Kennedy Center Honors, Special Tony Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievements In Entertainment
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Actress, Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Movies
Peter Pan, Stage Door Canteen, The Guardsman, Second Youth, The Magnificent Yankee, The Man Who Found Himself
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Fact
1
She and her husband shared one career - as the pre-eminent acting pair on the American stage.
2
British-born daughter of a French type founder and his Irish wife.
3
First coached in drama by British actress Ellen Terry in 1905. Fontanne made her stage debut in the chorus of "Cinderella" that year. She was brought to New York by Laurette Taylor and made her stage bow there in November 1916 in "The Harp of Life".
4
The Lunts lived for many years at "Ten Chimneys", a 120-acre estate at Genessee Depot, Wisconsin.
5
Was awarded a degree of Doctor of Letters from Russell Sage College in 1950. The Lunts also received the United States Freedom Medal in a ceremony at the White House in 1964.
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 287-290. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
8
In 1970, received a Special Tony Award that was shared with her husband, Alfred Lunt. She also was nominated for Broadway's 1959 Tony Award as Best Actress (Dramatic) for "The Visit."
9
Always refused to say her true age. Even her husband was under the delusion that she was five years younger than he and he died without ever knowing she was actually older!.
10
She and Alfred Lunt were strongly opposed to the idea of appearing in films, and made only a handful.
11
She appears on a U.S. 33-cent postage stamp with husband Alfred Lunt, which debuted in 1999 in New York City.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Anastasia
1967/II
TV Movie
Grand Duchess Marie
The Magnificent Yankee
1965
TV Movie
Fanny Bowditch Holmes
The United States Steel Hour
1956-1963
TV Series
Mrs. Dowey
Peter Pan
1960
TV Special
Narrator
Producers' Showcase
1957
TV Series
Essie Sebastian
Stage Door Canteen
1943
Lynn Fontaine
The Guardsman
1931
The Actress
The Man Who Found Himself
1925
Mrs. Macauley Jr (as Lynne Fontanne)
Second Youth
1924
Rose Raynor
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
1980
TV Special
Herself - Honoree
A Birthday Gala Tribute Noel Coward
1970
TV Movie
Herself - Performer
The Dick Cavett Show
1970
TV Series
Herself
The 24th Annual Tony Awards
1970
TV Special
Herself - Winner: Honorary Award
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 17th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1965
TV Special
Fanny Bowditch Holmes
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1965
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Actors and Performers
The Magnificent Yankee (1965)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1967
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama
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