American-based actress and major stage star in the United States for over 40 years. She teamed with her husband, Alfred Lunt. Lunt and Fontanne shared a special Tony Award in 1970. They both won Emmy Awards in 1965, and Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre was named for them. Fontanne was also a Kennedy…
Known for
- The Kennedy Center Honors — Self1978
- The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest1968
- Peter Pan — Narrator1960
- Tony Awards — Self - Recipient1956
- Hallmark Hall of Fame — Fanny Holmes1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame — Grand Duchess Marie1951
- Stage Door Canteen — Lynn Fontanne1943
- The Guardsman — The Actress1931
- The Man Who Found Himself — Mrs. Macauley Jr1925
- Second Youth — Rose Raynor1924
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- Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
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- The Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence: a revision of the Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire
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Key facts
- Born
- Lillie Louise Fontanne , ( 1887-12-06 ) 6 December 1887 , Woodford , Essex
- Died
- 30 July 1983 (1983-07-30) (aged 95), Genesee Depot, Wisconsin , U.S.
- Resting place
- Forest Home Cemetery
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1905–1967
- Spouse
- Alfred Lunt ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1922 ; died 1977 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lynn
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Woodford
- Spouse
- Alfred Lunt
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Fontanne LCCN2014713242.jpg
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- Lynn Fontanne
- date of birth
- 1887-12-06
- date of death
- 1983-07-10
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
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- Lynn Fontanne
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
- start of work period
- 1921-00-00
- name in native language
- Lynn Fontanne
- has works in the collection
- Anne Frank House
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Encyclopedic overview
Lynn Fontanne (/fɒnˈtæn/; 6 December 1887 – 30 July 1983) was an English actress. After early success in supporting roles in the West End and United States, she married the American actor Alfred Lunt in 1922, 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.
Fontanne was born in what is now the London suburb of Woodford, and received her first training as an actress from Ellen Terry. After building up an acting career in Britain she worked extensively in the US, first appearing in New York in 1910. Although she appeared in classics including The Taming of the Shrew and The Seagull, experimental drama by Eugene O'Neill, and dark comedy by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Fontanne and her husband were best known for their stylish performances in light comedies by Noël Coward, S. N. Behrman, Terence Rattigan and others, and romantic plays by writers such as Robert E. Sherwood.
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