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Edmund Gwenn
British actor
Also known as: Edmund Kellaway
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directed by Seaton
- In George Seaton: Miracle on 34th Street and The Country Girl
…that the elderly man (Edmund Gwenn in an Oscar-winning performance) hired to play Santa Claus at Macy’s department store might actually be St. Nick. Seaton won an Oscar for his screenplay. Apartment for Peggy (1948) was a light romance, with Jeanne Crain and William Holden as campus newlyweds; Gwenn…
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“Life with Father”
“Miracle on 34th Street”
- In Miracle on 34th Street
…that of Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn), an elderly man hired to play Santa at New York City’s famous Macy’s department store, Susan begins to suspect he may be the real St. Nick. After a jealous fellow employee frames him for an assault, Kringle is placed in a mental hospital.…
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