Yul Brynner's Birth Card: The 4 of Diamonds

In the record

Yuliy Borisovich Briner (Russian: Юлий Борисович Бринер; July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985), known professionally as Yul Brynner (Russian: Юл Бриннер), was a Russian and American actor. The birth-card coordinate for July 11 is the 4 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1957 Best Actor — The King and I win.

Academy Award record

• 1957 Best Actor — The King and I

The 4 of Diamonds coordinate

Yul Brynner's birthday maps to the 4 of Diamonds (The Financial Foundation Builder). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about an Academy Award and not a verdict on Yul Brynner. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You build a floor that lasts and still let money move when the work requires it.

Live 4 of Diamonds meaning page

Yul Brynner in the public record

He was known for his portrayal of King Mongkut in the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical The King and I (1951), for which he won two Tony Awards, and later an Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1956 film adaptation. He played the role 4,625 times on stage, and became known for his shaved head, which he maintained as a personal trademark long after adopting it for The King and I. Considered one of the first Russian-American film stars, he was honored with a ceremony to put his handprints in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood in 1956. He also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. In 1956, Brynner received the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor for his portrayals of Rameses II in the Cecil B. DeMille epic The Ten Commandments and General Bounine in Anastasia. He was also well known as the gunman Chris Adams in The Magnificent Seven (1960) and its first sequel, Return of the Seven (1966). He had roles as the android "The Gunslinger" in Westworld (1973) and its sequel Futureworld (1976).

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Yul Brynner (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the cards

No sentence in the sourced record shows a clear echo of the published language for 4♦, 5♥, 5♠, 7♣, J♠, 8♦, 2♠, 8♥, 6♣, 6♠, Q♥, 10♣, K♠, 3♥, 5♦, Q♠, J♣, 9♦, 7♠, 2♣, K♣, J♦, 4♥. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast an Oscar.

Also on the record

1. In addition to his film credits, he worked as a model and photographer, and wrote several books.

Other winners with this card

• Kate Winslet — 2009 Best Actress — The Reader
• William Holden — 1954 Best Actor — Stalag 17

FAQ

What is Yul Brynner's birth card?

The 4 of Diamonds. July 11 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict an Oscar?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, character, or fate.

Where do Yul Brynner's dates come from?

Birth date 1920-07-11 is the day-precision date on Yul Brynner's Wikipedia infobox, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Winner identity comes from the Wikipedia Best Actor / Best Actress lists, which cite Oscars.org ceremony pages. Year-only dates and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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