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Lynn Fontanne

1887 - 1983

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Lynn Fontanne (; 6 December 1887 – 30 July 1983) was an English actress. After early success in supporting roles in the West End, she met the American actor Alfred Lunt, whom she married in 1922 and with whom she co-starred in Broadway and West End productions over the next four decades. They became known as "The Lunts", and were celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic. Fontanne was born in what is now the London suburb of Woodford, and received her first training as an actress from Ellen Terry. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lynn Fontanne is the 6,378th most popular actor (up from 7,211th in 2019), the 4,901st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,170th in 2019) and the 728th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lynn Fontanne ranks 6,378 out of 13,578Before her are Grethe Weiser, Heino Ferch, Mischa Barton, Jamie Bell, Eric Stonestreet, and Claire McDowell. After her are Susan Lucci, Craig Bierko, Ewen Bremner, AJ Michalka, Rikiya Koyama, and Summer Glau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Lynn Fontanne ranks 264Before her are Adriaan Fokker, Giuseppe Domenichelli, Charles Reisner, Barnes Wallis, Walter Janssen, and Ira Davenport. After her are Monte Blue, Arvi Pohjanpää, Harold Walden, Jerónimo Méndez, Jorge de Paiva, and Raoul Paoli. Among people deceased in 1983, Lynn Fontanne ranks 242Before her are Nina Dumbadze, Antonio Siddi, Joseph Ruttenberg, Neil Ritchie, Aleksandr Alov, and Stefan Skoumal. After her are Walter Slezak, Pedro Quartucci, Friedrich Scherfke, Paul Fix, Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna, and Claude Vivier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lynn Fontanne ranks 4,902 out of 8,785Before her are Curtis Jones (2001), Fred Davis (1913), Peter Hall (1930), Paula Yates (1959), Mischa Barton (1986), and Jamie Bell (1986). After her are James Wilson (1805), Ewen Bremner (1972), Olivia Manning (1908), Brian Cox (1968), Calvert Vaux (1824), and Omid Djalili (1965).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Lynn Fontanne ranks 728Before her are Isaac Hempstead Wright (1999), Robert Newton (1905), Alice Eve (1982), Stephen Moyer (1969), Mischa Barton (1986), and Jamie Bell (1986). After her are Ewen Bremner (1972), Omid Djalili (1965), Norma Varden (1898), O. T. Fagbenle (1980), Ed Skrein (1983), and Judy Parfitt (1935).