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#OTD 1996 – Gene Kelly, 83, US performer, choreographer, director. (b. 1912)

When he was 8, his mother enrolled him and his brother in dance class. "We didn't like it, were always in fights with the neighborhood boys who called us sissies. I didn't dance again until I was 15."
#OTD 1996 – Gene Kelly, 83, US performer, choreographer. (b. 1912)

He was forced to leave College after the 1929 crash and Depression working to help his family. He later did pursue a career as a dancer, and dropped out of school. He made his Broadway debut as a dancer in 1938.
#OTD 1996 – Gene Kelly, 83, US performer, choreographer. (b. 1912)

He starred in Pal Joey (1940) bringing in film offers. Film debut For Me and My Gal (1942) * DuBarry Was a Lady * Cover Girl * Christmas Holiday * Anchors Aweigh * The Pirate * Three Musketeers * Words and Music
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#BOTD 1912 – 1996 #GeneKelly, Aged 83, US dancer, actor, singer, choreographer, director.

The original Pal Joey before beginning his spectacular film career. His film debut with #JudyGarland For Me and My Gal (1942) #LucilleBall in Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) Cover Girl (1944)
#BOTD 1912 – 1996 Gene Kelly, 83, US dancer, actor, singer, choreographer, director.

Anchors Aweigh (1945 OscarNom) The Pirate * On the Town (1949 directorial debut) Summer Stock * American in Paris * Singin' in the Rain * Brigadoon * It's Always Fair Weather * Les Girls (1957)
#BOTD 1912 – 1996 Gene Kelly, 83, US dancer, actor, singer, choreographer, director.

Singin' in the Rain song, lyrics Arthur Freed, music Nacio Herb Brown, first featured in The Hollywood Revue of 1929, released in the first year of sound films.

Singin' in the Rain (1952)
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