Yul Brynner
Yul Brynner (July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985) was a Broadway and Hollywood actor. He was born in Russia. He moved to the United States and became an American citizen. He appeared in many movies and stage productions in the United States. He is famous for his role as King Mongkut in the musical The King and I on theater and in the movie, as well as Rameses II in the 1956 Cecil B. DeMille movie The Ten Commandments and as Chris Adams in The Magnificent Seven. He played a killer robot in the 1976 science fiction film Westworld.
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.jpg) Brynner in The Ten Commandments (1956) | |
| Born | Yuliy Borisovich Brynner July 11, 1920 |
| Died | October 10, 1985 (aged 65) |
| Cause of death | Lung cancer |
| Nationality | Russian-American |
| Citizenship | American |
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| Years active | 1944 - 1980 |
Notable credit(s) | King Mongut of Siam in The King and I, Chris Adams in The Magnificent Seven (1960) |
| Spouse(s) | Virginia Gilmore (m. 1944 - 1960, divorced) 1 child Doris Kleiner (m. 1960 - 1967, divorced) 1 child Jacqueline de Croisset (m. 1971 - 1981, divorced) 2 children Kathy Lee (m. 1983 - 1985, his death) |
| Awards | Academy Awards
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He was known for his shaved head which he kept as a personal sign since his role in The King and I.
He is mentioned in the song "One Night in Bangkok".
Yul Brynner Media
The Briner family mansion in Vladivostok, Russia, where Yul Brynner was born and lived from 1920 to 1927
Brynner's 1943 photo upon immigrating to the United States
Yul Brynner as drug dealer Paul Vicola, a supporting role in Port of New York (1949)
Brynner with Gertrude Lawrence in the original production of The King and I (1951)
Brynner with Rosenda Monteros in The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Brynner at the premiere of Battle of Neretva in Sarajevo on November 29, 1969
Brynner and Virginia Gilmore in 1944
Russian actor Yul Brynner in a publicity press photograph of 1959.
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Other websites
- Yul Brynner on IMDb
- Yul Brynner at the TCM Movie Database
- Yul Brynner at the Internet Broadway Database
- Yul Brynner at TV.com
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