Background
Flynn was born in Greenwich, Connecticut on May 26, 1892.
Flynn was born in Greenwich, Connecticut on May 26, 1892.
He later attended Yale University starting in 1910.
He was also known as "Lefty" Flynn because in football, he kicked with his left foot. They separated after 11 days, and their divorce became final in 1914. Between 1919 and 1927, Flynn appeared in 40 feature films, often as the lead actor, and sometimes as a sports hero or daring adventurer.
She was the youngest sister of Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor and of Irene Langhorne, who was married to the artist Charles Dana Gibson.
Flynn was married to actress Viola Dana from 1925 to 1929. She tried less-than-successfully to convince F. Scott Fitzgerald to try the Mary Baker Eddy approach in March 1934, when she and Lefty were carrying for Scottie, Zelda and Scott"s daughter, during trying times for a depressed Scott.
The next month Fitzgerald published a story, "The Intimate Strangers," based on the Flynn"son He died on March 6, 1959.
He was 66.