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Edmund Gwenn

Edmund GwennAKA Edmund Kellaway

Born: 26-Sep-1875
Birthplace: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
Died: 6-Sep-1959
Location of death: Woodland Hills, CA
Cause of death: Pneumonia

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: Wales
Executive summary: Miracle on 34th Street

Military service: British Army (WWI, Capt.)

Father: (civil servant)
Brother: Arthur Chesney (actor, b. 1882, d. 27-Aug-1949)
Wife: Minnie Terry (m. 1901, div. 1901 several hours later)

    High School: St. Olav's School
    University: King's College London

    Oscar for Best Supporting Actor 1948 for Miracle on 34th Street
    Golden Globe 1948 for Miracle on 34th Street
    Golden Globe 1951 for Mister 880
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 1751 Vine St.

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    It's a Dog's Life (22-Dec-1955)
    The Trouble with Harry (3-Oct-1955)
    Them! (16-Jun-1954)
    The Student Prince (15-Jun-1954)
    The Bigamist (3-Dec-1953)
    Les Miserables (14-Aug-1952)
    Mister 880 (29-Sep-1950)
    Pretty Baby (16-Sep-1950)
    A Woman of Distinction (1-Mar-1950)
    Challenge to Lassie (31-Oct-1949)
    Apartment for Peggy (15-Oct-1948)
    Hills of Home (1948)
    Green Dolphin Street (5-Nov-1947)
    Life with Father (15-Aug-1947)
    Miracle on 34th Street (2-May-1947)
    Undercurrent (28-Nov-1946)
    The Keys of the Kingdom (15-Dec-1944)
    Between Two Worlds (5-May-1944)
    Lassie Come Home (10-Oct-1943)
    Forever and a Day (21-Jan-1943)
    The Meanest Man in the World (1943)
    Charley's Aunt (1-Aug-1941)
    The Devil and Miss Jones (15-May-1941)
    Foreign Correspondent (16-Aug-1940)
    Pride and Prejudice (26-Jul-1940)
    The Doctor Takes a Wife (15-Jun-1940)
    A Yank at Oxford (18-Feb-1938)
    Anthony Adverse (29-Jul-1936)
    The Walking Dead (14-Mar-1936)
    Sylvia Scarlett (12-Dec-1935)
    Cash (May-1933)
    Friday the Thirteenth (1933)
    The Skin Game (26-Feb-1931)



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