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Gene Kelly

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Also known as Eugene Curran Kelly, Eugene Kelly

American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer (1912–1996)

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Gene Kelly (1912–1996) was an American male artist whose professional career spanned from 1931 to 1994. He is associated with genres including jazz, oldies, and musicals. His notable works include *Singin' in the rain*, *It's always fair weather*, and *Gene Kelly's "Salute to Broadway"*. Kelly had three children and stood 172 units in height.

He was recognized in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection. In a recorded quote, Kelly stated, "Fred Astaire represented the aristocracy, I represented the proletariat."

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Person · Open Library

Born
1912
Works
5

Top works

  • Gene Kelly's "Salute to Broadway"
  • It's always fair weather
  • It's always fair weather
  • Singin' in the rain
  • Singing in the rain

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1912-08-23
Active to
1996-02-02
2008 universal fire victim

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
322,249
Total plays
1,851,176

Tags

jazzSoundtrackoldiesmusicalmusicals

Eugene Curran "Gene" Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American dancer, actor, singer, film director, producer, and choreographer. Kelly was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style, his good looks and the likeable characters that he played on screen. Although he is known today for his performances in An American in Paris (1951) and Singin' in the Rain (1952), he was a dominant force in Hollywood musical films from the mid-1940s until this art form fell out of fashion

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation

    · 2018 · cited 36,301x

  2. A global reference for human genetic variation

    · 2015 · cited 17,794x

  3. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    · 2020 · cited 15,984x

  4. The american rheumatism association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis

    · 1988 · cited 15,809x

  5. Scoping studies: advancing the methodology

    · 2010 · cited 12,267x

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Quotes

  • “I really don't know why I clicked. I didn't want to be a dancer, I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an athlete and gymnast, so it came naturally.”
  • “In the 1930s, when I started, Martha Graham was the only dancer doing anything modern, but she did it all to classical music. I couldn't see myself doing Swan Lake every night, and I wanted to develop a truly American style. The only dancer in the movies at that time with any success was Fred Astaire, but he did very small, elegant steps in a top hat, white tie, and tails.”
  • “It's all true. It's true I didn't want to be a dancer. What I really wanted to be was a shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Then at 14 I discovered girls, and began to study dancing diligently. At that time dancing was the only way you could put your arm around the girl. Dancing was courtship. Only later did I discover you dance joy. You dance love. You dance dreams. Of course, the Pittsburgh Pirates lost a hell of a shortstop.”
  • “Fred Astaire represented the aristocracy, I represented the proletariat.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Kelly
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Pittsburgh
Place of death
Beverly Hills
Spouse
Jeanne Coyne
Occupation
producer
Political party
Democratic Party (United States)
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
American English
Religion
agnosticism
Award
Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
Genre
musical film
Instrument
voice
Image
Gene kelly.jpg
Height
172
Number of children
3
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writing language
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Commons category
Gene Kelly
date of birth
1912-08-23
date of death
1996-02-02
cause of death
stroke
different from
Fred Astaire
nominated for
Academy Award for Best Actor
manner of death
natural causes
birth name
Eugene Curran Kelly
place of burial
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
name in native language
Gene Kelly
start of work period
1931-00-00
end of work period
1994-00-00
related category
Category:Films directed by Gene Kelly
ethnic group
Americans
member of
Committee for the First Amendment
dance style
tap dance
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Encyclopedic overview

Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style. Kelly sought to create a new form of American dance accessible to the general public, which he called "dance for the common man". He starred in, choreographed, and, with Stanley Donen, co-directed some of the best-regarded musical films of the 1940s and 1950s.

Kelly is best known for his performances in An American in Paris (1951), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture and Singin' in the Rain (1952), which he and Donen directed and choreographed. He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Joseph "Joe" Bradley" in Anchors Aweigh (1945). Kelly's director debut was On the Town (1949), which he co-directed with Donen and also played the lead role. Later in the 1950s, as musicals waned in popularity, he starred in Brigadoon (1954) and It's Always Fair Weather (1955), the last film he directed with Donen. His solo directorial debut was Invitation to the Dance (1956), one of the last MGM musicals, which was a commercial failure.

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