Alfred David Lunt was an American actor and director, best known for his long stage partnership with his wife, Lynn Fontanne, from the 1920s to 1960, co-starring in Broadway and West End productions. After their marriage, they nearly always appeared together. They became known as "the Lunts" and were celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic.
Photograph by Carl Van Vechten in 1932
Lunt in an early publicity photograph
Noël Coward, 1925 photograph
Ten Chimneys, the Lunts' house in Genesee Depot, Wisconsin, now a National Historic Landmark
Lynn Fontanne 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.
Photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1932
As Liza in My Lady's Dress, 1914
As Lady Castlemaine in Sweet Nell of Old Drury, 1923
As Eliza in Pygmalion, 1926, with Henry Travers as Doolittle