Maggie Smith & The Lunts 1970 Tony Awards 

Dame Julie Andrews introducing Dame Maggie Smith and Robert Stephens to introduce Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt. We'll never see the likes of this again. Nothing even close.

Theatre royalty descending upon the stage: a very young Julie Andrews, Maggie Smith and Robert Stephens presenting a special Tony to the fabulous Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. This is a piece of theatre history for you.

Oh, my god! Julie Andrews and Maggie Smith... I'm dying...

Maggie & Robert were phenomenal together in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"

She's the most charming and remarkable woman on earth and I can't ever understand what sort of a jerk he is to cheat on her.

Omg Julie Andrews and Maggie Smith?! Wow.

Such a rare treat for this Maggie Smith fan! Thank you! :)

The Lunts they kill me. They really do.

Saw them in The Visit at the old Biltmore Theatre... Still remember how great they were...

At Ten Chimneys we certainly do and we celebrate the Lunts every day! Come visit us!!!

Oh my how utterly charming! What a treat and a treasure!!! Thank you so much for sharing this moment.

Why the hell would he cheat on her? They look so in love! But good for Maggie for finding a new man! - unfortunately he passed away, but I am glad she was able to spend a little time in paradise. It is so wonderful to hear her talking about her late husband, Beverly Cross, it always brings a smile to her face. :)

So divine divine divine to see even a glimpse of the Lunts. Gos knows how old she was and so chic and elegant, and the patch is because by then he had lost the sight in ,that eye I believe. A joy!

She seems very in love :)

Wow, the Lunts were a class act!

Robert, Maggie, so pretty. So drunk.

Thank you for posting. I have visited the amazing Ten Chimneys in Wisconsin. it is always fun to ‘catch up’ with the Lunts ‘appearing’ in cyberspace.

I could hear Julie Andrews' perfect diction all day.

True legends...the Lunts

The standing ovation should have lasted 20 minutes. The Lunts WERE the theater.

Thank goodness that the theater honored the Lunts. I'm so amazed by the Lunts that I don't even care that it's Julie Andrews, Robert Stephens, and the great Maggie Smith on stage ..... And I also agree that it should've been a thunderous ovation in greeting the Lunts and as they exited the stage. That was Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt ... for pity's sake!!!

Robert Stephens is legend...the most amazing, under-rated actor ever...he is by far the best person gracing that stage

the catcher in the rye brought me here

My, aren’t they gaga over each other. I thought she was going to jump on him.

4 legends! Only needed Noël Coward to join them to make it more perfect!

are those the 'Coco!' stairs in the back at the end?

Did no one see how Robert just stood there clapping while her hand was hanging in midair

That's a rather modest reception for artistic giants such as the Lunts. After all, Julie Andrews and Maggie Smith were merely introducers.

Robert appears to be more than a tad drunk, and more than a tad annoyed at getting second billing to Maggie. As for cheating, it happens to everybody, and I mean everybody.

How odd to play the Lunts on with "Getting to Know You" from The King and I!

Funt and Mundane

They don’t make em Like that anymore...

Are they drunk? Haha.

her hair looks like a redd brillo pad

her second husband was better looking...

Only actors ever behave like this. I wonder why.

o m g they r drunk and so ami how did i get here?.....they r drunkk..so what

He was drunk.

Both drunk but who cares!