Lunt, Alfred.
Variant namesActing couple considered for nearly forty years to be the most famous team on the American stage, with their reputation established through intimate modern comedy.
From the description of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne letters to Katharine Cornell and Nancy Hamilton, 1941-1980. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34363740
Actor, director.
From the description of Letters, to Bennett Weaver, 1909-1915, 1931-1950. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34365917
American actor.
From the description of Autograph letter and typewritten letter signed "Alfred" : Genesee Depot, Wisconsin, to Charles Ryskamp, [n.d.] and 1972 Aug. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129703
Archival Resources
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| referencedIn | Philippe Halsman theatrical photographs, 1947-1969 | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. | |
| referencedIn | Rouben Mamoulian Papers, 1740-1987, (bulk 1906-1987) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Alexander Woollcott correspondence, ca. 1856-1943 (inclusive), 1920-1943 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Choate, Edward, 1908-1975. Papers, 1923-1973. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Joseph Edward Davies Papers, 1860-1958, (bulk 1912-1958) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | New Yorker records | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | E. Martin (Elliott Martin) Browne papers, 1925-1975. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | Worcester Dramatic Museum. Papers, 1732-1995. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Playwrights' Company. Records, 1938-1960. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| creatorOf | Oppenheimer, George. Papers, 1943-1977. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| referencedIn | Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. The papers of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, 1890-1984 (inclusive). | Yale University, Music Library | |
| referencedIn | Maurice Zolotow papers | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. | |
| referencedIn | Players (New York, N.Y.). Pipe Night tape collection, 1963-1986. | Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library | |
| referencedIn | Herman Buchman papers, 1939-1990 | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. | |
| referencedIn | Sir Archive Michael Redgrave | V & A Department of Theatre and Performance | |
| referencedIn | Bourneuf, Philip, 1912-1980. Philip Bourneuf collection, 1920-1970. | Boston University. School of Medicine | |
| creatorOf | Players (Club). Players records, 1848-1941. | Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library | |
| referencedIn | Souvenir programs for theatrical productions, 1906-2005. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| creatorOf | Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945. Letter to Mr. Lunt, 23rd July, 1929 : typed. | University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System | |
| referencedIn | Hull, Josephine, 1877-1957. Papers, 1899-1960 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Hellman (Florence Marx) Theatrical Diaries | Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens | |
| referencedIn | Fay family. Papers, 1800-1953 (inclusive), 1859-1953 (bulk). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Hewitt, Alan. Interviews concerning Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne [sound recording]. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Frederick R. Koch collection of photographs of stage and screen actors and entertainers, ca. 1920-1979. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| creatorOf | Lunt, Alfred. Letter to [Edward C.] Mabie. [s.l.]. 1935 Nov. 25. | University of Iowa Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Howard D. Rothschild papers, 1921-1989. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. The papers of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, 1890-1984 (inclusive). | Yale University, Music Library | |
| creatorOf | Hildreth Meière papers | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Elisabeth Fraser papers, 1920-1999 | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. | |
| referencedIn | John C. Wilson Theater Collection on Noel Coward, 1931-1955 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967. | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Stevens, Ashton. Ashton Stevens papers 1850-1952, bulk 1920-1940. | Newberry Library | |
| referencedIn | Playwrights' Company records, 1938-1960 | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. | |
| referencedIn | Gomez, Thomas, 1905-1971. Thomas Gomez papers, 1939-1971. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Robert Benney original drawings, 1926-1947 | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. | |
| referencedIn | Jo Mielziner papers, 1903-1976 | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. | |
| creatorOf | Lunt, Alfred. Alfred Lunt letters to various recipients, 1940-1956 and undated. | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Lunt, Alfred, 1893-1977. Autograph letter and typewritten letter signed "Alfred" : Genesee Depot, Wisconsin, to Charles Ryskamp, [n.d.] and 1972 Aug. 28. | Pierpont Morgan Library. | |
| referencedIn | O'Brien family. Collection, circa 1880-2000. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | George Oppenheimer papers, 1943-1977 | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. | |
| creatorOf | Lunt, Alfred. Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne papers, 1838-1983. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Players records, 1848-1941 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | American Vaudeville Museum collection, 1845-2007, (bulk 1910-1940) | University of Arizona Libraries, Library Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | Windust, Bretaigne, 1906-1960. Bretaigne Windust collection, 1929-1958. | Princeton University Library | |
| referencedIn | Emmet family papers | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Montgomery Clift papers, 1933-1966 | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. | |
| referencedIn | Katharine Cornell papers, 1801-1983, dates, 1921-1974 | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. | |
| referencedIn | Spewack, Samuel and Bella. Papers, ca.1920-1980. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Margaret Webster Papers, 1837-1974, (bulk 1937-1970) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Robert E. Sherwood papers, 1917-1968 (inclusive), 1934-1955 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1912-1970 (inclusive), 1912-1954 (bulk). | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | Robert Benney research materials, 1926-1978 | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. | |
| referencedIn | Margaret Webster Papers, 1837-1974, (bulk 1937-1970) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| creatorOf | Lunt, Alfred. Letters, to Bennett Weaver, 1909-1915, 1931-1950. | University of Michigan | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Cornell, Katharine. Katharine Cornell Papers 1801-1983 (Bulk dates 1921-1974). | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| referencedIn | Aaron Frankel Papers, 1948-1977. | Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Ward Morehouse papers, 1877-1966, 1924-1966 | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. | |
| referencedIn | Miscellaneous theatrical papers | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Hart, Moss, 1904-1961. Moss Hart and Kitty Carlisle papers, 1922-1962, 1988. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | James Matthew Auer photographs | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968. Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse papers, 1909-1968, 1980. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Frederick Wagner autograph collection, 1917-1961. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | Lavery, Emmet, 1902-1986. Papers, 1925-1965. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Samuel and Bella Spewack Papers, ca.1920-1980 | Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Theatre Arts Monthly, collection of portraits, ca., ca., 1924-1939 (bulk), 1916-1964 (inclusive). | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| creatorOf | Behrman, S. N. (Samuel Nathaniel), 1893-1973. S. N. Behrman papers, 1912-1987. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| referencedIn | Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Weill-Lenya correspondence, 1925-1948. | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | |
| referencedIn | Small Music and Theater Scrapbooks, 1924-1947 | Cleveland Public Library | |
| referencedIn | Register to the Papers of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, 1890-1984, inclusive | Irving S. Gilmore Music Library | |
| referencedIn | Frankel, Aaron. Aaron Frankel papers, 1948-1977. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Will Rapport papers, 1931-1964. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| creatorOf | Hewitt, Alan. Papers, 1930-1986. | New Hampshire Newspaper Project | |
| creatorOf | Hildreth Meière papers | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Romney Brent papers, 1934-1975 (bulk dates 1969-1975 | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. | |
| creatorOf | Lunt, Alfred. Lunt-Fontanne golden anniversary souvenir booklet, 1972. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| creatorOf | Lunt, Alfred. Lunt/Fontanne recordings from the collection of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts [sound recording] | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Wolff, Perry. Papers, 1945-1989. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| creatorOf | Lunt, Alfred. Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne papers, 1838-1983. | Wisconsin historical society | |
| referencedIn | S. N. Behrman papers, 1912-1987 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| creatorOf | Lunt, Alfred, 1893-1977. Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne letters to Katharine Cornell and Nancy Hamilton, 1941-1980. | University of Michigan | |
| referencedIn | Morehouse, Ward, 1898-1966. Ward Morehouse papers, 1877-1966 bulk (1924-1966). | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| referencedIn | Enid Bagnold papers, 1912-1971 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
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| associatedWith | American Museum of Vaudeville | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Auer, James. | person |
| associatedWith | Bagnold, Enid. | person |
| associatedWith | Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945. | person |
| associatedWith | Bean, Mr., | person |
| associatedWith | Beaton, Cecil, 1904-1980. | person |
| associatedWith | Beaumont, Hugh, 1908-1973. | person |
| associatedWith | Behrman, S. N. (Samuel Nathaniel), 1893-1973. | person |
| associatedWith | Benney, Robert, 1904-2001 | person |
| associatedWith | Boston (Mass.). Castle Square Theatre. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Bourneuf, Philip, 1912-1980. | person |
| associatedWith | Brent, Romney, 1902-1975 | person |
| correspondedWith | Browne, E. Martin (Elliott Martin), 1900- | person |
| correspondedWith | Brown, John Mason, 1900-1969 | person |
| associatedWith | Buchman, Herman | person |
| associatedWith | Choate, Edward, 1908-1975. | person |
| associatedWith | Cleveland Public Library Literature Department | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Clift, Montgomery | person |
| associatedWith | Colefax, Sibyl. | person |
| associatedWith | Communist Party of the United States of America. | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Cornell, Katharine. | person |
| associatedWith | Cornell, Katharine, 1893-1974. | person |
| associatedWith | Coward, Noel, 1899-1973. | person |
| associatedWith | Crouse, Russel, 1893-1966. | person |
| associatedWith | Cullen, Frank, 1936- | person |
| correspondedWith | Davies, Joseph Edward. | person |
| associatedWith | Emmet family | family |
| associatedWith | Emmet family. | family |
| associatedWith | Fay family. | family |
| associatedWith | Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968. | person |
| associatedWith | Fontanne, Lynn. | person |
| associatedWith | Forbes, Brenda, 1909- | person |
| associatedWith | Frankel, Aaron. | person |
| associatedWith | Frankel, Aaron. | person |
| associatedWith | Fraser, Elisabeth | person |
| associatedWith | Gielgud, John, Sir, 1904- . | person |
| associatedWith | Gomez, Thomas, 1905-1971. | person |
| associatedWith | Gordon, Ruth, 1896- . | person |
| associatedWith | Halsman, Philippe | person |
| associatedWith | Hamilton, Nancy, 1908-1985. | person |
| associatedWith | Hart, Moss, 1904-1961. | person |
| associatedWith | Hayes, Helen, 1900-1993. | person |
| associatedWith | Hellman, Florence Marx. | person |
| associatedWith | Hewitt, Alan. | person |
| associatedWith | Hull, Josephine, 1877-1957. | person |
| associatedWith | Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), collector. | person |
| correspondedWith | Komisarjevsky, Theodore, 1882-1954 | person |
| associatedWith | Lavery, Emmet, 1902-1986. | person |
| associatedWith | Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967. | person |
| associatedWith | Lenya, Lotte | person |
| associatedWith | Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968. | person |
| associatedWith | Mabie, Edward Charles, 1892-1956, | person |
| associatedWith | Mamoulian, Rouben. | person |
| associatedWith | McClintic, Guthrie, 1893-1961. | person |
| associatedWith | McNeilly, Donald, 1945- | person |
| associatedWith | Meiere, M. Hildreth, d. 1961. | person |
| associatedWith | Mielziner, Jo, 1901-1976 | person |
| associatedWith | Morehouse, Ward, 1898-1966. | person |
| associatedWith | Nesbitt, Cathleen, 1888-1982. | person |
| associatedWith | New Yorker Magazine, Inc | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | O'Brien family. | family |
| associatedWith | Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989. | person |
| associatedWith | Oppenheimer, George. | person |
| associatedWith | Phil, | person |
| associatedWith | Players (Club) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Players (New York, N.Y.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Playwrights' Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Rankin, May. | person |
| associatedWith | Rapport, Will. | person |
| associatedWith | Rattigan, Terence. | person |
| correspondedWith | Redgrave, Michael | person |
| associatedWith | Robertson, W. Graham (Walford Graham), 1866-1948. | person |
| correspondedWith | Rothschild, Howard D. | person |
| associatedWith | Ryskamp, Charles, | person |
| associatedWith | Sederholm, Harriet Washborn Briggs, 1862- | person |
| associatedWith | Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955. | person |
| associatedWith | Spewack, Samuel, 1899-1971 | person |
| associatedWith | Spewack, Samuel and Bella. | person |
| associatedWith | Stevens, Ashton. | person |
| associatedWith | Stone, P. M., | person |
| associatedWith | Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946. | person |
| associatedWith | Thayer, John Eldon, 1899-1980 | person |
| associatedWith | Wagner, Frederick, collector. | person |
| associatedWith | Weaver, Andrew. | person |
| associatedWith | Weaver, Bennett, 1892-1970. | person |
| associatedWith | Weaver, Clarice Colby. | person |
| correspondedWith | Webster, Margaret, 1905-1972. | person |
| associatedWith | Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. | person |
| associatedWith | Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975. | person |
| associatedWith | Wilson, John C. | person |
| associatedWith | Wilson, John C. | person |
| associatedWith | Windust, Bretaigne, 1906-1960. | person |
| associatedWith | Wolff, Perry. | person |
| associatedWith | Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943. | person |
| associatedWith | Worcester Dramatic Museum. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Zolotow, Maurice | person |
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Death 1977-08-03
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