** It was very famous for films like "The Ten Commandments", the classic western "The Magnificent Seven," "The King and I," "Anastasia," "The Brothers Karamazov," "Oestelandia ".
by Hector FLORES ESPINOSA
Yul Brynner was an exceptionally very good actor. His image was also very famous in the world with his head shaved to portray a character on stage, and he decided to continue using FOLLOWING well in all his movies. But unquestionably, was very famous and admired by many for playing "The Ten Commandments" and the classic western "The Magnificent Seven" and the movie "The King and I" and "Anastasia" and "The Brothers Karamazov" .
Yul Brynner was born on July 11, 1920 on the island of Sahkaline in Russia and his real name was Taidge Khan. And he had a past so exotic that almost seems the story of "The King and I" to do so after very famous, because his father was an engineer who later changed his Mongolian name, and his mother was a gypsy who died at birth it.
was in Beijing where she spent her early years, but then when he studied in Paris, decided to leave school to get a gypsy circus that travels around the world, which is a trapeze artist, but at 17 years old when they suffer a fall from the trapeze, you have to leave the circus. Then he continued studying in Paris filosorÃa, but again returned to the world of entertainment, but now with a Soviet troupe, Michael Chekov, who was on a tour made by the United States in 1941 and then managed to get a job at the Voice of America, as host of the French language, but above all by the sound of his voice. But he went on stage and 5 years later, he was making his debut on Broadway in the musical "Lute Song". One of her co-stars, Mary Martrin, Yul recommended to give him the starring role in "The King and I".
And I took that paper and everyone was surprised by its tremendous success, because the staging lasted 30 years! and reached 4.625 presentations, achieving a success that never before seen a musical on Broadway. And in the biographies that have been written for the actor, almost all agree that there Bryney Yul career on Broadway was born and died there.
in 1949 when he was in his early days as a movie actor, starred in the "Port of New York" where hair appears, playing a little bandit professional category. But then he was when he spoke on "The King and I" and the decision of the creator of clothing, forced to shave his head, and so had to walk the rest of his career, for 30 years was playing the same character on Broadway . And the film version of "The King and I" is still the best version of the song you probably know he has seen in more than one time on television, with the version of Anna and the King played by Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat on the teacher who is hired to teach English to the children of the King of Siam, and eventually falling in love. The first version was with Rex Harrison in 1946, and then the Yul Bryner won five Oscar nominations and 4 others.
Steve McQueen and Yul Brynner in "The Magnificent 7" Yul's image with his shaved head was already very famous, so when the actor was offered other roles in other films, has not accepted placed him wig and shaved and appeared in films that also made him very famous Pharaoh as his role in "The 10 Commandments" or as the king of Israel in "Solomon and Sheba", then goes to his strange character " Anastasia "and then participates in a classic with" The Brothers Karamazov. "
And then in 1960 came another tape that is still regarded as a classic Western genre, with "The Magnificent Seven" directed by John Sturges and based on "The Seven Samurai" by Akira Kurosawa, but moved to the border with Mexico In times of the Old West, making note not only because overall a good movie, but for the actions of Yul, along with Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson and James Coburn. Indeed, the film represented a watershed in the genre, and many tried to imitate them, even then would a continuation of this film, but was unsuccessful, both because it was not because Yul Bryner died, and also because the heroes died on screen.
Other tapes in which he worked were "The Light at the world," "The Madwoman of Chaillot", "Villa Rides!", "The shadow of a giant," "Morituri," "Taras Bulba" "The Buccaneer" among others. In addition
Yul Brynner, who since coming to the United States sought American citizenship since 1959 was given time to help others, and since then was special advisor to the High Commission of the United Nations, in charge of refugees. Indeed, when the death occurred Yul, a person who cried a lot was Phac Minh Chau, a Vietnamese refugee 16 years Yul Brynner which had funded his education. And she said it was a great guy for her.
Yul Brynner in "Taras Bulba"
film had already separated in the seventies, 3 movies after he played the robot gunslinger "Westworld" and by then he had installed his own production company in Beverly Hills.
His private life was really that, because it was too little is known about him. Regularly with his privacy, why were only appearance in the media, when he married three times and divorced twice. He married Virginia Gilmore in 1944, with Jacqueline Brynner in 1972 and then with Kathy Lee. Three daughters and one son was with them.
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When working on Broadway in the musical "The King and I", in 1983 he was diagnosed suffering from lung cancer and had to stay the proceedings, but after treatment he was pronounced cured and returned to work, but days later came the death on October 10, 1985.
also worth remembering that when Yul Brynner and was diagnosed with lung cancer, at 63 years of age, both because of smoking, even though he was 15 years of not smoking, while being interviewed on " Good Morning America "on ABC News, made a shocking statement noting that" I really wanted to make an announcement when they found out I was so sick and my time was so limited. I wanted to make an ad that said simply: now I'm gone, I tell you do not smoke, whatever you do, do not smoke. If I could turn back and not smoking, would not be talking about cancer. I believe it. "
After the death of Yul Brynner, as published in the New York Times, the American Cancer Society formed a spot with his statement that was passed in many countries and they all made an impact and many smokers left cigarette consumption. And this spot is still regarded as one of the most memorable and shocking.
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