From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Edmund Gwenn born Edmund John Kellaway 26 September 1877 6 September 1959 was an English actor On film he is perhaps best remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas film 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 was 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 was his brother and actor Cecil Kellaway was their cousin
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