Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner (July 7, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was a Russian actor born Yul Borisovich Bryner in Vladivostok, Russia who appeared in many movies and stage productions. His mother, Marousia Blagavidova, was the daughter of a Russian doctor and his father, Boris Bryner, was a Swiss-Mongolian engineer and inventor. He was named Yul after his paternal grandfather, Jules Bryner. Image File history File links Actor Yul Brynner. ... Image File history File links Actor Yul Brynner. ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Vladivostok Train Station Orthographic projection over Vladisvostok The original city seal of Vladivostok. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed...

Brynner's early life was exotic, but he made it out to be even more exotic than it actually was, for example, claiming that he was born Taidje Khan of part-Japanese parentage on the Russian island of Sakhalin. A biography published by his son in 1989 clarified these issues. Sakhalin is a large elongated island in the North Pacific, lying between 45° 50 and 54° 24 N, in the Russian Far East. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After Boris Bryner abandoned his family, his mother took Yul and his sister, Vera Bryner, to Harbin, China, where they attended a school run by the YMCA, and in 1934 she took them to Paris, France. YMCAs in the United States and Canada use this logo. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

Brynner's best-known role was that of King Mongkut of Siam in both the stage and film versions of the musical The King and I, for which he won an Academy Award as Best Actor. He is one of only seven people who have won both a Tony Award and an Academy Award (Oscar) for the same role. King Mongkut (Rama IV), (October 18, 1804 – October 18, 1868) was king of Thailand from 1851 to 1868. ... Motto: none Anthem: Phleng Chat Capital Bangkok Largest city Bangkok Official languages Thai Government King Prime Minister Constitutional monarchy Bhumibol Adulyadej Thaksin Shinawatra Independence • Sukhothai kingdom • Ayutthaya kingdom • Taksin • Chakri dynasty from Khmer Empire 1238–1368 1350–1767 1767–April 7, 1782 April 7, 1782–present Area  â€¢ Total  â€¢ Water (%)   514... Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... The King and I is a musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, with a script based on Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...

He made an immediate impact upon first starring in films in 1956, appearing not only in The King and I that year, but also in major roles in The Ten Commandments and Anastasia. He later starred in such films as Solomon and Sheba (1959), The Magnificent Seven (1960), and Westworld (1973). Yul Brynner. ... Yul Brynner. ... See also: 1955 in film 1956 1957 in film 1950s in film years in film film // Events November 15 - The film Love Me Tender starring Elvis Presley (his first film) opens. ... This article is about the 1956 film. ... Anastasia is a 1956 film which tells the true story of a young, confused woman in France after the Russian Revolution who, backed by the Russian emigre community, attempts to pass herself off as Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanova, the daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. ... The Magnificent Seven is one of the English language titles for the Akira Kurosawa film Shichinin no samurai (1954), also called The Seven Samurai. ... Westworld, written and directed by Michael Crichton and released in 1973, was a seminal science fiction movie starring Yul Brynner as a malfunctioning robotic Western movie-style gunslinger in a futuristic amusement park where wealthy patrons vacation to role-play their fantasies. ...

Brynner died on October 10, 1985 (the same day as Orson Welles) in New York City at the age of 70. The cause of death was lung cancer brought on by smoking. In January 1985, nine months before his death, he gave an interview on Good Morning America, expressing his desire to make an anti-smoking commercial. A clip from that interview was made into just such a commercial by the American Cancer Society, and released after his death. October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Orson Welles, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1937 George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) is generally considered one of Hollywoods greatest directors, as well as a fine actor, broadcaster and screenwriter. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... The incidence of lung cancer is highly correlated with smoking. ... Veteran journalists Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer, who have hosted the show since the late 1990s. ... The American Cancer Society is a charitable organization dedicated to eliminating cancer. ...

Yul Brynner is interred in the cemetery at the Saint-Michel-de-Bois-Aubry monastery in Luze, near Poitiers, Vienne, France. Location within France Poitiers (population 85,000) is a small city located in west central France. ... Vienne is a département of France, located in the center of the country, and named after the Vienne River. ...

He has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6162 Hollywood Blvd, and his childhood home is now a museum in Vladivostok. An example of a Hollywood Walk of Fame star, for the film actress Carole Lombard. ...

Children

• Rock Brynner, University history lecturer
• Four daughters

Filmography

• Port of New York (1949)
• The King and I (1956)
• The Ten Commandments (1956)
• Anastasia (1956)
• The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
• The Buccaneer (1958)
• The Journey (1959)
• The Sound and the Fury (1959)
• Solomon and Sheba (1959)
• Once More, with Feeling (1960)
• The Testament of Orpheus (1960)
• Surprise Package (1960)
• The Magnificent Seven (1960)
• Goodbye Again (1961)
• Escape from Zahrain (1962)
• Taras Bulba (1962)
• Kings of the Sun (1963)
• Flight from Ashiya (1964)
• Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
• Morituri (1965)
• Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
• The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966)
• Return of the Seven (1966)
• Triple Cross (1967)
• The Double Man (1967)
• The Long Duel (1967)
• Villa Rides (1968)
• The Battle of Neretva (1968)
• The File of the Golden Goose (1969)
• The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
• The Magic Christian (1969) (Cameo)
• Adios Sabata (1971)
• The Light at the Edge of the World (1971)
• Romance of a Horsethief (1971)
• Catlow (1971)
• Fuzz (1972)
• On Location with Westworld (1973) (short subject)
• The Serpent (1973)
• Westworld (1973)
• The Ultimate Warrior (1975)
• Death Rage (1976)
• Futureworld (1976)
• Lost in the Revolution (1980) (short subject) (narrator)

see also Port of New York Authority Recent release of Port of New York on VHS Port of New York is a 1949 film shot in semidocumentary style. ... The King and I is a musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, with a script based on Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. ... This article is about the 1956 film. ... Anastasia is a 1956 film which tells the true story of a young, confused woman in France after the Russian Revolution who, backed by the Russian emigre community, attempts to pass herself off as Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanova, the daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. ... Dostoevskys notes for chapter 5 of The Brothers Karamazov The Brothers Karamazov (Братья Карамазовы in Russian) is generally considered one of the greatest novels by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky and the culmination of his lifes work. ... The Buccaneer is a 1958 film shot in technicolor about a Privateer named Jean Laffite and how he helped in the Battle of New Orleans. ... The Sound and the Fury is a well known novel written by American author William Faulkner. ... Once More, With Feeling is a one-off musical episode of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... The Magnificent Seven is one of the English language titles for the Akira Kurosawa film Shichinin no samurai (1954), also called The Seven Samurai. ... Goodbye Again (1960) Director: Anatole Litvak - Script: Samuel Taylor, based on Aimez-vous Brahms? by Françoise Sagan - Camera: Armand Thirard - Cut: Bert Bates - Music: Georges Auric - Songs: Dory Langdon - Actors: Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Perkins, Yves Montand, Jessie Royce Landis, Jackie Lane, Jean Clarke, Clarke Jean, Pierre Dux, Michèle... Yul Brynner movie (1962) with co star Tony Curtis as two brothers who are leaders of Cossacks tribe on the Polish steppes. ... The Battle of Neretva is a Yugoslav movie made in 1968 and stars Orson Welles and Yul Brynner. ... The Magic Christian is a comic novel (1959) by U.S. author Terry Southern; and a film (Joseph McGrath; UK, 1969) loosely based on Southerns book, starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr. ... The Catlow is a term for the back of the knee. ... The term fuzz may refer to: Vellus, a type of short, fine body hair on an animal. ... Charles Sobhraj in France. ... Westworld, written and directed by Michael Crichton and released in 1973, was a seminal science fiction movie starring Yul Brynner as a malfunctioning robotic Western movie-style gunslinger in a futuristic amusement park where wealthy patrons vacation to role-play their fantasies. ... Futureworld was a 1976 sequel to the 1973 science fiction film Westworld. ...

External links

• Yul Brynner at the Internet Movie Database
• More on his 1985 Good Morning America interview
• Classic Movies (1939 - 1969): Yul Brynner