Yul Brynner had college and graduate degrees?
"In a thoughtful interview with David Frost on the David Frost TV show, 28 April 1971, actor Yul Brynner talked briefly about his second PhD degree. He did this at Chicago because he had plenty of time free in between acting in «The King and I» at night. He knew all the lines by heart by then, and he was bored."
I have just scoured a number of biographies and there is nothing about diplomas. Found one reference to studies in Chicago, naming Northwestern - but a search pulls up no info of Northwestern claiming him as alumnus.
"A man of many contrasts and complexities, Yul like caviar on his scrambled eggs, spoke Georgina Russian, Chinese, Versailles French, and English: he personified the lyrics of his “Puzzlement” soliloquy. He received several academic degrees, and even attended classes at Northwestern University in Chicago during the day while performing the King and I at night. He said he was very lucky that he had no classes on Wednesday afternoons when he gave matinee performances."
Anyone know anything specific about these throwaway claims? Yul could be a fabulist. Did he have a doctorate?
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | January 25, 2020 3:57 PM
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Obviously a lie, when would he have had the time to get TWO PhDs??
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | January 25, 2020 2:42 PM
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R2 is college dropout Matt Damon.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | January 25, 2020 2:44 PM
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Bullshit. PhDs are not something you acquire easily or quickly
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | January 25, 2020 2:50 PM
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yul's career did not advance by degrees
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | January 25, 2020 2:53 PM
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Was he Jewish? Anyone know? His name sounds Hebrew. Gorgeous hunk of a man.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | January 25, 2020 2:53 PM
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His son Rock is a PhD and professor at Marist (and UConn or something like that?).
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | January 25, 2020 2:55 PM
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Rock Brynner with and old friend of his father's. Geez HE looks older than her!
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | January 25, 2020 2:58 PM
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[quote]Was he Jewish? Anyone know? His name sounds Hebrew. Gorgeous hunk of a man.
hmmm.....given the amount of foreskin displayed?
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | January 25, 2020 2:58 PM
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Swiss + Russian + maybe some gypsy folk.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | January 25, 2020 2:59 PM
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He spoke "Versailles French"? Is that like the King's English?
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | January 25, 2020 3:01 PM
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He was a regular Melania Trump
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | January 25, 2020 3:05 PM
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Only James Franco has as many phony degrees!
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | January 25, 2020 3:07 PM
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I haz Harvard Business School Diploma
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | January 25, 2020 3:11 PM
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Some of us are poly lingual. Me I know basic greetings in six languages. You know, standards like hello, good morning etc. How are you? Como estas? Good morning, Good Day, Guten Tag, etc.
It's funny I know my name in English, Spanish and Italian. In Spanish I'm Antonio Esteban, in Italian I'm Antone Stefano.
I'm fascinated by how languages morph throughout different geographic regions. For example Italian hew closer to Latin than Spanish which was influenced by Arabic. And Portuguese sounds to me very much like someone with a hearing impediment heard Spanish and well it morphed that way.
And I only have my B.Sc in Information Science. Go figure.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | January 25, 2020 3:11 PM
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Yul Brynner learned his languages growing up with his cosmopolitan parents and moving around. From Western Russia to Harbin to Paris. And a circus acrobat and boy singer in cabarets. Imagine all the tricks and tools he had in carnal relations.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | January 25, 2020 3:15 PM
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I know nothing of his education, but I've read multiple times that throughout his career he was given to pomposity and arrogance, and was not liked by many he worked with.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | January 25, 2020 3:20 PM
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Yul is definitely not a Hebrew name.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | January 25, 2020 3:26 PM
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Birth name was Yuliy (Russian name).
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | January 25, 2020 3:27 PM
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They certainly don't do much to care for his grave at that Monastery in France.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | January 25, 2020 3:29 PM
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He's no Jayne Mansfield..
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | January 25, 2020 3:30 PM
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That's right, Mamie. Yul was always way more solid. He really had his head on straight!
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | January 25, 2020 3:32 PM
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Good thing he was such a smarty-pants because he was a terrible actor.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | January 25, 2020 3:33 PM
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Yul was infamous for completely fabricating everything about his life. No one was really sure where he was from or his background. Lying about degrees is only the tip of the iceberg.
I never thought he was that hot. Just kinda butch.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | January 25, 2020 3:57 PM
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