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Edmund Gwenn (born Edmund John Kellaway; 26 September 1877 – 6 September 1959) 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 and the corresponding Golden Globe Award.
Learn about the life and career of Edmund Gwenn, a versatile and popular actor who starred in stage, film and radio. From his early struggles and successes in England to his Oscar-winning role in \"Miracle on 34th Street\", discover his achievements and anecdotes.
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Edmund Gwenn (born Edmund John Kellaway; 26 September 1877 – 6 September 1959) 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 and the corresponding Golden Globe Award.
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Dec 2, 2023 · Edmund Gwenn was a British stage and film actor who won an Oscar for his role as Kris Kringle in \"Miracle on 34th Street\". He died in 1959 of pneumonia after a stroke, and his ashes were found in a storage vault in 2023.
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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.
Miracle on 34th Street: Directed by George Seaton. With Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn, Gene Lockhart. After a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article.
Portly British actor in films since 1916 who made his mark in the 1940s as one of Hollywood's most endearing character actors, playing roles ranging from the cheerful murderer in Alfred Hitchcock's "Foreign Correspondent" (1940) to the long-suffering husband and father in "Pride and Prejudice" (1940) and Santa Claus in "Miracle on 34th Street ...
