A student of music from childhood, Brynner was an accomplished guitarist and singer. Brynner died of lung cancer on October 10, 1985 in New York City, the same day as his Battle of Neretva co-star Orson Welles. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. English Although Brynner had become a naturalized U.S. citizen, aged 22, in 1943, while living in New York as an actor and radio announcer,[6] he renounced his US citizenship at the U.S. Embassy in Bern, Switzerland, in June 1965 because he had lost his tax exemption as an American resident working abroad. The job helped to start adding English to the list of languages he spoke, which included French, Japanese, Hungarian, and some Russian. Sister of Yul Brynner Daughter of Boris Yuliyevich Bryner and Maria (Marusya) Dmitrievna Bryner Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? In 1956, he received an 'Academy Award' for 'Best Actor for his performance as 'King Mongkut' in the film adaption of 'The King and I.' For the next two years, he was named one of the "Top 10 Stars of the Year." He was awarded a star on the 'Hollywood Walk of Fame' at 6162 Hollywood Blvd. His connection to the story and the role of King Mongkut is so deep he was mentioned in the song "One Night in Bangkok" from the 1984 musical Chess whose second act is set in Bangkok. He was best known for his portrayal of Mongkut, king of Siam, in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor for the film version; he also played the role more than 4,500 times onstage. [26] Illness and death[edit], Brynner began smoking heavily at age 12 and, although his promotional photos often showed him with a cigarette in-hand, he quit the habit in 1971. Husband of Private Yul Brynner was born Yuliy Borisovich Briner on July 11, 1920, in the city of Vladivostok in the Far Eastern Republic, a puppet state controlled by Soviet Russia. Rock regularly returns to Vladivostok, the city of his father's birth, for the "Pacific Meridian" Film Festival. There he joined a French circus troupe, trained as a trapeze acrobat and worked with a circus troupe for several years,[19] but after sustaining a back injury he left the circus troupe owing to near-unbearable pain, causing him to take narcotics; soon Brynner developed a drug dependency. He made his film debut in Port of New York (1949), two years later, Mary Martin recommended him for the part he would always be known for, the King in Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "The King and I." He was also a Russian citizen with the Cancer zodiac sign. Rock is a historian, novelist, and university history lecturer at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York and Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut. openned , . The timing of it coming back to Broadway, and the fact that this very familiar character came back in his life I think he really enjoyed it, says Victoria. We have set your language to ). cemeteries found in Cold Spring, Putnam County, New York, USA will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Yul Brynner was born Yuliy Borisovich Bryner in 1920. Other editors will be able to edit your text in a collaborative way. //