Yul Brynner was born in Vladivostok, USSR, on July 11, 1920. The full name of the actor is Yuli Borisovich Brynner. Grandfather Julia was a native of Switzerland, who ran away from home in search of adventure. When the boy was only 4 years old, his father left the family, married a young actress and went to China, Harbin. A little later, Julius and his mother and sister moved there. In Harbin, the child’s creative abilities began to manifest. In 1934, the family moved back to Paris, France. Julius
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Yul Brynner was born in Vladivostok, USSR, on July 11, 1920. The full name of the actor is Yuli Borisovich Brynner. Grandfather Julia was a native of Switzerland, who ran away from home in search of adventure.
When the boy was only 4 years old, his father left the family, married a young actress and went to China, Harbin. A little later, Julius and his mother and sister moved there. In Harbin, the child’s creative abilities began to manifest.
In 1934, the family moved back to Paris, France. Julius entered the lyceum, and his sister began to attend singing lessons.
One day, a young man accidentally got to a gypsy concert in a restaurant in Paris and was shocked by their performance. Then he decided to play the guitar. Brynner's first concert took place in 1935 in a large cabaret.
After some time, Yul Brynner began to get involved in the circus, learned to put the number “Flying clown”, which was a great success with the public. However, during one of the performances, the actor injured his spine, the circus had to be forgotten forever.
As soon as the threat of war began to loom, the Brynner family left Europe and returned to Harbin, where Yul met his father. At the same time, the actor met the second wife of his parent, from whom he learned a lot about art theater.
In 1941, his mother was diagnosed with leukemia, and Yule moved her to the United States for treatment, where he got a job with Mikhail Chekhov. In parallel, Yul took acting lessons from him.
In February 1942, he first appeared on stage in a play based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Brynner had to work hard to pay for his mother’s treatment. At the same time, the actor met his future wife, Virginia Gilmore.
Since 1945, Yule played on the Broadway stage, and also toured the country.
In 1948, the young couple began to host the television show “Mr. and Mrs.” In 1949, Brynner played his first role in Port New York, then appeared in the film.
The Ten Commandments. .
Yul Brynner became very popular, had many love affairs, so soon his divorce from his wife took place. In 1956, he played in the film “Anastasia”, in 1958 – in the film.
The Brothers Karamazov" And then in the famous painting.
Solomon and Sheba .
On account of the actor several dozen films.
In 1983, doctors discovered Brynner lung cancer, in 1985 the actor died of this disease.