Hollywood Classics

  ========================= Wednesday, November 18, 2020. 07 : 06. PM. Lynn Fontanne - Actress --------------------------------------- #Photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1932 1. Profile : Born Lillie Louise Fontanne, 6 December 1887, Woodford, London, England, UK Died 30 July 1983 (aged 95), Genesee Depot, Wisconsin, U.S. Other names Lynn Lunt ------------------------------------- Occupation Actress Years active 1921–1983 ----------------------------------- Spouse(s) - Alfred Lunt (1922–1977; his death) --------------------------------- #Fontanne in Quadrille in 1952 ------------------------------------- 2. Introduction : Lynn Fontanne (/fɒnˈtæn/; 6 December 1887 – 30 July 1983) was a British actress. She teamed with her husband, Alfred Lunt. Lunt and Fontanne were given special Tony Awards 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 ...

  ========================= Friday, November 13, 2020. 12 : 28. PM. Marie Prevost - Actress. --------------------------------------------- 1. Profile : Prevost, c. 1921Born Marie Bickford Dunn, November 8, 1896, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada Died January 21, 1937 (aged 40), Hollywood, California, U.S. Cause of death Acute alcoholism Nationality Canadian, American Other names Mary Prevost Marie Provost Education Manual Arts High School Occupation Actress Years active 1915–1936 Spouse(s) 1.Sonny Gerke - ?(m. 1918; div. 1923)? 2.Kenneth Harlan - ?(m. 1924; div. 1927)? ------------------------------------------- 2. Introduction : Marie Prevost (born Marie Bickford Dunn; November 8, 1896 – January 21, 1937) was a Canadian-born film actress. During her 20-year career, she made 121 silent and sound films. Prevost began her career during the silent film era. She was discovered by Mack Sennett who signed her to contract and made her one of his "Bathing Beauties" in the lat...