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Eugene Curran Kelly was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the third son of Harriet Catherine (Curran) and James Patrick Joseph Kelly, a phonograph salesman. His father was of Irish descent and his mother was of Irish and German ancestry.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was the largest and most powerful studio in Hollywood when Gene Kelly arrived in town in 1941. He came direct from the hit 1940 original Broadway production of "Pal Joey" and planned to return to the Broadway stage after making the one film required by his contract. His first picture for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was For Me and My Gal (1942) with Judy Garland. What kept Kelly in Hollywood were "the kindred creative spirits" he found behind the scenes at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The talent pool was especially large during World War II, when Hollywood was a refuge for many musicians and others in the performing arts of Europe who were forced to flee the Nazis. After the war, a new generation was coming of age. Those who saw An American in Paris (1951) would try to make real life as romantic as the reel life they saw portrayed in that musical, and the first time they saw Paris, they were seeing again in memory the seventeen-minute ballet sequence set to the title song written by George Gershwin and choreographed by Kelly. The sequence cost a half million dollars (U.S.) to make in 1951 dollars. Another Kelly musical of the era, Singin' in the Rain (1952), was one of the first 25 films selected by the Library of Congress for its National Film Registry. Kelly was in the same league as Fred Astaire, but instead of a top hat and tails Kelly wore work clothes that went with his masculine, athletic dance style.
Gene Kelly died at age 83 of complications from two strokes on February 2, 1996 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California.- She spent the last 25 years of her life doing what she loved most: travelling the world. Before her death in 1996, she travelled extensively to Asia, Africa, India, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Central America, Russia, Scandinavia, Middle East. Aline Towne was not only an accomplished actress, she was a citizen of the world and left behind friends everywhere she travelled. She is survived by two daughters, one son, seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
- Director
- Animation Department
- Producer
James "Shamus" Culhane was the only animator to work on all of the first four animated feature-length Walt Disney cartoons. In a career that spanned six decades, he worked for 18 cartoon studios, including his own. In the mid-'0s his early hand-drawn animation was combined with computer animation for Disney films, including Aladdin (1992), The Lion King (1994), and Pocahontas (1995).- Madeleine Christie was born on 18 January 1904 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. She was an actress, known for Electric Dreams (1984), The DuPont Show of the Week (1961) and Scotch on the Rocks (1973). She died on 2 February 1996 in London, England, UK.
- Director
- Writer
Slavoljub Stefanovic-Ravasi was born on 29 June 1927 in Cacak, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was a director and writer, known for Volite se ljudi (1966), Kod sudije za prekrsaje (1964) and Ostavstina za buducnost (1986). He died on 2 February 1996 in Belgrade, Serbia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.- Eberhard Wechselberg was born on 24 September 1920 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Leute vom Domplatz (1980), Die Powenzbande (1973) and Die Laurents (1981). He died on 2 February 1996 in Berlin, Germany.
- Phyllis Marshall was born on 4 November 1921 in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for Wojeck (1966), Seeing Things (1981) and To See Ourselves (1971). She died on 2 February 1996 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Hannes Kallio was born on 25 December 1922 in Kymi, Finland. He was an actor, known for Kaunis Veera eli ballaadi Saimaalta (1950), Teatterituokio (1962) and Soita 03 - Rikospoliisi (1958). He was married to Toini Mikkeli. He died on 2 February 1996.
- Nefail Piraniqi was born on 18 March 1940 in Shkoder, Albania. He was an actor, known for Besa e kuqe (1982), Fundi i një gjakmarrjeje (1983) and Një natë pa dritë (1981). He died on 2 February 1996 in Shkoder, Albania.
- Viktor Arkasov was born on 20 December 1906. He was an actor, known for Granitsa na zamke (1938), Goryachaya krov (1932) and Bolshaya zhizn (1939). He died on 2 February 1996 in Moscow, Russia.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Moisey Vaynberg was born on 8 December 1919 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was a composer, known for Assassination Attempt (1981), Po tonkomu ldu (1966) and The Cranes Are Flying (1957). He died on 2 February 1996 in Moscow, Russia.- Cosme Alves Neto was born on 15 January 1937 in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. He died on 2 February 1996 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.