Alfred Lunt photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1932
Alfred Lunt (August 12, 1892–August 3, 1977) was an American actor. Along with his wife Lynn Fontanne, who he married May 26, 1922 in New York City, was half of the pre-eminent Broadway acting couple in American history. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he received two Tony Awards, an Academy Award nomination (Academy Award for Best Actor for 1931's The Guardsman) and an Emmy Award. He appeared with Fontanne in over 24 plays - and most recently on an American postage stamp. Alfred Lunt photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1932 June 21. ... Alfred Lunt photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1932 June 21. ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Portrait of Lynn Fontane by Carl Van Vechten, May 23, 1932 Lynn Fontanne (December 6, 1887 - July 30, 1983) was a famous stage and film star. ... This article is about the street in New York City. ... Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin, United States and the county of Milwaukee. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award® but is formally the Antoinette Perry Award is an annual American award celebrating achievements in theater, including musical theater. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Guardsman is a 1931 movie based on the play Testör by Ferenc Molnar and the play Elizabeth the Queen by Maxwell Anderson. ... An Emmy Award. ... This 1974 stamp from Japan depicts a Class 8620 steam locomotive. ...
Ten Chimneys, Alfred and Lynn's estate in southeast Wisconsin, is now a world-class house museum and resource center for theater. See http://www.tenchimneys.org for more photos and information.
AlfredLunt and Lynn Fontanne had style and charm and made a wonderful life in the theater.
Lunt was greatly admired by those we think of as giants -- Olivier, Gielgud, Guinness -- and he was widely regarded as their American equivalent.
I fully believe the inscription on their memorial: "AlfredLunt and Lynn Fontanne were universally regarded as the greatest acting team in the history of the English-speaking theater.
For decades, AlfredLunt and Lynn Fontanne were considered the first couple of the American theater, and their estate reflects their status.
AlfredLunt would be waiting for you, all 6-foot-3 of him, with a picnic hamper that might well contain spirits as well as sandwiches for the drive west to Delafield, then south to Genesee Depot.
Alfred's certificate of graduation from the Parisian culinary arts school, Le Cordon Bleu, still hangs in the spacious, well-appointed kitchen, vivid testimony to the many dinners he prepared for celebrity guests and family - meals elevated by brilliant repartee and memories of shared theatrical catastrophes.
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