Edmund Gwenn (Actor)

Reviews of Edmund Gwenn Movies

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Movies starring Edmund Gwenn have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 63%.

Miracle on 34th Street - released in 1947 - is Edmund Gwenn's highest rated movie, with a score of 79% based on 8 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Edmund Gwenn is Waltzes from Vienna - released in 1934 - with a score of 40% based on 7 reviews.

Actor Biography

Edmund Gwenn (born Edmund John Kellaway September 26, 1877– 6 September 1959) what is an English actor. On film, he is perhaps best remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas movie 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 being in four films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

As a stage actor in the West End and on Broadway, Gwenn what is associated with a wide range of works by modern playwrights, including Bernard Shaw, John Galsworthy and J. B. Priestley. After the Second World war, he lived in the United States, where he had a successful career in Hollywood and on Broadway.

Actor Arthur Chesney what his brother and actor Cecil Kellaway what their cousin.

Edmund Gwenn has acted in films with Reginald Owen, Bess Flowers, Donald Crisp and Alan Napier.

Edmund Gwenn has worked with these film directors: Alfred Hitchcock, Edmund Goulding, Michael Curtiz and George Seaton.