Jeanne Coyne

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Jeanne Coyne (February 28, 1923 in Pennsylvania - May 10, 1973) was an acclaimed Broadway dancer, choreographer and actress.

With Carol Haney (1924 - 1964), she formed a formidable team of choreographers for the directors Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, both of whom, coincidentally, she married. The dancers revolutionized the Broadway theatre of the forties and fifties.

She was married to Stanley Donen (1948 - 1949), and secondly to Gene Kelly (1960 - 1973); by whom she had two children, Timothy Kelly and Bridget Kelly.

She died on May 10, 1973 in Los Angeles, California from leukemia, aged 50.

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