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Brynner is the daughter of Yul Brynner, a Russian-born, United States-based film and stage actor, and Doris Kleiner, a Chilean model and socialite. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] She grew up in Switzerland and Paris. [ 4 ]
In addition to his work as a director and performer, Brynner was an active photographer and wrote two books. His daughter Victoria put together Yul Brynner: Photographer, [54] a collection of his photographs of family, friends, and fellow actors, as well as those he took while serving as a UN special consultant on refugees. [55] [56] [57]
Her co-stars were Yul Brynner and Noël Coward. The film's theme song is by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn (music and lyrics, respectively). Dancing and singing in a duet with Noël Coward, Gaynor performed this song in the film. [23] Her last film role of this period was For Love or Money (1963), starring Kirk Douglas. [citation needed]
[89] [94] Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Edward G. Robinson, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nina Foch, and Martha Scott also received awards for their performances. [94] [95] [96] Christopher Awards to DeMille, associate producer Henry Wilcoxon, and screenwriters Aeneas MacKenzie, Jesse L. Lasky Jr., Jack Gariss, and Fredric M. Frank. They were honored ...
She briefly played Anna Leonowens in 1968, and later she played opposite Yul Brynner in a long-running revival of The King and I on tour and then on Broadway (1976–1978). [17] Clive Barnes praised Towers in the role, [18] and theatre writer John Kenrick calls her performance on the 1977 cast album "great." [19]
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The Mirisch brothers, United Artists and Yul Brynner had enjoyed a success collaborating on The Magnificent Seven and signed a three picture film deal in 1961. [4] Walter Mirisch wrote in his memoirs that Kings of the Sun began when Arnold Picker of United Artists read an article about Mound builders of Mexico.
Anastasia is a 1956 American historical drama film starring Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, and Helen Hayes.The film was directed and written by Anatole Litvak and Arthur Laurents, adapting the 1952 play written by Guy Bolton and Marcelle Maurette.