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Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner's biography

Yuliy Borisovich Brynner is 65 years old film actor born at Vladivostok. Yul was born on Sunday 11th of July 1920. Yul is often nicknamed as Yuliy Borisovich Brynner, Yul Brynner. According to year of birth 1920 he belongs to Greatest Generation. Birthday on 11th of July means he is Cancer. Cancer is a watery sign. They are very friendly and show motherly love to everyone. According to ascendant calculator, an important trait of these natives is their sensitive nature.

Yul is white russian. He is citizen of Russia. He is russian orthodox. His primary profession is to be film actor. You can know Yul also as television director, photographer, writer, musician, stage actor, actor, television actor. Yul is recently known as acrobat. He received Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical The King and I in 1952

Yul Brynner's family

Yul Brynner's ex wife

Virginia Gilmore

Yul Brynner and Virginia Gilmore have been together since 1944 for 16 years. She is known as actor. Yul´s ex wife was born on Saturday 26th of July 1919 in El Monte. Yul´s ex wife died on Friday 28th of March 1986 in Santa Barbara. Virginia Gilmore was 66 years old, when this happened.

Yul Brynner's schools

We found 1 school Yul attended. Name of the school: World Alliance of YMCAs.

Yul Brynner's career

His main focus is to be film actor. He is famous thanks to The King and I, Ten Commandments. You could see Yul also in The Ten Commandments.

Is Yul Brynner gay ?

Yul is known to be straight.

Yul Brynner's girlfriend

Marlene Dietrich

Yul Brynner and Marlene Dietrich have been together. She is known as film actor. Yul´s girlfriend was born on Friday 27th of December 1901. His girlfriend died on Wednesday 6th of May 1992. Marlene Dietrich was 72 years old, when this happened.

How did Yul Brynner die

He died on on Thursday 10th of October 1985 when he was 65 years old at New York City. Yul Brynners death was caused by lung cancer. It happend like natural causes.

Awards and competitions

Yul Brynner's Awards

  • Yul received award for Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for work The King and I in 1952
  • Yul received award for Academy Award for Best Actor for work The King and I in 1956
  • He received award for National Board of Review Award for Best Actor for work The Ten Commandments in 1956
  • Yul received award for Grammy Hall of Fame for work The King and I in 1999

Yul Brynner's Nominations

  • He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor for work The King and I in 1956
  • Yul was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for work The King and I in 1956

What else you don't know about Yul Brynner ?

Yul´s middle name is Borisovich.

What Yul Brynner has done for a first time

  • Had one son with his first wife, Virginia Gilmore: Yul "Rock" Brynner II (Rock Brynner) born December 23, 1946.
  • A recording of him explaining how being bald helped him is included in a song by Stephen Malkmus (of Pavement) titled "Jo Jo's Jacket". The first verses are about Brynner and include a reference to Westworld (1973) and The King and I (1956).
  • He was the only actor to appear in both The Magnificent Seven (1960) and its first sequel, Return of the Seven (1966). However, he did not appear in either of the other sequels, Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) and The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972).

Yul Brynner's quotes

  • People don't know my real self, and they're not about to find out.
  • [to interviewers] Just call me a nice, clean-cut Mongolian boy.
  • Girls have an unfair advantage over boys: If they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.
  • [recorded in January 1985, after he was diagnosed with lung cancer] Now that I'm gone, I tell you: Don't smoke, whatever you do, just don't smoke. If I could take back that smoking, we wouldn't be talking about any cancer. I'm convinced of that.
  • I'm not of the can-kicking, shovel-carrying, ear-scratching, torn T-shirt school of acting. There are very few real men in the movies these days. Yet being a real man is the most important quality an actor can offer on the screen.
  • [on his character Chris Adams from The Magnificent Seven (1960) and Return of the Seven (1966)] Well . . . He's just a dirty bum. There are only two things clean about him: His gun and his soul.
  • [his Academy Award for Best Actor acceptance speech, 1957] I hope this is not a mistake, because I won't give it back for anything in the world. Thank you very much.

Yul Brynner's height, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how Yul Brynner looks. We will focus on Yul´s height, body shape, eye color and hair color. He is tall as 5' 10" (178 cm). Body build is athletic. His eyes are tinted brown - light. His hair is shade of bald.