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Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, 1952.

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Lynn Fontanne

American actress

Also known as: Lillie Louise Fontanne

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In Lunt and Fontanne
Meanwhile, Fontanne had studied under Ellen Terry in England, made her road-show debut in 1905, and won her first London role in 1909 in the Drury Lane Pantomime and her first New York City role in 1910. In 1916 she returned to New York at the…
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role in “The Guardsman”

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… (1931) starred Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne as bickering married actors and marked their only film appearance together in leading roles. Private Lives (1931) was an elegant adaptation of the Noël Coward play, starring Shearer and Robert Montgomery. Smilin’ Through (1932) had Shearer reprising a melodramatic role in which Franklin…
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