Gene Kelly
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.
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Acted in
True Blue
2024
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Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Sid & Judy
2019
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La La La
2018
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2016
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And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
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Talking Pictures
2013
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Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered
2013
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Frank Sinatra: Around the World
2011
as Self - Guest
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009
as Self (archive)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
as Self (archive)
Happy Again
2006
as Don Lockwood (archive footage)
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Easter Parade: On the Avenue
2005
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Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
as Self - Actor (archive sound)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
2003
as Self (Archive Footage)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000
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A Bing Crosby Christmas
1998
as Self / Narrator (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
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That's Entertainment! III
1994
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
The Young Girls Turn 25
1993
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Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
1990
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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1988
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Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988
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Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988
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The Movie Palaces
1987
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Sins
1986
as Eric Hovland
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986
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North and South
1985
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That's Dancing!
1985
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James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
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Showbiz Goes to War
1982
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Sylvie Vartan: Live in Las Vegas
1982
Night of 100 Stars
1982
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The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
1982
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Reporters
1981
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Xanadu
1980
as Danny McGuire
Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights
1980
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Lucy Moves to NBC
1980
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Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
1979
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The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
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The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait
1978
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Mickey's 50
1978
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Ersatz
1978
as Don Lockwood (voice) (archive sound)
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
1977
as Self - Host
Viva Knievel!
1977
as Will Atkins
An Evening with Gene Kelly
1977
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The Muppet Show
1976
as Self - Special Guest Star
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
It's Showtime
1976
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Doug Henning's World of Magic
1975
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Numéro un
1975
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The Lion Roars Again
1975
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The Sandy Duncan Special
1974
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That's Entertainment!
1974
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Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back
1973
as Singer, dancer (Guest Performer)
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
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40 Carats
1973
as Billy Boylan
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
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The Funny Side
1971
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Great Performances
1971
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The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967
as Andy Miller
Jack and the Beanstalk
1967
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The Julie Andrews Show
1965
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What a Way to Go!
1964
as Pinky Benson
Hollywood and the Stars
1963
as Self (archive footage)
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
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Going My Way
1962
as Father Chuck O'Malley
Musikalische Unterhaltung
1961
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Hollywood: The Golden Years
1961
as Self - Host
Let's Make Love
1960
as Gene Kelly (uncredited)
Inherit the Wind
1960
as E.K. Hornbeck
Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly
1958
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Marjorie Morningstar
1958
as Noel Airman
Les Girls
1957
as Barry Nichols
The Happy Road
1957
as Michael J. Andrews
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
1957
as Tom T. Triplett
Invitation to the Dance
1956
as Host / Pierrot / The Marine / Sinbad
MGM Parade
1955
as Performer in 'Ziegfeld Follies' (archive footage)
MGM Parade
1955
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It's Always Fair Weather
1955
as Ted Riley
Deep in My Heart
1954
as Performer in Dancing Around
Brigadoon
1954
as Tommy Albright
Seagulls Over Sorrento
1954
as Lieutenant Bradville
Reflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
The Oscars
1953
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The Devil Makes Three
1952
as Jeff Eliot
Singin' in the Rain
1952
as Don Lockwood
Love Is Better Than Ever
1952
as Gene Kelly (uncredited)
It's a Big Country
1951
as Icarus Xenophon
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Tom T. Triplett
An American in Paris
1951
as Jerry Mulligan
Summer Stock
1950
as Joe D. Ross
The Costume Designer
1950
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Black Hand
1950
as Giovanni E. 'Johnny' Columbo
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
On the Town
1949
as Gabey
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949
as Eddie O'Brien
Words and Music
1948
as Gene Kelly
The Three Musketeers
1948
as D'Artagnan
The Pirate
1948
as Serafin
Living in a Big Way
1947
as Leo Gogarty
The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific
1945
as Narrator (voice)
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
as Gentleman (segment "The Babbit and the Bromide")
Anchors Aweigh
1945
as Joseph Brady
Combat Fatigue Irritability
1945
as Seaman Bob Lucas
Christmas Holiday
1944
as Robert Manette
Cover Girl
1944
as Danny McGuire
Twenty Years After
1944
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The Cross of Lorraine
1943
as Victor
Thousands Cheer
1943
as Private Eddie Marsh
Du Barry was a Lady
1943
as Alec Howe / Black Arrow
Pilot #5
1943
as Vito S. Alessandro
For Me and My Gal
1942
as Harry Palmer