Born in Milwaukee; Debut: The Aviator; Films: Romance and Arabella; The Country Cousin; Clarence; Sweet Nell of Old Drury; Outward Bound; The Guardsman; Arms and the Man; The Brothers Karamazov; The Doctor's Dilemma; Pygmalion; Marco Millions; Volpone; Caprice; Meteor; Elizabeth the Queen; Reunion in Vienna; Design for Living; The Taming of the Shrew; Idiot's Delight; Amphitryon 38; The Seagull; There Shall Be No Night; The Pirate; O Mistress Mhne; Quadrille; The Great Sebastians; The Visit. 

The Wisconsin Historical Society has manuscripts related to this topic. See the catalog description of the Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne Papers for details. See also the Lunt-Fontanne Golden Anniversary Souvenir Booklet. See also the Lunt/Fontanne Recordings from the Collection of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

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[Source: Wisconsin Film Office (filmwisconsin.org)]