"Gene Kelly Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American dancer, actor of film, stage, and television, singer, film director, producer, and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style, his good looks, and the likable characters that he played on screen. Best known today for his performances in films such as ""An American in Paris"" (1951), ""Anchors Aweigh"" (1945)— for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor—and ""Singin' in the Rain"" (1952), he starred in musical films until they fell out of fashion in the late 1950s."
"Gene Kelly filmography Gene Kelly (1912–1996) was an American dancer, actor, singer, director, producer and choreographer whose work in motion pictures spans from 1942 to 1996. He is probably best known today for his performances in musicals, notably ""An American in Paris"" (1951) and ""Singin' in the Rain"" (1952). Kelly made his Hollywood film debut in ""For Me and My Gal"" (1942), co-starring with Judy Garland. Afterward, he went on to work as an actor, dancer and subsequently, choreographer, in a series of musical films. In these films, his choreography included experiments with a combination of dance and animation (""Anchors"
"in a brothel in the more affluent West End of London. Reportedly, she was invited by a client to France, but returned to England within two weeks, having disliked her life there. Nonetheless, it is believed to be at this stage in her life that Kelly chose to adopt the French name ""Marie Jeanette"". Kelly has been variously reported as being a blonde or redhead, whereas her nickname, ""Black Mary"", suggests a dark brunette. Her reported eye colour was blue. Reports of the time estimated her height at 5 feet and 7 inches (1.70 metres). Detective Walter Dew, in his"
"Chung in Wellesley, Massachusetts, to Korean parents, she moved to Brookline, Massachusetts, when she was 2 years old. Her mother remarried in 1997 to Robert Kelly, who legally adopted Grace a few years later, thus changing her name to Grace Kelly. Kelly wrote her first song ""On My Way Home"" at age seven. Kelly left Brookline High School at age 16 and earned her GED. After studying in the Jazz Department of New England Conservatory of Music's School of Preparatory Education, she enrolled at Berklee College of Music, where she graduated in December 2011 with a bachelor of arts in"
"as a character, played by an uncredited actor. Despite, or perhaps because of, Kelly's opposition to both the nationalists and the Protestant colonial government, Kelly was eulogized as ""respected by all citizens, Catholic and Protestant"". Jean-Baptiste Kelly Jean-Baptiste Kelly (5 October 1783 – 24 February 1854) was a Québécois Roman Catholic vicar-general of Irish ancestry who was active in Lower Canada. Kelly's success had humble beginnings. He was born in Quebec City, Quebec, to a carter, John Kelly, and Marguerite Migneron. If Joseph-Octave Plessis had not encountered him on the street and sent him to primary school, Kelly might have"
"At the time of her death, she was 52 years old. She is listed 13th among the American Film Institute's 25 Greatest Female Stars of Classical Hollywood Cinema. Kelly was born on November 12, 1929, at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to an affluent and influential family. Her father, Irish-American John B. Kelly Sr., had won three Olympic gold medals for sculling and owned a successful brickwork contracting company that was well known on the East Coast. A registered Democrat, he was nominated to be mayor of Philadelphia for the 1935 election but lost by the closest margin in"
"Jean-Baptiste Kelly Jean-Baptiste Kelly (5 October 1783 – 24 February 1854) was a Québécois Roman Catholic vicar-general of Irish ancestry who was active in Lower Canada. Kelly's success had humble beginnings. He was born in Quebec City, Quebec, to a carter, John Kelly, and Marguerite Migneron. If Joseph-Octave Plessis had not encountered him on the street and sent him to primary school, Kelly might have lived an unremarkable life. As it happened, Kelly, after that schooling, and reaching the age of 14, was sent to the Petit Séminaire de Québec, where his ""very great application in all things"" could be"
"real name was James Thiede, a Canadian citizen who was under investigation for drug smuggling by the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) Some years later, Thiede's mother, father and uncle were federally indicted both in Las Vegas and Toronto for drug smuggling, all using the same alias, ""Kelly"". In 1986, Kell, then age 18, was asked by his 15-year-old long-time friend, Sandy Shaw, to beat Cotton Kelly for relentlessly stalking Shaw for sex. Her mother had gone to the police earlier, but there were no stalking laws on the books at that time, which caused Shaw to turn to Kell,"
"born in Coventry, England, to Michelle Kelly and Tony Kelly. Her parents were the former owners of a record store named ""Moonshine"" in Lower Ford Street, Hillfields, Coventry. She also has a two sisters and a brother. Kelly was born blind at birth with no sight at all in her left eye and virtually none in her right eye. At a young age, Kelly knew she wanted become a singer after listening to the music being played in her parents' record store. Kelly started her career as a singer at the age of sixteen when she signed her first record"
"was voted the 15th most popular film actor on the American Film Institute’s millennium list, while his ""Singin' in the Rain"" was voted the most popular movie musical of all time. This filmography below contains a chronological listing of Gene Kelly's feature films. His musicals are indicated with a beamed eighth note symbol (♫). Gene Kelly filmography Gene Kelly (1912–1996) was an American dancer, actor, singer, director, producer and choreographer whose work in motion pictures spans from 1942 to 1996. He is probably best known today for his performances in musicals, notably ""An American in Paris"" (1951) and ""Singin' in"
"publicly disclosed to being a ""dyke"". During the 1930s, she disclosed to ""Motion Picture"" magazine that she had been living with actress Wilma Cox for several years and had no intention of getting married. She later claimed she had an affair with Tallulah Bankhead when she worked as Bankhead's personal assistant. In August 1933 Kelly was injured as a passenger in a sedan driven by Gene Malin, the prominent drag performer. Malin apparently confused the gears and reversed off a pier into the water, after leaving a club in Venice, Los Angeles. Kelly suffered serious injuries. In January 1980, Kelly"
"1929) and Elizabeth Anne (born June 1933 and nicknamed ""Lizanne""). Kelly's younger sister Grace would go on to become an Academy Award winning film actress who married Rainier III, Prince of Monaco in 1956. Kelly's nephew is Monaco's current monarch Prince Albert II. The children were raised in a 17-room house on Henry Avenue in East Falls, Philadelphia Kelly served in the United States Navy during World War II. He was stationed in Bainbridge, Maryland. Kelly graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1950 and rowed for the varsity team. Kelly represented the United States at the 1948 Summer Olympics"
"years with guest spots on television and in film roles. In 1971, Kelly returned to the stage in the revival of ""No, No, Nanette"" for which she won a Tony Award. She continued appearing in film and television roles until she suffered a stroke in January 1980 that limited her ability to speak. Kelly died of cancer in 1981. Kelly was born Sarah Veronica Rose Kelly in Brooklyn to Irish immigrants parents John (died 1942) and Delia Kelly (1875-1930). She began her career in vaudeville as a dancer at the age of 12. She performed in Frank Fay's act, first"
"Before graduating in May 1947 from Stevens School, a socially prominent private institution in Chestnut Hill, a neighborhood of Philadelphia, she acted and danced. Her graduation yearbook listed her favorite actress as Ingrid Bergman and her favorite actor as Joseph Cotten. Written in the ""Stevens' Prophecy"" section was: ""Miss Grace P. Kelly – a famous star of stage and screen"". Owing to her low mathematics scores, Kelly was rejected by Bennington College in July 1947. Despite her parents' initial disapproval, Kelly decided to pursue her dreams of being an actress. John was particularly displeased with her decision; he viewed acting"
"Bad Seed"", receiving a Tony Award for the 1955 stage production and an Academy Award nomination for the 1956 film adaptation. Of Irish descent, Kelly was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, into a theatrical family. Her mother was silent film actress Nan Kelly, who coached her and managed her career. As a child actress, Kelly appeared in 52 films made on the East Coast by the age of 17. Her younger brother was actor Jack Kelly, most noted for playing the role of Bart Maverick, one of the two leads, alongside James Garner or Roger Moore from 1957 to 1962 in"
"Kelly was born on November 12, 1929, at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia. She had two older siblings, Margaret (1925–1991) and John Jr. (1927–1985), and a younger sister, Elizabeth (1933–2009). The children were raised in the Roman Catholic faith. After embarking on an acting career in 1950, at age 20, Kelly appeared in New York City theatrical productions and more than 40 episodes of live drama productions broadcast during the early 1950s Golden Age of Television. In October 1953, she gained stardom from her performance in the film ""Mogambo"", which won her a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award"
"driver in Vancouver. Her mother, who was from Manchester, forced ballet classes and elocution lessons on her. Deeply unhappy at home, in 1942, she escaped at the age of 17 to marry the actor and broadcaster Bernard Braden, and she soon did much radio work and toured across Canada in a stage show. Kelly also made her television debut at this time, appearing in ""The Stage Show"". In 1949, she and her husband moved to the United Kingdom with their two children. A third child Kim was born in 1948 in London. Kelly made regular appearances on her husband's show,"
"John B. Kelly Jr. John Brendan ""Jack"" Kelly Jr. (May 24, 1927 – March 2, 1985), also known as Kell Kelly, was an accomplished rower, a four-time Olympian, and an Olympic medal winner. He was also the son of triple Olympic gold medal winner John B. Kelly Sr., and the elder brother of the actress and Princess of Monaco, Grace Kelly. In 1947, Kelly was awarded the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States. Kelly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the second child and only son of John Kelly Sr. and his"
"Gene would forever be publicly recognized by her screen name, Meg Randall. Meg Randall Meg Randall (born Genevieve Roberts; August 1, 1926 – July 20, 2018) was an American film actress. She was active in motion pictures, radio, and television between 1946 and 1961, changing her name from Gene Roberts to Meg Randall in mid-1948. Randall was known for her portrayal of Babs Riley in the 1949 film version of the popular radio comedy ""The Life of Riley"", as well as her recurring role as Kim Parker Kettle in the ""Ma & Pa Kettle"" comedy series from 1949 to 1951."
"King"" and its sequel """". She also played Hetty Kelly and Oona O'Neill in ""Chaplin"". Kelly was born in Queens, New York, a daughter of Irish immigrants. Her father, Peter, was trained as a concert violinist, and her mother, Anne, is a nurse. Kelly is the third of six children and was raised in Ronkonkoma. She was brought up as a Catholic. Kelly attended Connetquot Senior High School in Bohemia, Long Island, graduating in the class of 1986. Later, she attended Marymount Manhattan College. In her youth, Kelly was cast in a small role in her high school's 1984 production"
"her mother relocated to Costa Rica, her mother's native country. There, they lived on Brooks' grandfather's coffee plantation. As a result, Brooks was binlingual, fluent in both English and Spanish. During her teenage years, Brooks relocated with her mother to New York City, with plans to attend college. Brooks began her professional career as a singer at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, where she sang and performed as a guitarist in Enric Madriguera's orchestra. She adopted the name Jeanne Kelly for her entertainment career, so as not to be confused with actress Ruby Keeler. With the help of Erich von"
"Kitty Kelly Kitty Kelly (born Sue O'Neil; April 27, 1902 – June 29, 1968), was an American stage and film character actress. Born in New York City in 1902, Kelly was best known as a member of the Ziegfeld Follies and her radio hosting with Columbia Broadcasting. One of her best remembered roles is that of Lt. Ethel Armstrong in the 1943 Paramount wartime drama ""So Proudly We Hail!"". However, she is probably more infamously remembered in the 1935 ""Our Gang"" comedy short ""Beginner's Luck"". In that film, Kelly was cast as the pushy stage mother of Spanky McFarland. Thanks"
"saved by Kelly. David Bishop argues that her pacifist character, killing a man who is about to shoot her husband, was cold and abstract. Alfred Hitchcock described her performance as ""rather mousy"", and stated that it lacked animation. He said that it was only in her later films that she ""really blossomed"" and showed her true star quality. Grace Kelly's uncle George Kelly, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, advised and mentored Kelly during her Hollywood film career. Her film career lasted from September 1951 to March 1956. After filming ""High Noon"", Kelly returned to New York City, and took private acting"
"60 unreleased features. A native of Southern California, Kelly was born in the Los Angeles suburb of Pomona. She married porn actor Cal Jammer, whom she met at a CES convention in Las Vegas in 1993. They were married a month later. Jammer introduced her to the world of adult movies and her career was launched. However, she separated from him due to his infidelities off-camera, which she called ""the deal breaker"". Jammer took the separation hard, committing suicide by shooting himself to death on the road in front of Kelly's house on January 25, 1995. On May 6, 2000,"
"under the assumed name ""Lera Cleo Kelly"" until her death in 1985 at the age of 81. Machine Gun Kelly and his crimes are portrayed in films such as ""Machine-Gun Kelly"" (1958), ""The FBI Story"" (1959) and """" (1974). Crime novelist Ace Atkins' 2010 book ""Infamous"" is based on the Urschel kidnapping and George and Kathryn Kelly. Kelly is (along with Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson) one of the main characters of the comic book series ""Pretty, Baby, Machine"". George and Kathryn Kelly were the inspiration for ""Machine Gun Kelly"" (1970), a song written by Danny ""Kootch"" Kortchmar"
"details of her early life as there is no corroborating documentary evidence, but there is no evidence to the contrary either. According to Joseph Barnett, the man she had most recently lived with prior to her murder, Kelly had told him she was born in Limerick, Ireland, in around 1863—although whether she referred to the city or the county is not known—and that her family moved to Wales when she was young. Barnett reported that Kelly had told him her father was named John Kelly and that he worked in an iron works in either Caernarfonshire or Carmarthenshire. Barnett also"
"Capitol Records, with which she signed in September. Kelly's second EP ""Foreword"" came out in October 2013 as her first major label release. On June 23, 2015, Kelly's debut album, ""Unbreakable Smile"", was released. The lead single, ""Nobody Love"", was released in February 2015 and became her first US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 appearance. Kelly was nominated for Best New Artist at the 58th Grammy Awards. She voiced a shy teenage elephant named Meena in the 2016 animated film ""Sing"". Kelly was born in Wildomar, California. Her father, Allwyn, is of Jamaican, Trinidadian and Puerto Rican ancestry, while her mother, Laura,"
"Grace Kelly (musician) Grace Kelly (born Grace Chung; May 15, 1992) is an American musician, singer, entertainer, songwriter, arranger, and clinician. Kelly has produced and released recordings of her own, scored soundtracks, and tours with her band. She was named one of ""Glamour"" magazine's Top 10 College Women in 2011; and she has been featured on CNN.com and on the NPR radio shows ""Piano Jazz"" with both Marian McPartland and Jon Weber, as well as on WBGO's ""JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater"". Working professionally since she was a preteen, Kelly has been dubbed a prodigy in the jazz world. In"
"which manufactured radio electronics components. She rose to the position of Vice President. Kelly married her husband Edward in 1961. Katherine C. Kelly Katherine Crowley Kelly (1924-2011) was a civil rights activist who advocated for women's rights and LGBT rights issues. Kelly served as a delegate to the Electoral College in 1996 and as a delegate to five Democratic National Conventions. In 2011, U.S. Congressman Alcee Hastings commemorated her life's work on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. Kelly was born in New Rochelle, New York on June 20, 1924, and she grew up in South Orange, New"
"Rebecca Kelly. They were descendants of French immigrant Thomas Lamar, who settled in Maryland in 1660. Among his siblings was G. W. Lamar, who became a prominent banker in Augusta. He and his family had many connections to other leaders in the South. Brothers Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus and Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar were first cousins from Georgia; the former became a judge in Georgia; the latter served as the second President of the Republic of Texas. Gazaway's father was a charter member of the Steamboat Company of Georgia. The family moved to Savannah in the 1830s. By the time of his"
"is of Irish and German descent. She has a younger brother named Noah, born August 29, 1996. Growing up, she was exposed to a variety of music by her parents. ""I give them a lot of credit for just playing all different genres, and no genre was off limits,"" she said when asked about her upbringing. Kelly is a Christian. Faith plays a part in her songwriting, though she does not consider herself a part of the Christian music genre. Kelly appeared on the show ""Star Search"", but lost to vocalist Tiffany Evans, who won the title of Junior Champion"
"of her family (without Aimee) chose the vicissitudes of public life with the MTV reality show ""The Osbournes"", which aired from 2002 to 2005. The series chronicled their day-to-day life, portraying a dysfunctional family in which metal music, profanity and other harshness were a daily part of life. Kelly, the middle child, emerged (according to ""Rolling Stone"") as ""a wickedly funny, brutally honest, pint-size, potty-mouthed spitfire."" The series started when she was seventeen, and ended when she was twenty. Kelly said in an interview for ""The Osbournes"" DVD that the crew were only actually supposed to be there for a"
"named Luther Kelly, owned a drug and grocery store in Geneva. His mother, Jeanette Eliza Sage, was the daughter of Colonel Hezekiah Sage of nearby Chittenango. Kelly's father died on February 14, 1857, leaving him the man of the family, but the family had enough money saved to live comfortably. In either late 1864 or early 1865, Kelly entered the Geneva Wesleyan Seminary, but his real interest was in joining the army and fighting in the Civil War; he would later write that he ""deplored the fact"" that his youth rendered him unfit for military service at that time. In"