Edmund Gwenn received a second Golden Globe and another Academy Award nomination for the comedy film Mister 880.
19 Facts About Edmund Gwenn
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Edmund Gwenn is remembered for his appearances in four films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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Edmund Gwenn's brother was the actor Arthur Chesney, and his cousin was the actor Cecil Kellaway.
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Edmund Gwenn was educated at St Olave's School and later at King's College London.
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Edmund Gwenn began his acting career in the theatre in 1895, and learned his craft as a member of Willie Edouin's company, playing brash comic roles.
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Edmund Gwenn's wife accompanied him, and when Gwenn was in a production of Ben Hur that was a disastrous failure, she restored the couple's fortunes by accepting an engagement from Williamson.
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When he returned to London, Gwenn appeared not in low comedy but in what The Times called "a notably intellectual and even sophisticated setting" at the Court Theatre under the management of J E Vedrenne and Harley Granville-Barker.
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Edmund Gwenn appeared in plays by Granville-Barker and John Galsworthy, in Elizabeth Robins's suffragette drama Votes for Women and in works by other contemporaries.
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In 1912, Edmund Gwenn went into management in partnership with Hilda Trevelyan.
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Edmund Gwenn's career was interrupted by his military service during the First World War, serving as an officer in the British Army.
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Edmund Gwenn's ex-wife remarried but remained on affectionate terms with him.
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Edmund Gwenn appeared in more than eighty films, including Pride and Prejudice, Cheers for Miss Bishop, Of Human Bondage and The Keys of the Kingdom.
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Edmund Gwenn settled in Hollywood in 1940 and became part of its British colony.
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Edmund Gwenn had a small role as a Cockney assassin in a Hitchcock film, Foreign Correspondent in 1940.
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Edmund Gwenn received a second Oscar nomination for his role in Mister 880.
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On Broadway Edmund Gwenn starred in the acclaimed 1942 production of Chekhov's Three Sisters, starring Katharine Cornell, Judith Anderson, and Ruth Gordon.
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Edmund Gwenn died from pneumonia after suffering a stroke, in Woodland Hills, California, twenty days before his 82nd birthday.
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Edmund Gwenn was cremated, and his ashes were placed in the vault at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles.
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Edmund Gwenn has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1751 Vine Street for his contribution to motion pictures.