Oscar Quiz: Actors

Name the Oscar winning actor who married and divorced on the same day:

Edmund Gwenn (Edmund John Kellaway, Sept 26, 1877–Sept 6, 1959) was an English movie, television, and stage actor.

Gwenn is best known for his role as Santa Claus in Miracle on 34th Street, for which he won the Best Supporting Oscar.

Gwenn was born in Wandsworth, London, England on September 26, 1877.

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