#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)
#BOTD 1912 – 1996 Gene Kelly, 83, US dancer, actor, singer, choreographer, director.
A talented actor, he appeared in Cross of Lorraine, Marjorie Morningstar, Inherit the Wind. After the demise of Hollywood musicals he starred in French musical Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
#BOTD 1912 – 1996 #GeneKelly, US dancer, actor.
Stars real-life sisters Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac, with Gene Kelly, Jacques Perrin, Michel Piccoli, Danielle Darrieux, George Chakiris, and Grover Dale. Choreography Norman Maen.
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
#BOTD 1912 – 1996 Gene Kelly, 83, US dancer, actor, singer, choreographer, director.
He directed A Guide for Married Man (1967) Hello, Dolly! (1969 OscarNom) and later in life hosted popular compilations: That's Entertainment! I//II/III (1974, 1976, 1994), That's Dancing (1985)
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