His mother, Marousia Dimitrievna (ne Blagovidova), came from the intelligentsia and studied to be an actress and singer; she was the granddaughter of a doctor who had converted from Judaism to the Russian Orthodox Church. Yul Brynner at the Internet Broadway Database Yul Brynner at the Internet Movie Database Yul Brynner at the TCM Movie Database Yul Brynner at AllRovi Yul Brynner: The Magnificent King [hide] v t e Academy Award for Best Actor 19281940 Emil Jannings (1928) Warner Baxter (1929) George Arliss (1930) Lionel Barrymore (1931) Fredric March / Wallace Beery (1932) Charles Laughton (1933) Clark Gable (1934) Victor McLaglen (1935) Paul Muni (1936) Spencer Tracy (1937) Spencer Tracy (1938) Robert Donat (1939) James Stewart (1940) 19411960 Gary Cooper (1941) James Cagney (1942) Paul Lukas (1943) Bing Crosby (1944) Ray Milland (1945) Fredric March (1946) Ronald Colman (1947) Laurence Olivier (1948) Broderick Crawford (1949) Jos Ferrer (1950) Humphrey Bogart (1951) Gary Cooper (1952) William Holden (1953) Marlon Brando (1954) Ernest Borgnine (1955) Yul Brynner (1956) Alec Guinness (1957) David Niven (1958) Charlton Heston (1959) Burt Lancaster (1960) 19611980 Maximilian Schell (1961) Gregory Peck (1962) Sidney Poitier (1963) Rex Harrison (1964) Lee Marvin (1965) Paul Scofield (1966) Rod Steiger (1967) Cliff Robertson (1968) John Wayne (1969) George C. 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Irving (1973) Tommy Tune (1974) Ted Ross (1975) Complete list (19471975) (19762000) (20012025) Authority control WorldCat VIAF: 7573314 LCCN: n82115477 ISNI: 0000 0003 6861 6007 GND: 118857487 SUDOC: 066969638 Categories: 1920 births1985 deathsBest Actor Academy Award winnersDonaldson Award winnersRussian male film actorsRussian male television actorsRussian male stage actorsMale Spaghetti Western actorsTony Award winners20th-century male actorsEastern Orthodox Christians from RussiaSoviet emigrants to the United StatesRussian people of Buryat descentRussian expatriates in FranceRussian expatriates in ChinaRussian people of Swiss descentMale actors from HarbinPeople who lost United States citizenshipPeople from VladivostokCancer deaths in New YorkDeaths from lung cancer, Yul Brynner Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Birth: Jul. Husband of Private Therefore, that information is unavailable for most Encyclopedia.com content. Vera Bryner was born on January 17, 1916 in Vladivostok, Russian Empire [now Russia]. Irena, who is buried at the same location, was her cousin but they were more like sisters. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. His father's extramarital connection forced him to entrust his children to his mother, who relocated the family to Harbin, Manchuria. He sang some of those same songs in the film The Brothers Karamazov. The King is watching his cherished, ancient traditions slip away, as English schoolteacher Anna Leonowens (Deborah Kerr) begins to sow the seeds of change among his wives and children. McFarland. [45] He then made a cameo in Goodbye Again (1961). A biography written by his son, Rock Brynner, in 1989 clarified these issues. - ?) He had Swiss-German, Russian, Buryat (Mongol) and purported Romani ancestry. His father, Boris Yuliyevich Bryner, was a mining engineer whose father, Jules Bryner, was Swiss, and whose mother, Natalya Iosifovna Kurkutova, was a native of Irkutsk and was partly of Buryat ancestry. His remains are interred in France on the grounds of the Saint-Michel-de-Bois-Aubry Russian Orthodox monastery near Luz between Tours and Poitiers. https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/bryner-vera-d-1967, "Bryner, Vera (d. 1967) [2], Brynner went to Yugoslavia to star in a war film, Battle of Neretva (1969). He appeared in the original 1951 production and later touring productions as well as a 1977 Broadway revival, a London Production in 1979 and another Broadway revival in 1985. Gender. - . [11][12][13][14], Later in his life, Brynner humorously enjoyed telling tall tales and exaggerating his background and early life for the press, claiming that he was born Taidje Khan of a Mongol father and Roma mother on the Russian island of Sakhalin. In reality, he was born in the city of Vladivostok, on the Russian mainland. Jump up ^ Capua, p 151. , , . *NOTE (from member):Vera had one child, Laura, not Irina. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? Oops, something didn't work. [2] In addition to his film credits, he also worked as a model and photographer and was the author of several books. When the family's prosperous business interests succumbed to the Russian revolution, Boris moved his family to Habrin. Geni requires JavaScript! [6] The 1989 biography by his son, Rock Brynner, clarified some of these issues.[15]. [11] [14] In 1930, Brynner's father gave him an important birthday present - an acoustic guitar. Name variations: Vera Brynner. [5] His father, Boris Yuliyevich Briner, was a mining engineer whose father, Jules Briner, was a Swiss citizen who moved to Vladivostok in the 1870s and established a successful import-export company. Death 541593), Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United States, 16852004, filed June 4, 1943 Jump up ^ Some sources cite July 7, 1915 as his date of birth, though Brynner himself always gave the 1920 date in immigration and naturalization documents. Mike Takashima Invitation to a Gunfighter Jules Gaspard d'Estaing 1965 Morituri Captain Mueller 1966 Cast a Giant Shadow Asher Gonen The Poppy Is Also a Flower Colonel Salem (also titled Danger Grows Wild) Return of the Seven Chris Triple Cross Baron Von Grunen 1967 The Double Man Dan Slater/ Kalmer The Long Duel Sultan 1968 Villa Rides Pancho Villa 1969 The File of the Golden Goose Peter Novak Battle of Neretva Vlado The Madwoman of Chaillot The Chairman 1970 Adis, Sabata Sabata/ Indio Black 1971 The Light at the Edge of the World Jonathan Kongre Romance of a Horsethief Captain Stoloff Catlow Catlow 1972 Fuzz The Deaf Man 1973 Night Flight from Moscow Col. Alexei Vlassov Westworld The Gunslinger 1975 The Ultimate Warrior Carson 1976 Futureworld The Gunslinger Death Rage Peter Marciani Short subjects On Location with Westworld (1973) Lost to the Revolution (1980) (narrator) Select stage work[edit], Twelfth Night (1941) (Broadway) Lute Song (1946) (Broadway and US national tour) The King and I (1951) (Broadway and US national tour) Home Sweet Homer (1976) (Broadway) The King and I (1977) (Broadway, London and US national tour) The King and I (1985) (Broadway) References[edit], ^ Jump up to: a b Record of Yul Brynner, #108-18-2984. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. . cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Vera B. Brynner I found on Findagrave.com. ^ Jump up to: a b Brynner, Rock. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. , . Brynner was introduced to Michael Chekhov on the recommendation from his father's second wife, actress Katerina Ivanovna Kornakova who was a former acting partner of Chekhov at the Moscow Art Theatre.[26]. She was well known for her high pitched soprano voice. Brynner's first marriage was to actress Virginia Gilmore in 1944, and soon after he began working as a director at the new CBS television studios. Brynner died of lung cancer on October 10, 1985 in New York City on the same day as his Battle of Neretva co-star Orson Welles. In September 1983, Brynner suffered a sore throat, his voice changed and doctors found a lump on his vocal cords. Failed to remove flower. Empire and Odyssey. Brynner's shaved head was very unusual at the time and his striking appearance helped to give him an iconic appeal. Although he had quit in 1971, his promotional photos often still showed him with a cigarette in hand, or a cigar in his mouth. Brynners first Broadway performance was a small part in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in December 1941. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. 1971 -1981 ' , -1974 -1975 . Birth place. (Russian: ) Vera (Borisovna) Bryner was the sister of Yul Brynner (who added a 2nd 'n' to the last name). [24] Photographer, author, and musician[edit], In addition to his work as a director and performer, Brynner was an active photographer and wrote two books. Brynner returned to Broadway in Home Sweet Homer, a notorious flop musical. He was also well known as the gunman Chris Adams in The Magnificent Seven (1960) and its first sequel Return of the Seven (1966), along with roles as the android "The Gunslinger" in Westworld (1973), and its sequel, Futureworld (1976). Jump up ^ Brynner, Rock (2006). Yul: The Man Who Would Be King (p. 30) Berkeley Books: 1991. 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