Yul Brynner

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Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner AKA Yul Borisovich Bryner

Born: 11-Jul-1920
Birthplace: Vladivostok, Russia
Died: 10-Oct-1985
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Cancer - Lung
Remains: Buried, Saint Robert Churchyard, Monastery of Saint Michael, La Tourraine, France

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The King and I

The name he sometimes claimed, Taidje Khan, is bogus.

Father: Boris Bryner
Mother: Marousia Blagavidova
Wife: Virginia Gilmore (m. 1944, div. 1960)
Son: Yul "Rock" Brynner II (b. 23 December 1946)
Daughter: Lark (b. 1958 illegitimate)
Wife: Doris Kleiner (m. 1960, div. 1967)
Daughter: Victoria Brynner (b. Nov-1962)
Wife: Jacqueline de Croisset (m. 1971, div. 1981)
Daughter: Mia Brynner (adopted 1974)
Daughter: Melody Brynner (adopted 1975)
Wife: Kathy Lee (m. 1983)

Oscar for Best Actor 1957 for The King and I
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6162 Hollywood Blvd.
Risk Factors: Smoking

FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Futureworld (Aug-1976)
The Ultimate Warrior (2-Oct-1975)
Westworld (21-Nov-1973)
Night Flight from Moscow (7-Apr-1973)
Fuzz (14-Jul-1972)
Catlow (1-Oct-1971)
The Light at the Edge of the World (16-Jul-1971)
The Madwoman of Chaillot (12-Oct-1969)
Battle of Neretva (7-Oct-1969)
Villa Rides (17-Jul-1968)
The Double Man (05-May-1967)
Triple Cross (9-Dec-1966)
Return of the Seven (19-Oct-1966)
Poppies Are Also Flowers (22-Apr-1966)
Cast a Giant Shadow (30-Mar-1966)
Morituri (25-Aug-1965)
Invitation to a Gunfighter (14-Oct-1964)
Kings of the Sun (18-Dec-1963)
Taras Bulba (19-Dec-1962)
The Magnificent Seven (23-Oct-1960)
Solomon and Sheba (24-Dec-1959)
The Sound and the Fury (27-Mar-1959)
The Journey (19-Feb-1959)
The Buccaneer (1-Dec-1958)
The Brothers Karamazov (20-Feb-1958)
Anastasia (13-Dec-1956)
The Ten Commandments (5-Oct-1956)
The King and I (28-Jun-1956)

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