Gene Kelly

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1912-08-23

Deathday 1996-02-02 (83 years old)

Place of Birth Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As 진 켈리

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

Actor

2024
True Blue

as (Archive Footage)

2022
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Sid & Judy

as Self (archive footage)

2018
La La La

as Various Roles (archive footage)

2014
And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2013
Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered

as Self (archive footage)

2013
Talking Pictures

as Self (archive footage)

2006
Happy Again

as Don Lockwood (archive footage)

2005
Easter Parade: On the Avenue

as Self (Archive Footage)

2005
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'

as Self (archive footage)

2004
Judy Garland: By Myself

as Self - Actor (archive sound)

2003
2002
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

as Self (archive footage)

2000
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

as Self (archive footage)

1998
A Bing Crosby Christmas

as Self / Narrator (archive footage)

1994
That's Entertainment! III

as Self - Co-Host / Narrator

1993
The Young Girls Turn 25

as Self (archive footage)

1988
1987
1986
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

as Self (archive footage)

1986
Sins

as Eric Hovland

1985
That's Dancing!

as Self - Host

1985
North and South

as Sen. Charles Edwards

1982
Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

1982
1982
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1982
1981
Reporters

as Self

1980
Xanadu

as Danny McGuire

1980
1978
Mickey's 50

as Self

1978
Ersatz

as Don Lockwood (voice) (archive sound)

1977
Viva Knievel!

as Will Atkins

1976
That's Entertainment, Part II

as Self - Co-Host / Narrator

1976
It's Showtime

as Self (archive footage)

1976
The Muppet Show

as Self - Special Guest Star

1975
Numéro un

as Self

1974
That's Entertainment!

as Self - Host / Narrator

1973
Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back

as Singer, dancer (Guest Performer)

1973
40 Carats

as Billy Boylan

1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1971
The Funny Side

as Self - Host

1971
1967
1967
Jack and the Beanstalk

as Jeremy Keen, the Peddler

1964
What a Way to Go!

as Pinky Benson

1963
Hollywood and the Stars

as Self (archive footage)

1962
Going My Way

as Father Chuck O'Malley

1961
1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

1960
Let's Make Love

as Gene Kelly (uncredited)

1960
Inherit the Wind

as E.K. Hornbeck

1958
Marjorie Morningstar

as Noel Airman

1957
Les Girls

as Barry Nichols

1957
The Happy Road

as Michael J. Andrews

1957
1956
Invitation to the Dance

as Host / Pierrot / The Marine / Sinbad

1955
1955
MGM Parade

as Performer in 'Ziegfeld Follies' (archive footage)

1955
MGM Parade

as Self - Actor

1954
Deep in My Heart

as Performer in Dancing Around

1954
Brigadoon

as Tommy Albright

1954
Seagulls Over Sorrento

as Lieutenant Bradville

1954
1953
The Oscars

as Self

1952
The Devil Makes Three

as Jeff Eliot

1952
Singin' in the Rain

as Don Lockwood

1952
Love Is Better Than Ever

as Gene Kelly (uncredited)

1952
Omnibus

as Self (segment)

1951
It's a Big Country

as Icarus Xenophon

1951
An American in Paris

as Jerry Mulligan

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Tom T. Triplett

1950
Summer Stock

as Joe D. Ross

1950
The Costume Designer

as Self (archive footage)

1950
Black Hand

as Giovanni E. 'Johnny' Columbo

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1949
On the Town

as Gabey

1949
1948
Words and Music

as Gene Kelly

1948
The Three Musketeers

as D'Artagnan

1948
The Pirate

as Serafin

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self (archive footage)

1947
Living in a Big Way

as Leo Gogarty

1945
Ziegfeld Follies

as Gentleman (segment "The Babbit and the Bromide")

1945
Anchors Aweigh

as Joseph Brady

1945
Combat Fatigue Irritability

as Seaman Bob Lucas

1944
Christmas Holiday

as Robert Manette

1944
Cover Girl

as Danny McGuire

1944
Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

1943
1943
Thousands Cheer

as Private Eddie Marsh

1943
Du Barry was a Lady

as Alec Howe / Black Arrow

1943
Pilot #5

as Vito S. Alessandro

1942
For Me and My Gal

as Harry Palmer

Director

1970
1969
Hello, Dolly!

as Director

1967
1964
American in Paris

as Director

1963
Vacation Playhouse

as Director

1962
Gigot

as Director

1958
The Tunnel of Love

as Director

1957
The Happy Road

as Director

1956
1955
1952
1949
On the Town

as Director

Crew

1997
1967
Jack and the Beanstalk

as Choreographer

1964
What a Way to Go!

as Choreographer

1956
Invitation to the Dance

as Choreographer

1955
It's Always Fair Weather

as Choreographer

1954
Brigadoon

as Choreographer

1952
Singin' in the Rain

as Choreographer

1952
Omnibus

as Choreographer

1951
An American in Paris

as Choreographer

1949
1948
The Pirate

as Choreographer

1947
Living in a Big Way

as Choreographer

1945
Anchors Aweigh

as Choreographer

Producer

1970
1967
1957
The Happy Road

as Producer

Art

1958
Badman's Country

as Art Direction