REMEMBERING GENE KELLY

Who died this date in 1996---Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American dancer, actor of film, stage, and television, singer, film director, producer, and choreographer....

Best known today for his performances in films such as An American in Paris (1951), Anchors Aweigh (1945)— for which he was nominated for the Academy Award...—and Singin' in the Rain (1952), he starred in musical films until they fell out of fashion....He starred in, choreographed, and/or directed some of the most well-regarded musicals of the 1940s and 1950s...

In his later career, he starred in two films outside the musical genre: Inherit the Wind (1960) and... read more here

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