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Alfred Lunt

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Actor

The Resume

    (August 19, 1893-August 3, 1977)
    Married actress Lynn Fontanne
    Acted in 'The Guardsman,' 'Sally of the Sawdust'
    Appeared onstage in 'Idiot's Delight,' 'Design for Living,' 'The Visit,' 'Quadrille,' 'The Pirate,' 'Marco's Millions,' 'Clarence' and 'The Taming of the Shrew'

Why he might be annoying:

    He gave up acting in films after only one talkie and a handful of silents, in part because he thought the camera made his lips look thin.
    Because almost all his work was on the stage, he is virtually unknown by the general public despite being an enormous star during his lifetime.
    He was a perfectionist who once called a rehearsal for a play that was closing in three days.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was married to actress Lynn Fontanne for 55 years, from 1922 until his death.
    He acted with his wife exclusively beginning in 1929.
    The were considered the most illustrious acting team in the history of the theater.
    They took huge pay cuts to work with the Theater Guild, who produced experimental original works and classics.
    When they met Noel Coward before any of them were famous, Coward predicted that they would get married, they would all become stars, and the three of them would act in a play Coward wrote.
    The prediction came true when the three of them starred in Coward's 'Design for Living,' one of the biggest hits of the 1930s.
    He got an Oscar nomination for his only talkie, 'The Guardsman' (1931).
    He won Tony Awards as both an actor and director, and an Emmy.
    He is on a postage stamp.
    He and his wife have a Broadway theater named after them.
    Laurence Olivier said 'Everything I know about acting, I learned from Alfred Lunt.'

Credit: Jon Mullich


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 40 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 34 Votes: 38.24% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 28 Votes: 53.57% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 82 Votes: 53.66% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 191 Votes: 39.79% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 166 Votes: 51.20% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 221 Votes: 42.53% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 517 Votes: 46.23% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 891 Votes: 48.93% Annoying