Stanley Donen (born April 13, 1924) is an American film director and choreographer hailed by David Quinlan as "the King of the Hollywood musicals". His most famous work is "Singin' in the Rain", which he co-directed with Gene Kelly. Wikipedia
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Stanley Donen was born April 13, 1924, into loving and, as he described them, "completely middle-class" circumstnaces. www.adherents.com/people/pd/Stanley_Donen.html
Since he was a child, Stanley Donen attended dance classes and debuted on Broadway at age 17. With the help of the producer Arthur Freed and the actor Gene Kelly he got the chance to direct the musicals On the Town (1949), Singin' in the Rain (1952), and www.imdb.com/name/nm0002045/