The Yul Brynner Handbook - Everything You Need to Know about Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner (Russian: ???? ????????? ??????, Yuliy Borisovich Briner; July 11, 1920 - October 10, 1985) was a Russian-born American stage and film actor. He was best known for his portrayal of the king of Siam in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I, for which he won two Tony Awards and an Academy Award for the film version; he played the role 4,625 times on stage. He is also remembered as Rameses II in the 1956 Cecil B. DeMille blockbuster The Ten Commandments, General Bounin...