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Yul Brynner
A Biography
Michelangelo Capua

ISBN 978-0-7864-2461-0
42 photos, filmography, notes, bibliography, index
208pp. softcover 2006

Description
Known as the bald cowboy in The Magnificent Seven and the sexy, charismatic male lead in The King and I, Yul Brynner was a Hollywood paragon of masculinity. Beyond his distinctive appearance and distinguished acting career was a life of intrigue and concocted tales surrounding his youth. Born Youl Bryner in Russia, he played gypsy guitar and worked as a trapeze clown until a severe injury motivated him to pursue his interest in theater.

This biography takes readers through Brynner’s formative years in Russia, France and China and describes his journey from sweeping stages in Parisian theaters to a versatile career in theater, television and film, reaching a stardom that began and ended with the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I. With accounts of his personal and professional successes and failures, the book includes his four marriages, his numerous and notorious affairs with such stars as Judy Garland, Joan Crawford and Ingrid Bergman, and his 1985 death from lung cancer. A filmography details his movies and plays, and appendices outline his work in documentaries, music and soundtracks, radio programs and television.

About the Author
Michelangelo Capua is a correspondent for an Italian film magazine and the author of several biographies of Hollywood film stars. He lives in London.

Other Book(s) by Michelangelo Capua Available from McFarland:

Montgomery Clift

Vivien Leigh

William Holden



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