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Overview

Date of Birth:
6 December 1887, Woodford, Essex, England, UK more
Date of Death:
30 July 1983, Genesee Depot, Wisconsin, USA more
Mini Biography:
She and her husband shared one career - as the pre-eminent acting pair... more
Trivia:
She appears on a U.S. 33 cent postage stamp, with Alfred Lunt, which debuted... more
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
Alternate Names:
Lynne Fontanne

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Actress, Self
Actress:
  1. "Hallmark Hall of Fame" .... Fanny Bowditch Holmes / ... (2 episodes, 1965-1967)
    ... aka Hallmark Television Playhouse
        - Anastasia (1967) TV episode .... Grand Duchess Marie
        - The Magnificent Yankee (1965) TV episode .... Fanny Bowditch Holmes
  2. "The United States Steel Hour" (2 episodes, 1956-1963)
    ... aka The U.S. Steel Hour (USA: alternative title)
        - The Old Lady Shows Her Medals (1963) TV episode
        - The Old Lady Shows Her Medals (1956) TV episode
  3. Peter Pan (1960) (TV) .... Narrator

  4. "Producers' Showcase" (1 episode, 1957)
        - The Great Sebastians (1957) TV episode

  5. The Guardsman (1931) .... The Actress

  6. The Man Who Found Himself (1925) (as Lynne Fontanne) .... Mrs. Macauley Jr
  7. Second Youth (1924) .... Rose Raynor
Self:
  1. The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1980) (TV) .... Herself (Honoree)

  2. "The Dick Cavett Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1970)
        - Episode dated 1 June 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Herself

  3. Stage Door Canteen (1943) .... Herself

Additional Details

Other Works:
(1930) Stage: Appeared (as "Elizabeth") in "Elizabeth the Queen" on Broadway. Historical drama. Written by Maxwell Anderson. Directed by Philip Moeller. Guild Theatre: 3 Nov 1930-Mar 1931 (closing date unknown/147 performances). Cast: Alfred Lunt (as "Lord Essex"), Mab Anthony, Curtis Arnall, Royal Beal, Michael Borodin, James A. Boshell, Phoebe Brand, Charles Brokaw (as "A Courier"/"Heming"), Robert Caille, Morris Carnovsky (as "Francis Bacon"), Robert Conness, John Ellsworth, Thomas Eyre, George Fleming, Philip Foster, Edla Frankau, Arthur Hughes, Louise Huntington, Whitford Kane (as "Burbage"), Anita Kerry, Perry King, Henry Lase, Barry Macollum, Guy Moore, Edward Oldfield, Stanley Ruth, Vincent Sherman (as "A Herald"), Percy Waram (as "Sir Walter Raleigh"), Nick Wiger, James Wiley, Annabelle Williams. Produced by The Theatre Guild. Note: Filmed in 1939 as The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), starring Bette Davis and Errol Flynn. more
Publicity Listings:
3 Print Biographies | 1 Magazine Cover Photo more
Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Musical | Family more
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