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Also Known As Arthur Grossman
Born September 9, 1894 • Charleston • South Carolina
Died April 12, 1973 (aged 78) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1968) • Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1952)
Notable Works “Singin’ in the Rain”

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Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain
Gene Kelly
American actor, dancer, and director
Judy Garland, 1945.
Judy Garland
American singer and actress
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney
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Jerome Kern
Jerome Kern
American composer
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
American actress, singer, director, producer
Irving Berlin with his hands on a piano's keyboard.
Irving Berlin
American composer
Alan Jay Lerner
American screenwriter and songwriter
Mervyn LeRoy
American director and producer
Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
American dancer and singer
O'Connor, Donald
Donald O’Connor
American actor
Vernon Duke
American composer
Jolson, Al; del Rio, Dolores: in Wonder Bar
Al Jolson
American singer
Walter Donaldson
American musician
Filming of The Bad and the Beautiful
Vincente Minnelli
American director
Bob Fosse
Bob Fosse
American choreographer and director
Liza Minnelli
Liza Minnelli
American actress and singer
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
American composer and lyricist
Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers
American actress and dancer
Yul Brynner in The King and I
Yul Brynner
Russian-born actor
Richard Rodgers
Richard Rodgers
American composer

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