Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959) was elected to The Lambs in 1941 as a Professional member. He won the Academy Award for portraying Kris Kringle in Miracle on 34th Street.
Edmund Gwenn (born Edmund John Kellaway, 26 September 1877– 6 September 1959) was an English actor. On film, he is perhaps best remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas film Miracle on 34th Street (1947), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding Golden Globe Award. He received a second Golden Globe and another Academy Award nomination for the comedy film Mister 880 (1950). He is also remembered for being in four films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
As a stage actor in the West End and on Broadway, Gwenn was associated with a wide range of works by modern playwrights, including Bernard Shaw, John Galsworthy and J. B. Priestley. After the Second World War, he lived in the United States, where he had a successful career in Hollywood and on Broadway.
Edmund Gwenn passed away on September 6, 1959, only three weeks from what would have been his 82nd birthday on September 26. Following his death, he was cremated and his ashes were interred at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles, California.
He was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1755 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.