Actor edmund gwenn biography sample

English actor (1877–1959)

Edmund Gwenn (born Edmund John Kellaway; 26 September 1877 – 6 September 1959) was an English actor.

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Edmund Gwenn (Sept 26, –Sept 6, ) Born Edmund John Kellaway in Wandsworth, London.

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It stars Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood, and Edmund Gwenn.

Description: The 25th Academy Awards / Edmund Gwenn with Gloria Grahame, winner of the best actress in a supporting role for "The Bad and the Beautiful".

On film, he is best remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas filmMiracle on 34th Street (1947), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding Golden Globe Award. He received a second Golden Globe and another Academy Award nomination for the comedy filmMister 880 (1950).

He is also remembered for his appearances in four films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

As a stage actor in the West End and on Broadway, he was associated with a wide range of works by modern playwrights, including Bernard Shaw, John Galsworthy and J.

B. Priestley. After the Second World War, he lived in the United States, where he had a successful career in Hollywood and Broadway.

Life and career

Early years

Gwenn was born in Wandsworth, London to John and Catherine (née Oliver) Kellaway.^[2]