Edmund Gwenn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edmund Gwenn

actor

Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1877

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 06-Sep-1959

Profession: stage actor, film actor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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, he 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.