Alfred Lunt

Stage Actor
BIRTHDAY
August 12,1892
Birthplace
Wisconsin
Age
Aug 3,1977,age 84
Birth Sign
Leo
BIRTHDAY
August 12,1892 (age Aug 3,1977,age 84)
Birthplace
Wisconsin

About

Twentieth-century stage actor and director whose Broadway credits include There Shall Be No Night, Ondine, Idiot's Delight, and Design for Living. He frequently collaborated with his actress wife, Lynn Fontanne.

Before Fame

His breakout role was in a Booth Tarkington play entitled Clarence.

Trivia

He was featured on a 33-cent stamp.

Family Life

Born in Wisconsin, he traced his family history back to the pilgrims who arrived in the New World on the Mayflower.

Associated With

The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre was named for Lunt and his wife Lynn Fontanne.