Fontanne
Americannoun
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Amy Micallef, one of the show’s dressers, said that she tells visitors that it’s a painting of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, the couple for whom the theater is named.
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2015
The 1924 New York premiere of “The Guardsman,” which starred Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, was so successful that the celebrated duo actually made a film version in 1931.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 16, 2015
They were the first married couple to win Emmys on the same night since Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in 1965.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2015
A critic once hailed them as "the proletarian Lunts," a reference to Alfred Lunt and his wife, Lynn Fontanne, who at the time were the most famous couple in the American theater.
From US News • Jun. 25, 2014
Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne were the old couple, and they were very good, but I didn't like them much.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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