Gene Kelly

Born

August 23, 1912

Died

February 2, 1996 (aged 83)

Known as

film actor, singer, film director, actor, choreographer, dancer

Eugene Curran Kelly 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.

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