Edmund Gwenn
Birthday: 1877-09-26
Place of Birth: Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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.
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Lassie Come Home
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Them!
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The Trouble with Harry
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Sylvia Scarlett
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Miracle on 34th Street
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Between Two Worlds
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The Walking Dead
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Life with Father
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Challenge to Lassie
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Forever and a Day
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Charley's Aunt
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The Devil and Miss Jones
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Anthony Adverse
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Pride and Prejudice
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Undercurrent
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The Keys of the Kingdom
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The Student Prince
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Early to Bed
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The Skin Game
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Waltzes from Vienna
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The Bigamist
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Bonzo Goes to College
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Mister 880
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For Heaven's Sake
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The Good Companions
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South Riding
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The Doctor Takes a Wife
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Mister Scoutmaster
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The Rocket from Calabuch
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Green Dolphin Street
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Dangerous Partners
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Cheers for Miss Bishop
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Sally and Saint Anne
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Hills of Home
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The Earl of Chicago
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A Woman of Distinction
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Les Miserables
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Mad Holiday
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Of Human Bondage
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Cheer Boys Cheer
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Peking Express
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It's a Dog's Life
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Pretty Baby
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I Was a Spy
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Cash
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The Skin Game
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Penny Paradise
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Apartment for Peggy
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Java Head
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Laburnum Grove
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The Real Thing at Last
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Parnell
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Foreign Correspondent
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She Went to the Races
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Thunder in the Valley
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Something for the Birds
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Happy Family
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A Yank at Eton
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The Greer Case
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Condemned to Death
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The Meanest Man in the World
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Hindle Wakes
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Frail Women
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A Yank at Oxford
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Scotland Yard
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How He Lied to Her Husband
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The Admiral's Secret
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All American Chump
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Channel Crossing
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One Night In Lisbon
Saucy screwball comedy wherein lovely Madeleine falls in love with flier Fred despite interference f...
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The Bishop Misbehaves
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Louisa
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Father and Son
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An Englishman's Home
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Money for Nothing
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Tell Me Tonight
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Passing Shadows
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The Greatest Gift
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Hollywood’s Children
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Friday the Thirteenth
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Spring in the Air
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Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
Documentary on the evolution of Giant Monsters in cinema from the original 1933 King Kong onward....
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