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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Kelly, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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True Blue | (Archive Footage) | 2024-09-03 |
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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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And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
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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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Happy Again | Don Lockwood (archive footage) | 2006-01-01 |
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Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again | Self (archive footage) | 2005-08-16 |
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Easter Parade: On the Avenue | Self (Archive Footage) | 2005-03-15 |
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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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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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Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues | Self | 1988-01-02 |
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Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town | Self (archive footage) | 1988-07-14 |
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self | 1988-11-22 |
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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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Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
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The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1982-01-02 |
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Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | 1982-12-31 |
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Sylvie Vartan: Live in Las Vegas | 1982-12-11 | |
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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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Ersatz | Don Lockwood (archive audio) | 1978-01-01 |
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Mickey's 50 | Self | 1978-11-19 |
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The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait | Self | 1978-12-19 |
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An Evening with Gene Kelly | Self | 1977-01-01 |
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Viva Knievel! | Will Atkins | 1977-06-10 |
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Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera | Self - Host | 1977-11-24 |
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It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) | 1976-03-31 |
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That's Entertainment, Part II | Self - Co-Host / Narrator | 1976-05-16 |
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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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Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back | Singer, dancer (Guest Performer) | 1973-11-13 |
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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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Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | 1972-01-10 |
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Jack and the Beanstalk | Jeremy Keen, the Peddler | 1967-02-26 |
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Les Demoiselles de Rochefort | Andy Miller | 1967-03-08 |
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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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Let's Make Love | Gene Kelly (uncredited) | 1960-09-08 |
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Inherit the Wind | E.K. Hornbeck | 1960-07-07 |
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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 Life You Save May Be Your Own | Tom T. Triplett | 1957-03-01 |
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Les Girls | Barry Nichols | 1957-10-03 |
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The Happy Road | Michael J. Andrews | 1957-06-20 |
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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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Love Is Better Than Ever | Gene Kelly (uncredited) | 1952-02-23 |
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Singin' in the Rain | Don Lockwood | 1952-04-09 |
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The Devil Makes Three | Jeff Eliot | 1952-09-19 |
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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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Black Hand | Giovanni E. 'Johnny' Columbo | 1950-03-12 |
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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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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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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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Combat Fatigue Irritability | Seaman Bob Lucas | 1945-01-01 |
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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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Cover Girl | Danny McGuire | 1944-03-22 |
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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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The Cross of Lorraine | Victor | 1943-11-12 |
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Pilot #5 | Vito S. Alessandro | 1943-06-24 |
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For Me and My Gal | Harry Palmer | 1942-10-21 |
