Gene Kelly
Acting
Born: August 23, 1912 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: February 2, 1996 (aged 83)
Highest Rated
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
Singin' in the Rain
1952
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967
An American in Paris
1951
Inherit the Wind
1960
Hello, Dolly!
1969
The Muppet Show
1976
On the Town
1949
Xanadu
1980
Cats Don't Dance
1997
Let's Make Love
1960
North and South
1985
Brigadoon
1954
Photos (9)
Movies (51)
Singin' in the Rain
Don Lockwood
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Andy Miller
An American in Paris
Jerry Mulligan
The Three Musketeers
D'Artagnan
On the Town
Gabey
Cover Girl
Danny McGuire
Inherit the Wind
E.K. Hornbeck
Xanadu
Danny McGuire
Let's Make Love
Gene Kelly (uncredited)
The Pirate
Serafin
Anchors Aweigh
Joseph Brady
Brigadoon
Tommy Albright
What a Way to Go!
Pinky Benson
Summer Stock
Joe D. Ross
Deep in My Heart
Performer (segment "Dancing Around")
40 Carats
Billy Boylan
Marjorie Morningstar
Noel Airman
Ziegfeld Follies
Gentleman (segment "The Babbit and the Bromide")
It's Always Fair Weather
Ted Riley
Du Barry Was a Lady
Alec Howe / Black Arrow
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Eddie O'Brien
Les Girls
Barry Nichols
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
Thousands Cheer
Eddie Marsh
Words and Music
Gene Kelly
It's a Big Country
Icarus Xenophon
Viva Knievel!
Will Atkins
Black Hand
Giovanni E. 'Johnny' Columbo
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jeremy Keen, the Peddler
The Cross of Lorraine
Victor
For Me and My Gal
Harry Palmer
Ersatz
Don Lockwood (voice) (archive sound)
Combat Fatigue Irritability
Seaman Bob Lucas
Christmas Holiday
Robert Manette
Living in a Big Way
Leo Gogarty
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
Pilot #5
Vito S. Alessandro
Love Is Better Than Ever
Gene Kelly (uncredited)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Don Lockwood
The Devil Makes Three
Jeff Eliot
La La La
Various Roles (archive footage)
The Happy Road
Michael J. Andrews
Cinderella at the Palace
Host
Invitation to the Dance
Host / Pierrot / The Marine / Sinbad
True Blue
(Archive Footage)
Seagulls Over Sorrento
Lieutenant Bradville
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
(archive footage)
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
Tom T. Triplett
The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific
Narrator (voice)
Summer Stock: Get Happy!
Joe D. Ross (archive footage) (uncredited)
Happy Again
Don Lockwood (archive footage)
TV Shows (6)
North and South
Sen. Charles Edwards · 1 eps
MGM Parade
Performer in 'Ziegfeld Follies' (archive footage) · 1 eps
MGM Parade
2 eps
Going My Way
Father Chuck O'Malley · 30 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Tom T. Triplett · 1 eps
Sins
Eric Hovland · 3 eps
Self / Appearances (67)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host · 2 eps
Great Performances
Self · 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 3 eps
Omnibus
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 5 eps
Champs-Elysées
Self · 1 eps
What's My Line?
Self · 2 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 3 eps
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star · 1 eps
Omnibus
Self (segment) · 1 eps
Numéro un
Self · 1 eps
Cérémonie des César
Self - President · 1 eps
MGM Parade
Self - Actor · 1 eps
MGM Parade
Self · 2 eps
MGM Parade
self · 3 eps
The Danny Kaye Show
Self · 1 eps
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self · 1 eps
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self · 3 eps
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · 2 eps
Reflets de Cannes
Self · 2 eps
Hollywood and the Stars
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
That's Entertainment! III
Self - Host
That's Entertainment!
Self - Host / Narrator
That's Dancing!
Self - Host
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Self (archive footage)
Reporters
Self
Night of 100 Stars
Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
Self - Host
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
Doug Henning's World of Magic
Self · 1 eps
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
Self – Interviewee
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Self (archive)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self
Judy Garland: By Myself
Self - Actor (archive sound)
Sid & Judy
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
NBC: The First Fifty Years
Self
The Costume Designer
Self (archive footage)
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
Mickey's 50
Self
A Bing Crosby Christmas
Self / Narrator (archive footage)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
Self
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
Self
The Young Girls Turn 25
Self (archive footage)
Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort
Self
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
Self
Lucy Moves to NBC
Self
Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights
Self
The Julie Andrews Show
Self
The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait
Self
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
Self (archive footage)
Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly
Self
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
Self - Narrator (voice)
Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back
Self - Guest Performer
Frank Sinatra: Around the World
Self - Guest
The Sandy Duncan Special
Self
The Movie Palaces
Self
Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered
Self (archive footage)
Directing (15)
Singin' in the Rain
Director
Hello, Dolly!
Director
On the Town
Director
The Cheyenne Social Club
Director
A Guide for the Married Man
Director
It's Always Fair Weather
Director
Gigot
Director
That's Entertainment, Part II
Director
Jack and the Beanstalk
Director
Combat Fatigue Irritability
Director
American in Paris
Director
The Tunnel of Love
Director
The Happy Road
Director
Invitation to the Dance
Director
Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly
Director
Writing (3)
Producing (3)
Other Crew (15)
Omnibus
Choreographer
Singin' in the Rain
Choreographer
An American in Paris
Choreographer
Cats Don't Dance
Thanks
The Pirate
Choreographer
Anchors Aweigh
Choreographer
Brigadoon
Choreographer
What a Way to Go!
Choreographer
It's Always Fair Weather
Choreographer
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Choreographer
Jack and the Beanstalk
Choreographer
Badman's Country
Art Direction
Living in a Big Way
Choreographer
Invitation to the Dance
Choreographer
Starstruck: Gene Kelly's Love Letter to Ballet
Choreographer