1912-08-23 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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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True Blue | (Archive Footage) | 2025-05-23 |
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Gene Kelly mène la danse | Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee (archive footage) | 2025-01-02 |
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Sid & Judy | Self (archive footage) | 2019-06-26 |
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La La La | Various Roles (archive footage) | 2018-11-25 |
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Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered | Self (archive footage) | 2013-01-01 |
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Frank Sinatra: Around the World | Self - Guest | 2011-10-13 |
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing | (archive footage) | 2009-12-31 |
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical | Self (archive) | 2009-03-10 |
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Happy Again | Don Lockwood (archive footage) | 2006-01-01 |
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Summer Stock: Get Happy! | Joe D. Ross (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2006-04-25 |
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Easter Parade: On the Avenue | Self (Archive Footage) | 2005-03-15 |
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Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again | Self (archive footage) | 2005-08-16 |
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Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' | Self (archive footage) | 2005-03-15 |
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Judy Garland: By Myself | Self - Actor (archive sound) | 2004-02-25 |
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies | Don Lockwood | 2004-06-22 |
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Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour | Self (archive footage) | 2003-04-22 |
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Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer | Self (archive footage) | 2002-09-24 |
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Hollywood Musicals of the 40's | Self (archive footage) | 2000-09-01 |
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A Bing Crosby Christmas | Self / Narrator (archive footage) | 1998-01-01 |
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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995-06-05 |
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That's Entertainment! III | Self - Co-Host / Narrator | 1994-07-01 |
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Les demoiselles ont eu 25 ans | Self (archive footage) | 1993-05-19 |
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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story | Self | 1990-07-23 |
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Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash | Self | 1990-11-30 |
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Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town | Self (archive footage) | 1988-07-14 |
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Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues | Self | 1988-01-02 |
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self | 1987-03-13 |
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The Movie Palaces | Self | 1987-06-25 |
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The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years | Self (archive footage) | 1986-01-21 |
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That's Dancing! | Self - Host | 1985-01-18 |
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James Bond: The First 21 Years | Self | 1983-05-27 |
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The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1982-01-02 |
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Sylvie Vartan: Live in Las Vegas | Self | 1982-12-11 |
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Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | 1982-12-31 |
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Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
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Reporters | Self | 1981-06-10 |
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Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights | Self | 1980-04-13 |
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Lucy Moves to NBC | Self | 1980-02-08 |
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Xanadu | Danny McGuire | 1980-08-08 |
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Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years | Self | 1979-12-13 |
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Mickey's 50 | Self | 1978-11-19 |
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Ersatz | Don Lockwood (voice) (archive sound) | 1978-01-01 |
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The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait | Self | 1978-12-19 |
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Cinderella at the Palace | Host | 1978-11-02 |
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An Evening with Gene Kelly | Self | 1977-01-01 |
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Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera | Self - Host | 1977-11-24 |
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Viva Knievel! | Will Atkins | 1977-06-10 |
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That's Entertainment, Part II | Self - Co-Host / Narrator | 1976-05-16 |
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It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) | 1976-03-31 |
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The Lion Roars Again | Self | 1975-01-01 |
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That's Entertainment! | Self - Host / Narrator | 1974-06-21 |
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The Sandy Duncan Special | Self | 1974-11-13 |
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli | Self (archive footage) | 1973-01-01 |
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40 Carats | Billy Boylan | 1973-06-28 |
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Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back | Self - Guest Performer | 1973-11-13 |
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | 1972-01-10 |
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Les Demoiselles de Rochefort | Andy Miller | 1967-03-08 |
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Jack and the Beanstalk | Jeremy Keen, the Peddler | 1967-02-26 |
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Achter het scherm: Les demoiselles de Rochefort | Himself | 1966-01-01 |
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The Julie Andrews Show | Self | 1965-12-24 |
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What a Way to Go! | Pinky Benson | 1964-07-31 |
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Hollywood: The Golden Years | Self - Host | 1961-01-01 |
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Inherit the Wind | E.K. Hornbeck | 1960-07-07 |
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Let's Make Love | Gene Kelly (uncredited) | 1960-09-08 |
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Marjorie Morningstar | Noel Airman | 1958-04-24 |
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Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly | Self | 1958-12-21 |
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The Happy Road | Michael J. Andrews | 1957-06-20 |
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Les Girls | Barry Nichols | 1957-10-03 |
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The Life You Save May Be Your Own | Tom T. Triplett | 1957-03-01 |
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Invitation to the Dance | Host / Pierrot / The Marine / Sinbad | 1956-05-22 |
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It's Always Fair Weather | Ted Riley | 1955-08-30 |
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Deep in My Heart | Performer in Dancing Around | 1954-12-09 |
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Seagulls Over Sorrento | Lieutenant Bradville | 1954-07-13 |
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Brigadoon | Tommy Albright | 1954-09-08 |
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The Devil Makes Three | Jeff Eliot | 1952-09-19 |
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Singin' in the Rain | Don Lockwood | 1952-04-10 |
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Love Is Better Than Ever | Gene Kelly (uncredited) | 1952-02-23 |
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An American in Paris | Jerry Mulligan | 1951-09-26 |
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It's a Big Country | Icarus Xenophon | 1951-11-20 |
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The Costume Designer | Self (archive footage) | 1950-07-13 |
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Summer Stock | Joe D. Ross | 1950-08-31 |
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Black Hand | Giovanni E. 'Johnny' Columbo | 1950-03-12 |
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game | Eddie O'Brien | 1949-03-09 |
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On the Town | Gabey | 1949-12-08 |
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The Three Musketeers | D'Artagnan | 1948-10-20 |
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Words and Music | Gene Kelly | 1948-12-31 |
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The Pirate | Serafin | 1948-06-11 |
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Living in a Big Way | Leo Gogarty | 1947-06-10 |
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Ziegfeld Follies | Gentleman (segment "The Babbit and the Bromide") | 1945-08-26 |
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Combat Fatigue Irritability | Seaman Bob Lucas | 1945-01-01 |
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Anchors Aweigh | Joseph Brady | 1945-08-13 |
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The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific | Narrator (voice) | 1945-12-28 |
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Cover Girl | Danny McGuire | 1944-03-22 |
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Christmas Holiday | Robert Manette | 1944-07-31 |
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Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | 1944-01-01 |
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Pilot #5 | Vito S. Alessandro | 1943-06-24 |
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The Cross of Lorraine | Victor | 1943-11-12 |
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Du Barry Was a Lady | Alec Howe / Black Arrow | 1943-08-13 |
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Thousands Cheer | Private Eddie Marsh | 1943-09-13 |
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For Me and My Gal | Harry Palmer | 1942-10-21 |
