Biografia

26 luglio 1919 · El Monte, California, Stati Uniti

28 marzo 1986 · Santa Barbara, California, Stati Uniti (enfisema)

Sherman Virginia Poole

Suffered from alcoholism for a number of years, but recovered and later became a leader in the Alcoholics Anonymous program, where she volunteered much of her time. She went on to teach drama at Yale University for several years.

Was a Hollywood starlet in 1942 when she met future husband Yul Brynner. He had only been in America a few months and knew very little English at the time, waiting on tables, parking cars and singing gypsy songs in clubs to make ends meet.

Her son, Yul "Roc" Brynner, wrote the biography on his father "Yul, The Man Who Would Be King", in which he chronicles his parents' stormy marriage.

Gave birth to her only child at age 27, son Yul Brynner, on December 23, 1946. Child's father is her now late ex-husband, Yul Brynner.

"Gilmore" is her stepfather's name.

[on her marriage to Yul Brynner] I don't think two actors can manage together. The separations aren't good. Two careers can make for many problems. Someone has to give. So I quit. I really quit work. I even got over the desire to.

I was the Queen of the B's for years. But I was never a movie actress. My original training was for the stage. The movies want a personality. I just never was that. I'm not interested in being that. The screen is the director's medium. The stage belongs to the actors. Once the curtain is up, the director is non-existent.