Yul Brynner

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He was born Yuliy Borisovich Brynner (Russian: Юлий Бори́сович Бри́нер) in Vladivostok, Far Eastern Republic. His father, Boris Brynner (Russian: Борис Бринер), was a mining engineer of Swiss and Mongolian ancestry and his mother Marusya was a housewife. Brynner exaggerated his background and early life for the press, claiming that he was born Taidje Khan of part-Mongol parentage, on the Russian island of Sakhalin. A biography published by his son Rock Brynner in 1989 clarified these issues. He claimed to be a quarter Romany and in 1983 was elected to the position of Honorary President of the Roma, an office that he kept until he died. He also infrequently referred to himself as Julius Briner[2]. In addition to his work as a performer, Brynner was an active photographer, and wrote two books. After Boris Brynner abandoned his family, his mother took Yul and his sister, Vera Bryner (Russian: Вера Бринер), to Harbin, China, where they attended a school run by the YMCA, and in 1934 she took them to Paris. During World War II, Brynner worked as a French-speaking radio announcer and commentator for the U.S. Office of War Information, broadcasting propaganda to occupied France. He began acting and modeling in his twenties, and early in his career he was photographed nude by George Platt Lynes.[3] Brynner's best-known role was that of King Mongkut of Siam in the Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical The King and I which he played 4,626 times on stage over the

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The King And I: Music From The Motion Picture

The King and I

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The King And I: Music From The Motion Picture

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Broadway's Greatest Leading Men

Once Loved Twice Bitten

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King And I

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The King And I - Original Film Soundtrack In Stereo

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The Great Lyricists – Oscar Hammerstein II

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Rodgers And Hammerstein Originals

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The King and I (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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The King & I [1956 Soundtrack]

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