Jeanne Coyne

Dancer + Choreographer + Actress

Female

Born Feb 28, 1923

Hometown Pennsylvania

Died May 10, 1973

Death Place Los Angeles, Cali...

Jeanne Coyne was an acclaimed Broadway dancer, choreographer and actress. With Carol Haney (1924 – 1964), she formed a formidable team of choreographers for the directors Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, both of whom, coincidentally, she married. She… Read More

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Gene Kelly
Married 1960 - 1973
Stanley Donen
Married 1948 - 1949

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Weddings; Heather Benedict, James Terrell
NYTimes - May 19, 2002

Heather Marie Benedict, a daughter of Jeanne Coyne Benedict and Coleman J. Benedict of Pittsburgh, was married there yesterday to James Alan Terrell, the son of Catherine Casaceli Terrell and James A. Terrell of Rochester. The Rev. James B. Farnan performed the Roman Catholic ceremony at St. Paul Cathedral. Mrs. Terrell, 33, is a vice president and
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A Portrait Of The Dancer, Perfectionist And All
NYTimes - Feb 28, 2002

Gene Kelly's first film success, ''For Me and My Gal,'' came when he was 30, past his prime as a dancer. By the time he was 40, Kelly had transformed the movie musical with classics like ''On the Town,'' ''An ''American in Paris,'' and ''Singin' in the Rain.'' In his 50's and 60's, Kelly's output and career dwindled. The achievement of Kelly, a
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The Man Who Helped Kelly Put His Best Foot Forward
NYTimes - Feb 08, 1996

Few movie directors have the track record of Stanley Donen. At the age of 71, he looks back on a series of musicals and comedies that endure for their wit, style and sheer panache. "All those musicals -- a thing of the past," he said with a brief laugh. "If we remade 'Singin' in the Rain' today, when Gene Kelly sings in the rain I think he'd be
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Gene Kelly, Dancer Of Vigor And Grace, Dies
NYTimes - Feb 03, 1996

Gene Kelly, the dancer, actor, director and choreographer who brought a vigorous athleticism, casual grace and an earthy masculinity to the high romance of lavish Hollywood musicals, died yesterday at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 83. His longtime publicity agent, Warren Cowan, said Mr. Kelly had never fully recovered from strokes he
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1923 Birth Born on February 28, 1923.

FIFTIES

1973 50 Years Old She died on May 10, 1973 in Los Angeles, California from leukemia, aged 50.

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