Gene Kelly’s widow, ... She was his third wife; the director and actor was previously married to Betsy Blair from 1941 to 1957 and Jeanne Coyne from 1960 until Coyne’s death in 1973.

Gene Kelly’s widow, ... She was his third wife; the director and actor was previously married to Betsy Blair from 1941 to 1957 and Jeanne Coyne from 1960 until Coyne’s death in 1973.

But Kelly, the genial elder statesman of Hollywood and Broadway – a devout bachelor since the early death of his second wife, Jeanne Coyne – instantly bonded with the young writer over poetry ...

Gene Kelly’s widow has reflected on her nearly 50-year age gap with the Hollywood legend. Patricia Ward Kelly met the Singin’ in the Rain star in 1985, when she was working on a television ...

Gene had been married twice before, to Betsy Blair from 1941 to 1957, and Jeanne Coyne from 1960 to 1973. Coyne was one of Kelly’s two assistants who helped him choreograph his famous on-screen ...

Gene Kelly’s legacy. Jeanne Coyne died of leukemia in 1973, leaving Kelly to raise their two young children alone. In his determination to be a better father than he had been to his first ...

Gene Kelly behind the scenes during the shooting of "An American in Paris" ... dancer Jeanne Coyne, died in 1973. When Patricia Ward met him in 1985, he was narrating a documentary she was ...

Gene Kelly does his iconic rain dance from the 1952 musical "Singin' in the Rain." Credit: Warner Bros. Mrs. Kelly, who will be doing shows on her husband at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theatre ...

In 1960, he married his choreographic assistant Jeanne Coyne, and they welcomed two children: son Timothy Kelly, and daughter Bridget Kelly. Their marriage lasted until Coyne’s death in 1973 ...