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Edmund Gwenn

1877 - 1959

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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. He received a second Golden Globe 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edmund Gwenn is the 2,859th most popular actor (up from 3,031st in 2019), the 2,725th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,576th in 2019) and the 357th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Edmund Gwenn ranks 2,859 out of 13,578. Before him are Madhubala, Darlene Conley, Kathleen Quinlan, Dabbs Greer, Jacki Weaver, and Fatma Begum. After him are Gary Coleman, Kim Hye-soo, Richard Johnson, Carl Lumbly, Jo Jung-suk, and Franciszek Pieczka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Edmund Gwenn ranks 101. Before him are Titta Ruffo, Béla Kiss, Alphonse de Châteaubriant, Georg Kolbe, Giuseppe Pizzardo, and William Hope Hodgson. After him are Mari Beyleryan, Mordechai Gebirtig, Camillo Caccia Dominioni, Luigi Maglione, Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás, and Giuseppe Volpi. Among people deceased in 1959, Edmund Gwenn ranks 111. Before him are Georges Lefebvre, Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, Kafū Nagai, Irving Cummings, Eero Lehtonen, and Ki Hajar Dewantara. After him are Kazimierz Bein, Lipót Fejér, Wayne Morris, Reuven Shiloah, Boughera El Ouafi, and Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edmund Gwenn ranks 2,726 out of 8,785. Before him are Willehad (735), Charles Boycott (1832), Julia McKenzie (1941), John Paul Jones (1747), Alan Price (1942), and Henry Tandey (1891). After him are Beatrice Tinsley (1941), Trevor Horn (1949), Richard Johnson (1927), Adrian Boult (1889), Edwin Flack (1873), and Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Edmund Gwenn ranks 357. Before him are Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967), Gorden Kaye (1941), Ian Bannen (1928), Simon Callow (1949), Joss Ackland (1928), and Julia McKenzie (1941). After him are Richard Johnson (1927), Ray Cooney (1932), Kit Harington (1986), Cedric Hardwicke (1893), Corin Redgrave (1939), and Norman Wisdom (1915).

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