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Gene Kelly

1912 - 1996

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Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style and 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 most well-regarded musical films of the 1940s and 1950s. Kelly is known for his performances in An American in Paris (1951), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Singin' in the Rain (1952), which he and Donen directed and choreographed, and other musical films of that era such as Cover Girl (1944) and Anchors Aweigh (1945), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gene Kelly is the 216th most popular actor (up from 320th in 2019), the 505th most popular biography from United States (up from 588th in 2019) and the 111th most popular American Actor.

Gene Kelly is most famous for his dance moves in films such as Singin' in the Rain and An American in Paris.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gene Kelly ranks 216 out of 13,578. Before him are David Prowse, Faye Dunaway, John Saxon, Fred Astaire, Eddie Fisher, and Silvana Mangano. After him are Melina Mercouri, Maximilian Schell, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Lange, John Lithgow, and Marsha Hunt.

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Among people born in 1912, Gene Kelly ranks 21. Before him are Alfredo Stroessner, Khalid of Saudi Arabia, János Kádár, Millvina Dean, Carlo Ponti, and Jorge Amado. After him are Konrad Emil Bloch, Alois Brunner, Chuck Jones, Ghazi of Iraq, Heinrich Harrer, and B. D. Jatti. Among people deceased in 1996, Gene Kelly ranks 17. Before him are Mohammad Najibullah, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Marguerite Duras, Dzhokhar Dudayev, Frank Whittle, and Ella Fitzgerald. After him are Joseph Brodsky, Babrak Karmal, Joan Clarke, Tiny Tim, Silvio Piola, and Paul Erdős.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gene Kelly ranks 505 out of 20,380. Before him are Fred Astaire (1899), Eddie Fisher (1928), James Fenimore Cooper (1789), John Tyler (1790), Miles Davis (1926), and Theodore William Richards (1868). After him are William Howard Stein (1911), Billie Holiday (1915), Jack Kerouac (1922), Jessica Lange (1949), Katherine Johnson (1918), and John Lithgow (1945).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Gene Kelly ranks 111. Before him are Julia Roberts (1967), Sidney Poitier (1927), Faye Dunaway (1941), John Saxon (1935), Fred Astaire (1899), and Eddie Fisher (1928). After him are Jessica Lange (1949), John Lithgow (1945), Marsha Hunt (1917), Christopher Walken (1943), Nicole Kidman (1967), and James Hong (1929).

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