Gene Kelly
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Kelly, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Don Lockwood
Singin' in the Rain
E.K. Hornbeck
Inherit the Wind
Jerry Mulligan
An American in Paris
Danny McGuire
Cover Girl
Gabey
On the Town
Pinky Benson
What a Way to Go!
Harry Palmer
For Me and My Gal
Robert Manette
Christmas Holiday
Noel Airman
Marjorie Morningstar
Eddie O'Brien
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Serafin
The Pirate
Giovanni E. 'Johnny' Columbo
Black Hand
D'Artagnan
The Three Musketeers
Billy Boylan
40 Carats
Self - Host
That's Dancing!
Tom T. Triplett
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
Joe D. Ross
Summer Stock
Gentleman (segment "The Babbit and the Bromide")
Ziegfeld Follies
Barry Nichols
Les Girls
Alec Howe / Black Arrow
Du Barry Was a Lady
Private Eddie Marsh
Thousands Cheer
Danny McGuire
Xanadu
Self
The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait
Host / Pierrot / The Marine / Sinbad
Invitation to the Dance
Joseph Brady
Anchors Aweigh
Ted Riley
It's Always Fair Weather
Tommy Albright
Brigadoon
Self - Host
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
(archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
Jeremy Keen, the Peddler
Jack and the Beanstalk
Icarus Xenophon
It's a Big Country
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
That's Entertainment, Part II
Will Atkins
Viva Knievel!
Victor
The Cross of Lorraine
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
Vito S. Alessandro
Pilot #5
Jeff Eliot
The Devil Makes Three
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Leo Gogarty
Living in a Big Way
Michael J. Andrews
The Happy Road
Self (archive footage)
Les demoiselles ont eu 25 ans
Lieutenant Bradville
Seagulls Over Sorrento
Don Lockwood (voice) (archive sound)
Ersatz
Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Gene Kelly
Words and Music
Self
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (Archive Footage)
Easter Parade: On the Avenue
Self (archive footage)
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
Self (archive footage)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Self (archive footage)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
Self
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
Self - Host
Hollywood: The Golden Years
Self - Host / Narrator
That's Entertainment!
Self - Guest Performer
Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back
Self (archive footage)
Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered
Performer in Dancing Around
Deep in My Heart
Self
Sylvie Vartan: Live in Las Vegas
Self / Narrator (archive footage)
A Bing Crosby Christmas
Self
Reporters
Self
An Evening with Gene Kelly
Self
Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly
Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
That's Entertainment! III
Self - Actor (archive sound)
Judy Garland: By Myself
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
Self
Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights
Self
The Movie Palaces
Gene Kelly (uncredited)
Let's Make Love
Seaman Bob Lucas
Combat Fatigue Irritability
Self
Lucy Moves to NBC
Self
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
(archive footage)
Twenty Years After
Self
The Sandy Duncan Special
Self
The Julie Andrews Show
Don Lockwood (archive footage)
Happy Again
Self (archive footage)
The Costume Designer
Gene Kelly (uncredited)
Love Is Better Than Ever
Self (archive footage)
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
Various Roles (archive footage)
La La La
Self
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime
Self
Mickey's 50
Narrator (voice)
The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific
Self (archive footage)
Sid & Judy
Self - Guest
Frank Sinatra: Around the World
Andy Miller
Les Demoiselles de Rochefort
Self
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
Self (archive footage)
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
Self
The Lion Roars Again
Self
Night of 100 Stars
(Archive Footage)
True Blue
(archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
Self (archive)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Self (archive footage)
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
Don Lockwood
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee (archive footage)
Gene Kelly mène la danse
Himself
Achter het scherm: Les demoiselles de Rochefort
Joe D. Ross (archive footage) (uncredited)
Summer Stock: Get Happy!
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
101
Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-08-23
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
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