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Gene Kelly
Gene Kelly 1912-96, American dancer, choreographer, movie actor, and director, b. Pittsburgh. Kelly started dancing on Broadway in 1938 and first gained fame in the title role of the Broadway musical Pal Joey (1940). He moved to Hollywood in 1941 and soon starred in his first film, For Me and My... Read more |
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George Alexander Kelly
George Alexander Kelly 1905-1967 American psychologist best known for developing the psychology of personal constructs. George Alexander Kelly, originator of personal construct theory of personality , was born on farm near Perth Kansas. He was the only child of Elfleda Merriam Kelly and... Read more |
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Daniel Hugh Kelly
HUGH KELLY, Daniel 1952(?)– (Daniel Hugh–<... Read more |
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Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly Singer, songwriter For the Record… Selected discography Sources Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly is a star in his own country; in 1997 his retrospective album Songs from the South: Paul Kelly Read more |
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Pal Joey
Pal Joey (1940), a musical comedy by John O'Hara (book), Richard Rodgers (music), Lorenz Hart (lyrics). [Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 374 perf.] The handsome, small‐time dancer Joey Evans ( Gene Kelly) arrives in Chicago and immediately begins his courtship of innocent Linda English ( Leila ... Read more |
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Hugh Kelly
Hugh Kelly 1739-77, English dramatist, b. Killarney. His first and best-known play, the sentimental comedy False Delicacy, was produced by Garrick in 1768 and was extremely popular in its time.... Read more |
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Patrick Kelly
Patrick Kelly Patrick Kelly (c. 1954-1990) began designing and sewing clothing when he was a teenager in Mississippi. Although he had some formal fashion training, many of his skills were self-taught. While in his twenties Kelly moved to Paris, started his own design company, and quickly... Read more |
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Petra Kelly
Petra Kelly Petra Kelly (1947-1992), West German pacifist and politician, had the reputation of being one of the most active and best known protagonists of the European peace and ecology movement. Petra Karin Lehmann was born on November 29, 1947, in Günzburg, Bavaria. Her father left... Read more |
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Kelly
Kelly ♀, ♂ Originally an Anglicized form of the ancient Irish male name Ceallach. It is now very widely used in the English-speaking world, mainly as a girl's name. This is a transferred use of the surname Ó Ceallaigh ‘descendant of Ceallach’.Variants: Kelley, ... Read more |
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The Time of Your Life
Time of Your Life, The (1939), a play by William Saroyan. [Booth Theatre, 185 perf.; Pulitzer Prize, NYDCC Award.] At a run‐down San Francisco bar, the open‐hearted, openhanded Joe ( Eddie Dowling) encourages one and all to be their own eccentric selves. He finds employment for a... Read more |
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