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Yul Brynner

  • 65 years old
  • Male
  • Born Jul 11, 1920
  • Died Oct 10, 1985
  • United States
Russian-born Broadway and Academy Award-winning Hollywood actor
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He appeared in many movies and stage productions in the United States. He is best known for his portrayal of the Siamese king in the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical The King and I on the stage and on the screen, as well as Rameses II in the 1956 Cecil B. DeMille film The Ten Commandments and as Chris Adams in The Magnificent Seven.

He was known for his shaved head which he kept as a personal trademark since adopting it in his role in The King and I. The term Yul Brynner became synonymous with baldness during his lifetime.

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Patricia Yatsyla Aug 01, 2008

The most talented man ever. A man who love children, loved acting and loved to be remembered as his own man!

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