Stage Tube: On This Day 7/11- Yul Brynner
Happy Birthday Yul Brynner His best-known role remains that of King Mongkut of Siam in the Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical The King and I which he played 4,525 times on stage over the span of his career. He appeared in the original production and later touring productions as well as a 1977 Broadway revival, London Production in 1979 and another Broadway revival in 1985. He also appeared in the film version for which he won an Academy Award as Best Actor and in a short-lived TV version Anna and the King on CBS in 1972. Brynner is one of only nine people who have won both a Tony Award and an Academy Award for the same role.
- 7/11/2014
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
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