Name Meaning

Yul means “past the horizon” (Chinese origin)
Yul means “born at Christmas (American origin)

Vital Stats

Birthday: July 11, 1920
Date of Death: October 10, 1985
Birth Name: Yuli Borisovitch Bryner
(also made up birth name for publicity, Taidje Khan)
Birthplace: Vladivostok, Russia
Height: 5′ 10″
Race/Ethnicity: Multiracial
Nationality: Swiss (citizenship at time of death)
Primary Occupation: actor

Relatives

Father: Boris Bryner
Mother: Marousia Blagavidova

Love Life

Wife: Virginia Gilmore (m. 1944, div. 1960)
Wife: Doris Kleiner (m. 1960, div. 1967)
Wife: Jacqueline de Croisset (m. 1971, div. 1981)
Wife: Kathy Lee (m. 1983)

Children

Son: Yul “Rock” Brynner, Jr. (w/Gilmore – b. 12/23/1946)
Daughter: Victoria Brynner (w/Kleiner -b. 11/1962)
Daughter: Lark (w/Frankie Tilden – b. 1958)
Daughter: Mia Brynner (adopted w/de Croisset 1974)
Daughter: Melody Brynner (adopted w/de Croisset 1975)

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