What is Edmund Gwenn?
[[File:Edmund Gwenn in Pride and Prejudice.JPG|thumb|right|210px|Gwenn in 1940]] '''Edmund John Kellaway''' (September 26, 1877 &ndash; September 6, 1959) was an [[English people|English]] movie, television, and stage actor who is known for his role as [[Santa Claus]] in ''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]''. Gwenn won an [[Academy Award]] and two [[Golden Globe Awards]]. Gwenn was born in [[Wandsworth]], [[London]], [[England]] on September 26, 1877.<ref>[[:Image:Edmund Gwenn Cert.jpg|Birth certificate]]</ref> He studied at St. Olave's School and King's College London. Gwenn was married to Minnie Terry for one day in 1901. They divorced the same day they married. Gwenn died on September 6, 1959 from [[pneumonia]] cause by a [[stroke]] in his [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles]] home, aged 81.<ref>Obituary ''[[Variety Obituaries|Variety]]'', 23 September 1959, page 87.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons}} * {{IMDb name|0350324}} *{{IBDB name|43344}} *{{Find a Grave|3489}} {{actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gwenn, Edmund}} [[Category:1877 births]] [[Category:1959 deaths]] [[Category:English Academy Award winning actors]] [[Category:Actors from London]] [[Category:British silent movie actors]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Deaths from stroke]] [[Category:English movie actors]] [[Category:English stage actors]] [[Category:English television actors]] [[Category:Golden Globe Award winning actors]] [[Category:Infectious disease deaths in Los Angeles]] [[Category:People from Wandsworth]]