Actor

Edmund Gwenn

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Movies: 78Series: 5

TMDB ID: 22600

IMDb ID: nm0350324

Known for: Acting

Born: September 26, 1877

Died: September 6, 1959

Age: 81

Place of birth: Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1921 - 2021

Years active: 101

Average TMDB rating: 6.62

Wikidata: Q344750

Also known as

Edmund John Kellaway • Эдмунд Гвенн

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edmund Gwenn (born Edmund John Kellaway, 26 September 1877– 6 September 1959) was an English actor. On film, he is perhaps best remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas film Miracle 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 film Mister 880 (1950). He is also remembered for being in four films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. As a stage actor in the West End and on Broadway, Gwenn 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 on Broadway. Actor Arthur Chesney was his brother and actor Cecil Kellaway was their cousin.