Lynn Fontanne

Lillie Louise Fontanne (also Lynn Fontanne; 6 December 1887 – 30 July 1983) was a British born and American based actress and major stage star. She and her husband Alfred Lunt won many Tony and Emmy Awards in the 1960s and 1970s.

Lynne Fontanne with her husband Alfred Lunt in 1941

Fontanne played an actress in the 1924 movie The Guardsman. She played Nina Leeds in the play Strange Interlude in 1928.

Fontanne was born in London, England, UK. She died from pneumonia at 95 in Wisconsin.