Gene kelly biography imdb 2016

Gene Kelly (1912 – 1996)

Biography and Movie Career

Eugene Curran Kelly, famously known as Gene Kelly, was born on August 23, 1912, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to a middle-class Irish-American family.

Gene kelly biography imdb 2016

He was the third of five children born to James Patrick Joseph Kelly, a phonograph salesman, and Harriet Catherine Curran, who was the driving force behind his initial exposure to dance. His mother believed that dancing would help her children develop physical grace, and she enrolled Gene and his siblings in dance classes at a young age.

Gene, however, initially showed little interest, preferring sports, particularly hockey and gymnastics.

Growing up in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood, Gene's ambition was to become a professional athlete, but during the Great Depression, the family's financial difficulties altered his plans.

To support themselves, the Kelly family opened a dance school, the Gene Kelly Studio of the Dance, where Gene began