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Edmund Gwenn

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British actor (1877-1959)

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Edmund Gwenn was an English actor. On film, he is 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, the corresponding Golden Globe Award, and a Photoplay Award.

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Filmography 40

Miracle on 34th Street1947 · ★ 7.4
Them!1954 · ★ 6.8
The Trouble with Harry1955 · ★ 7.0
Foreign Correspondent1940 · ★ 7.0
Pride and Prejudice1940 · ★ 6.9
Lassie Come Home1943 · ★ 6.7
The Bigamist1953 · ★ 6.5
The Walking Dead1936 · ★ 6.3
Sylvia Scarlett1935 · ★ 6.3
The Skin Game1931 · ★ 5.4
Life with Father1947 · ★ 6.7
The Devil and Miss Jones1941 · ★ 7.7
The Keys of the Kingdom1944 · ★ 7.1
Undercurrent1946 · ★ 5.9
Waltzes from Vienna1934 · ★ 5.4
Between Two Worlds1944
The Rocket from Calabuch1956
Mister 8801950
Anthony Adverse1936
Green Dolphin Street1947
Bewitched1945
Cheers for Miss Bishop1941
Les Miserables1952
The Student Prince1954
Hills of Home1948
Forever and a Day1943
Louisa1950
Penny Paradise1938
A Yank at Oxford1938
The Doctor Takes a Wife1940
Charley's Aunt1941
For Heaven's Sake1950
Challenge to Lassie1949
Friday the Thirteenth1933
Apartment for Peggy1948
Mister Scoutmaster1953
Parnell1937
The Earl of Chicago1940
Cash1933
South Riding1938

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Television 5

Matinee Theater1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955
The Millionaire1955
MGM Parade1955
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951

Awards 4

1951Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
1948Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1948Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Edmund Gwenn was an English actor. On film, he is 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, the corresponding Golden Globe Award, and a Photoplay Award. He received a second Golden Globe, Photoplay Award, and another Academy Award nomination for the comedy film Mister 880 (1950). He is also remembered for his appearances in four films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1877 to 1959 · aged 81
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