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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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“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.”
“Fred Astaire represented the aristocracy, I represented the proletariat.”
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40 Carats
1973 · as Billy Boylan
Hello, Dolly!
1969 · Director
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967 · as Andy Miller
Let's Make Love
1960 · as Gene Kelly (uncredited)
Inherit the Wind
1960 · as E.K. Hornbeck
Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Director · as Don Lockwood
An American in Paris
1951
Summer Stock
1950 · as Joe D. Ross
On the Town
1949 · Director · as Gabey
The Three Musketeers
1948 · as D'Artagnan
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