What is Stanley Donen?
[[File:Stanley Donen.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Donan in November 2010]] '''Stanley Donen''' (April 13, 1924 &ndash; February 21, 2019) was an [[Americans|American]] movie director and choreographer. His most famous movies were ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]'' and ''[[On the Town]]''.<ref name=Silverman>{{Cite book |first=Stephen M. |last=Silverman |title=Dancing on the Ceiling: Stanley Donen and His Movies |url=https://archive.org/details/dancingonceiling0000silv |publisher=Knopf |location=New York |year=1996 |isbn=0-679-41412-6}}</ref> Donen was born in [[Columbia, South Carolina]]. He was married to [[Marion Marshall]] from 1952 to 1959 until they divorced. He was partners with comedian [[Elaine May]] from 1999 until 2019. Donen died of [[heart failure]] in [[New York City]] on February 21, 2019 at the age of 94.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Byrge|first1=Duane|last2=Barnes|first2=Mike|title=Stanley Donen, Famed Director of Mirthful Movie Musicals, Dies at 94|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stanley-donen-dead-famed-director-720663|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 23, 2019|access-date=February 23, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons-inline}} * {{IMDb name|2045|Stanley Donen}} * {{IBDB name|75387}} * {{tcmdb name|51745}} * [http://www.adherents.com/people/pd/Stanley_Donen.html Extracts from Silverman's biography of Donen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728173050/http://www.adherents.com/people/pd/Stanley_Donen.html |date=2014-07-28 }} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Donen, Stanley}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[Category:American movie directors]] [[Category:American choreographers]] [[Category:People from Columbia, South Carolina]] {{US-bio-stub}}