Gene Kelly

His most notable moments on film include:. Notable films in MacMurray's career:. He was the first American to choreograph and stage a ballet in the Paris Opera. On his passing in 1991, Fred MacMurray was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California, and was survived by his wife, June Haver. Kelly married three times:. In 1960, he played a slimy, two-timing corporate executive in Wilder's Oscar-winning comedy The Apartment. He also received the Life Achievement Award from American Film Institute in 1985. He played the role of Walter Neff, an insurance salesman who plots with a wealthy heiress to murder her husband in the film noir classic Double Indemnity (1944).

Kelly was awarded a special Academy Award “in appreciation of his versatility as an actor, singer, director and dancer, and specifically for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film” in 1951 and reawarded in 1984's Academy Awards due to a fire which burned down his home in the previous year. In spite of his "nice guy" image, MacMurray often stated that the best film roles he ever played were ones where he was cast against type in two films for Billy Wilder. Kelly was awarded the Legion of Honor by the French government in 1960. He was typecast for decades as a lovable, friendly fellow, and he capitalized on this by starring in a number of live-action comedies for Walt Disney during the later part of his career, with his biggest hits being The Shaggy Dog and The Absent-Minded Professor. An energetic and athletic performer, he was known for doing his own stunts. His most famous role was that of the father on the 1960s TV series My Three Sons. Eugene Curran Kelly (born August 23, 1912 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and died February 2, 1996 in Beverly Hills, California after suffering two strokes at the age of 83), was best known as an American dancer in films, but was also an actor, singer, director and choreographer. Frederick Martin MacMurray (August 30, 1908 - November 5, 1991) was a Hollywood actor who appeared in over one hundred movies, during a career that lasted from the 1930s to the 1970s.

"If Fred Astaire is the Cary Grant of dance, I'm the Marlon Brando." -- Gene Kelly. The Happiest Millionaire (1967). Dancing on roller skates in An American in Paris. Follow Me, Boys! (1966). Dancing with a mop, a squeaky floorboard and a newspaper in Summer Stock. Son of Flubber (1963). Singing and dancing in the rain in a much-parodied scene from the film Singin' in the Rain. The Absent-Minded Professor (1961).

Patricia Ward (1990–1996). The Apartment (1960). Jeanne Coyne (1960–1973) (two children, Bridget and Tim). The Shaggy Dog (1959). Betsy Blair (1940–1957) (one child, Kerry). The Caine Mutiny (1954). Xanadu (1980) - final film in which Kelly danced. The Egg and I (1947).

This was the second and last time Kelly and Astaire danced together on film. Double Indemnity (1944). That's Entertainment Part II (1976) - also directed. That's Entertainment! (1974). Hello, Dolly (1969) - Directorial and choreography credits.

The Young Girls Of Rochefort, (1967). What a Way to Go! (1964). Inherit the Wind (1960). Les Girls (1957) - Kelly's final film at MGM Studio.

Invitation to the Dance (1956). Brigadoon (1954). Singin' in the Rain (1952). An American in Paris (1951) - (Academy Award, special achievement, choreography).

Summer Stock (1950) - Judy Garland's final film at MGM Studio. In addition, directorial debut. On the Town (1949) - First musical film to be shot on location. The Pirate (1948).

Ziegfeld Follies - First of two films in which Kelly and Fred Astaire danced together. Anchors Aweigh (1945) - Included number combining live-action and animation, performed by Kelly and Jerry the mouse of Tom and Jerry. Cover Girl (1944) - Kelly danced with himself through trick photography. DuBarry Was a Lady (1943).

For Me and My Gal (1942).