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Stanley Donen (/ ˈ d ɒ n ə n / DON-ən; [1] April 13, 1924 – February 21, 2019) was an American film director and choreographer. He received the Honorary Academy Award in 1998, and the Career Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2004.
With Carol Haney (1924 – 1964), Coyne assisted directors Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, both of whom she married. She appeared as a dancer in the MGM films Words and Music, On the Town, Summer Stock, Singin' in the Rain and Kiss Me Kate. She was married to Donen from 1948 to 1951, and to Kelly from 1960 to 1973.
Marshall married three times, her first husband being the cameraman Allen Davey. In 1950 she was engaged to director Howard Hawks, [2] but a wedding never took place. Her second husband (from May 20, 1952, [3] until 1959) was director Stanley Donen, with whom she had two sons, Peter and Joshua.
Some directors make their presence felt in every frame of their films, while others operate in service of the stories and the stars. There is no such thing as an egoless director, but Stanley ...
When we came to do On the Town, I knew it was time for Stanley to get screen credit because we weren't boss–assistant anymore but co-creators." [13] [32] Together, they opened up the musical form, taking the film musical out of the studio and into real locations, with Donen taking responsibility for the staging and Kelly handling the ...
He received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998.
She was married for a second time to film director Stanley Donen from 1972 until their divorce in 1985. [1] Her last marriage was to Howard F. Ruby, chairman emeritus and co-founder of Oakwood Worldwide, the owner of the Oakwood Apartments complexes. [25] [26] Mimieux died 10 days after her 80th birthday at her home in Los Angeles on January 18 ...
Elaine Iva May (née Berlin; born April 21, 1932) is an American actress, comedian, writer, and director.She first gained fame in the 1950s for her improvisational comedy routines with Mike Nichols before transitioning her career, regularly breaking the mold as a writer and director of several critically acclaimed films.