Lynn Fontanne
Lynn Fontanne
Lynn Fontannewas a British-born American-based actress and major stage star in the United States for over 40 years. She teamed with her husband, Alfred Lunt. Lunt and Fontanne shared a special Tony Award in 1970. They both won Emmy Awards in 1965, and Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre was named for them. Fontanne is regarded as one of the American theater's great leading ladies of the 20th century...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStage Actress
Date of Birth6 December 1887
CountryUnited States of America
When I am on a stage, I am the focus of thousands of eyes and it gives me strength. I feel that something, some energy, is flowing from the audience into me. I actually feel stronger because of these waves.
I lied to everybody. I lie very well, being an actress, naturally.
Telling a butler how to make good tea; Warm the pot first, please, then put two heaping teaspoonfuls in the pot no bags in boiling water, and when it's in, stir it. And when it comes here, I will stir it again.
We can be bought, but we cant be bored.
One reason we lasted so long is that we usually played two people who were very much in love. As we were realistic actors, we became those two people. So we had a divertissement: I had an affair with him, and he with me.
Warm the pot first, please, then put two heaping teaspoonfuls in the pot-no bags-in boiling water, and when it's in, stir it. And when it comes here, I will stir it again.