Yul Brynner facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Yul Brynner
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Yuliy Borisovich Brynner
July 11, 1920 |
| Died | October 10, 1985 (aged 65) |
| Cause of death | Lung cancer |
| Nationality | Russian-American |
| Citizenship | American |
| Years active | 1944 - 1980 |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| 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) |
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 the Siamese king 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.
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".
Images for kids
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Brynner's photo upon immigrating to the United States
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Brynner with Gertrude Lawrence in the original production of The King and I (1951)
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Drawing of Brynner by Nicholas Volpe after he won an Oscar for The King and I (1956)
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Brynner as Ramesses II in The Ten Commandments
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Statue of Brynner in front of his birthplace in Vladivostok
