Jeanne Coyne (February 28, 1923 – May 10, 1973) was an American Broadway dancer, choreographer and actress.

Biography

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.

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She was married to Donen from 1948 to 1951, and to Kelly from 1960 to 1973. She and Kelly had two children, Timothy and Bridget.

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She died on May 10, 1973, in Los Angeles, California, from leukemia, at the age of 50.

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American choreographers

American stage actresses

American female dancers

Actresses from Pittsburgh

Dancers from Pennsylvania

Deaths from leukemia

1923 births

1973 deaths

Deaths from cancer in California

20th-century American actresses

20th-century American singers

20th-century American dancers