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Gene Kelly as Don Lockwood in Singin' in the Rain, joyfully hanging from a lamppost with an umbrella during a nighttime rainstorm on a city street. Gene Kelly Dean Stockwell, Frank Sinatra, and Gene Kelly in sailor uniforms sit together on a couch, with Kelly holding a telephone, in a scene from the musical film Anchors Aweigh. Oscar Levant sits at a piano while Gene Kelly dances beside him in a room with an open window, in a scene from An American in Paris (1951). Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron rehearse a dance pose in a studio, with Caron en pointe and extended, and Kelly supporting her, during filming of An American in Paris. Singin' in the Rain Barbra Streisand, in a purple Victorian dress and hat, dances energetically with Michael Crawford in an ornate room in the film Hello, Dolly! directed by Gene Kelly. lobby card for Singin' in the Rain Inherit the Wind
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Gene Kelly as Don Lockwood in Singin' in the Rain, joyfully hanging from a lamppost with an umbrella during a nighttime rainstorm on a city street.
Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain (1952), directed by Kelly and Stanley Donen.

Gene Kelly

American actor, dancer, and director
Also known as: Eugene Curran Kelly
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Gene Kelly (born August 23, 1912, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.ā€”died February 2, 1996, Beverly Hills, California) was an American dancer, actor, choreographer, and motion-picture director whose athletic style of dancing, combined with classical ballet technique, transformed the movie musical and did much to change the American publicā€™s conception of male dancers. One of five children born to a record company sales executive and a former actress, Kelly dreamed of becoming a professional athlete but was redirected...

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