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Stanley Donen is an American film director and choreographer best known for his musicals from the 1940s and 1950s. He is considered one of the most influential directors of the Hollywood musical, having directed such classics as Singin' in the Rain (1952) and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954). Donen began his career as a dancer and choreographer, working with Gene Kelly on films such as On the Town (1949) and An American in Paris (1951). He went on to direct a number of successful musicals, including Funny Face (1957) and Charade (1963). Donen also directed a number of non-musical films, including Two for the Road (1967) and Blame It on Rio (1984). Donen has been nominated for four Academy Awards and has won a number of awards, including the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1998. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1999. Donen's net worth is estimated to be around $20 million.

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Occupation director,miscellaneous,producer
Age 95 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 13 April 1924
Birthday 13 April
Birthplace Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Date of death 21 February, 2019
Died Place New York City, New York, USA
Nationality United States

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Stanley Donen Height, Weight & Measurements

At 95 years old, Stanley Donen height is 5' 8" (1.73 m) .

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Who Is Stanley Donen's Wife?

His wife is Pamela Braden (1990 - 1994) ( divorced), Yvette Mimieux (4 November 1972 - 13 January 1985) ( divorced), Margaret Adelle Dillingham (23 September 1960 - 18 February 1971) ( divorced) ( 1 child), Marion Marshall (20 May 1952 - 7 August 1959) ( divorced) ( 2 children), Jeanne Coyne (12 April 1948 - 17 May 1951) ( divorced)

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Wife Pamela Braden (1990 - 1994) ( divorced), Yvette Mimieux (4 November 1972 - 13 January 1985) ( divorced), Margaret Adelle Dillingham (23 September 1960 - 18 February 1971) ( divorced) ( 1 child), Marion Marshall (20 May 1952 - 7 August 1959) ( divorced) ( 2 children), Jeanne Coyne (12 April 1948 - 17 May 1951) ( divorced)
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Stanley Donen Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Stanley Donen worth at the age of 95 years old? Stanley Donen’s income source is mostly from being a successful Director. He is from United States. We have estimated Stanley Donen's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

The Pajama Game (1957)$110 .000

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Timeline

2010

Profiled in "American Classic Screen Interviews" (Scarecrow Press). [2010]

1980

Donen's career may have finished on a low with a weak sojourn into science fiction that was Saturn 3 (1980) and the absolutely dreadful comedy Blame It on Rio (1984), but his reputation as one of the giants of the classic Hollywood musical is assured.

1975

None of his later efforts seemed to have the panache of his earlier work: not the tepid adventure-comedy Lucky Lady (1975) (despite a good cast and sumptuous production look) nor the nostalgic musical fantasy The Little Prince (1974), based on the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. A failure at the box office, the latter also marked the end of the Frederick Loewe-Alan Jay Lerner musical partnership.

1970

The 1970s heralded a steady decline in the quality of Donen's output.

1969

Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1969 and 1984.

1967

Arguably, his most out-of-character film from this period was the esoteric mephistophelean (and very British) farce Bedazzled (1967), featuring the irrepressible comic talents of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.

1958

He began to direct and produce elegant, lavish romantic dramas like the delightful Indiscreet (1958), sophisticated comedies like The Grass Is Greener (1960) and Two for the Road (1967) (which starred Donen's favorite actress, Audrey Hepburn), as well as the top-shelf thrillers Charade (1963) (the best film Alfred Hitchcock never directed, again with Hepburn) and Arabesque (1966).

1954

After directing Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), Donen moved on to Paramount for Funny Face (1957), then to Warner Brothers for The Pajama Game (1957) and Damn Yankees (1958). As musicals waned in popularity, Donen branched out into other genres.

1952

His classic film, Singin' in the Rain (1952), was adapted for a musical in the West End and was awarded Outstanding Musical Production in 2001 (2000 season) at the Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards.

1951

Directed the video for Lionel Richie's song, "Dancing on the Ceiling", because of his experience directing Fred Astaire's dancing on the ceiling routine, from the movie, Royal Wedding (1951).

1949

Between them, they directed classic musicals like On the Town (1949) and Singin' in the Rain (1952) and co-wrote the original story for Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949). Freed, by the way, was the producer almost single-handedly responsible for the high standard of MGM's A-grade musicals in the 40s and 50s. A former vaudevillian and song-plugger, Freed was an astute judge of talent and encouraged gifted individuals from other media (like radio or theatre) to become involved with pictures. Moreover, he gave artists like Kelly and Donen free rein to express their creative flair.

In 1949, MGM signed Donen to a seven-year contract as director in his own right. From then on, he and Kelly went their separate ways.

1945

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985." Pages 273-282. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.

1941

While working as an assistant choreographer in 1941, he met and befriended the actor Gene Kelly, Kelly being the brash, extrovert and energetic side of the burgeoning partnership, Donen the more refined and relaxed. Three years later, the two men renewed their collaboration in Hollywood and did much to reinvigorate the musical genre. For the next decade, they worked side-by-side as choreographers and co-directors (a relationship Donen described as 'wonderful' but 'also trying at times'), linked to MGM's Arthur Freed unit.

1933

Inspired by Fred Astaire's dancing in Flying Down to Rio (1933), Stanley Donen (pronounced 'Dawn-en') attended dance classes from the age of ten. He later recalled that the only thing he wanted to be was a tap dancer. He was born in Columbia, South Carolina, to Helen Pauline (Cohen) and Mordecai Moses Donen, a dress-shop manager, of Russian-Jewish and German-Jewish descent. Donen debuted on Broadway at seventeen.