Gene Kelly
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 23, 1912
- Died
- February 2, 1996 (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American actor, dancer, singer, filmmaker, and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style, his good looks, and the likable characters that he played on screen. He starred in, choreographed, or co-directed some of the most well-regarded musical films of the 1940s and 1950s, until they fell out of fashion in the late 1950s. Kelly is best known today for his performances in films such as Cover Girl (1944), Anchors Aweigh (1945), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor, On the Town (1949), which was his directorial debut, An American in Paris (1951), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Brigadoon (1954), and It's Always Fair Weather (1955). Kelly made his film debut with Judy Garland in For Me and My Gal (1942), and followed by Du Barry Was a Lady (1943), Thousands Cheer (1943), The Pirate (1948), Summer Stock (1950), and Les Girls (1957) among others. After musicals he starred in two films outside the musical genre: Inherit the Wind (1960) and What a Way to Go! (1964). In 1967, he appeared in French director Jacques Demy's musical comedy The Young Girls of Rochefort opposite Catherine Deneuve. Kelly solo directed the comedy A Guide for the Married Man (1967) starring Walter Matthau, and later the extravagant musical Hello, Dolly! (1969) starring Barbra Streisand, recognized with an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. Kelly co-hosted and appeared in Ziegfeld Follies (1946), That's Entertainment! (1974), That's Entertainment, Part II (1976), That's Dancing! (1985), and That's Entertainment, Part III (1994). His many innovations transformed the Hollywood musical, and he is credited with almost single-handedly making the ballet form commercially acceptable to film audiences. Kelly received an Academy Honorary Award in 1952 for his career achievements; the same year, An American in Paris won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. He later received lifetime achievement awards in the Kennedy Center Honors (1982) and from the Screen Actors Guild and American Film Institute. In 1999, the American Film Institute also ranked him as the 15th greatest male screen legend of Classic Hollywood Cinema.
Known For
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Filmography
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
Movie · as Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee (archive footage)
True Blue
Movie · as (Archive Footage)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Sid & Judy
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
La La La
Movie · as Various Roles (archive footage)
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
Movie · as Self
Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Frank Sinatra: Around the World
Movie · as Self - Guest
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
Movie · as (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Movie · as Self (archive)
Happy Again
Movie · as Don Lockwood (archive footage)
Summer Stock: Get Happy!
Movie · as Joe D. Ross (archive footage) (uncredited)
Easter Parade: On the Avenue
Movie · as Self (Archive Footage)
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive sound)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Movie · as Don Lockwood
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
A Bing Crosby Christmas
Movie · as Self / Narrator (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie · as Self
That's Entertainment! III
Movie · as Self - Host
The Young Girls Turn 25
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Movie · as Self
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
Movie · as Self
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
Movie · as Self
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
Movie · as Self – Interviewee
The Movie Palaces
Movie · as Self
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie · as Self
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sins
TV · as Eric Hovland · 3 eps
That's Dancing!
Movie · as Self - Host
North and South
TV · as Sen. Charles Edwards · 4 eps
Olympic Gala
Movie
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Movie · as Self
Showbiz Goes to War
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Sylvie Vartan: Live in Las Vegas
Movie · as Self
Night of 100 Stars
Movie · as Self
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Reporters
Movie · as Self
Xanadu
Movie · as Danny McGuire
Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights
Movie · as Self
Lucy Moves to NBC
Movie · as Self
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
Movie · as Self
The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait
Movie · as Self
Ersatz
Movie · as Don Lockwood (voice) (archive sound)
Mickey's 50
Movie · as Self
Cinderella at the Palace
Movie · as Host
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
Movie · as Self - Host
Viva Knievel!
Movie · as Will Atkins
An Evening with Gene Kelly
Movie · as Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie · as Self - Host
It's Showtime
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
NBC: The First Fifty Years
Movie · as Self
The Muppet Show
TV · as Self - Special Guest Star · 1 ep
Cérémonie des César
TV · as Self - President · 1 ep
The Lion Roars Again
Movie · as Self
Doug Henning's World of Magic
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Numéro un
TV · as Self · 1 ep
That's Entertainment!
Movie · as Self - Host / Narrator
The Sandy Duncan Special
Movie · as Self
40 Carats
Movie · as Billy Boylan
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back
Movie · as Self - Guest Performer
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Funny Side
TV · as Self - Host · 14 eps
Great Performances
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Jack and the Beanstalk
Movie · as Jeremy Keen, the Peddler
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Movie · as Andy Miller
Omnibus
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort
Movie · as Self
The Julie Andrews Show
Movie · as Self
What a Way to Go!
Movie · as Pinky Benson
Hollywood and the Stars
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Danny Kaye Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Going My Way
TV · as Father Chuck O'Malley · 30 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hollywood: The Golden Years
Movie · as Self - Host
Musikalische Unterhaltung
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self - Co-Host · 2 eps
Inherit the Wind
Movie · as E.K. Hornbeck
Let's Make Love
Movie · as Gene Kelly (uncredited)
Marjorie Morningstar
Movie · as Noel Airman
Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly
Movie · as Self
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
Movie · as Tom T. Triplett
Les Girls
Movie · as Barry Nichols
The Happy Road
Movie · as Michael J. Andrews
Invitation to the Dance
Movie · as Host / Pierrot / The Marine / Sinbad
It's Always Fair Weather
Movie · as Ted Riley
MGM Parade
TV · as Performer in 'Ziegfeld Follies' (archive footage), Self - Actor, self · 1 ep
Brigadoon
Movie · as Tommy Albright
Seagulls Over Sorrento
Movie · as Lieutenant Bradville
Deep in My Heart
Movie · as Performer (segment "Dancing Around")
Reflets de Cannes
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Singin' in the Rain
Movie · as Don Lockwood
The Devil Makes Three
Movie · as Jeff Eliot
Love Is Better Than Ever
Movie · as Gene Kelly (uncredited)
Omnibus
TV · as Self (segment) · 1 ep
An American in Paris
Movie · as Jerry Mulligan
It's a Big Country
Movie · as Icarus Xenophon
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Tom T. Triplett · 1 ep
Black Hand
Movie · as Giovanni E. 'Johnny' Columbo
Summer Stock
Movie · as Joe D. Ross
The Costume Designer
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 2 eps
On the Town
Movie · as Gabey
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Movie · as Eddie O'Brien
The Pirate
Movie · as Serafin
The Three Musketeers
Movie · as D'Artagnan
Words and Music
Movie · as Gene Kelly
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Living in a Big Way
Movie · as Leo Gogarty
Ziegfeld Follies
Movie · as Gentleman (segment "The Babbit and the Bromide")
Anchors Aweigh
Movie · as Joseph Brady
Combat Fatigue Irritability
Movie · as Seaman Bob Lucas
The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Cover Girl
Movie · as Danny McGuire
Christmas Holiday
Movie · as Robert Manette
Twenty Years After
Movie · as (archive footage)
Du Barry Was a Lady
Movie · as Alec Howe / Black Arrow
Thousands Cheer
Movie · as Eddie Marsh
The Cross of Lorraine
Movie · as Victor
Pilot #5
Movie · as Vito S. Alessandro
For Me and My Gal
Movie · as Harry Palmer