Gene Kelly
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-08-23
Day of Death
1996-02-02 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2025)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
as Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee (archive footage)
(2024)
True Blue
as (Archive Footage)
(2019)
Sid & Judy
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
La La La
as Various Roles (archive footage)
(2016)
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
Frank Sinatra: Around the World
as Self - Guest
(2009)
(2009)
(2006)
Happy Again
as Don Lockwood (archive footage)
(2005)
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
as Self (archive footage)
(2005)
Easter Parade: On the Avenue
as Self (Archive Footage)
(2005)
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
(2004)
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self - Actor (archive sound)
(2003)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
as Self (archive footage)
(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)
(1995)
(1994)
That's Entertainment! III
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
(1993)
The Young Girls Turn 25
as Self (archive footage)
(1990)
(1990)
(1988)
(1988)
(1988)
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
as Self (archive footage)
(1987)
The Movie Palaces
as Self
(1986)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
as Self (archive footage)
(1985)
That's Dancing!
as Self - Host
(1983)
(1982)
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(1982)
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
(1982)
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1982)
(1981)
Reporters
as Self
(1980)
Xanadu
as Danny McGuire
(1980)
(1980)
Lucy Moves to NBC
as Self
(1979)
(1978)
Mickey's 50
as Self
(1978)
Ersatz
as Don Lockwood (voice) (archive sound)
(1978)
(1977)
Viva Knievel!
as Will Atkins
(1977)
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
as Self - Host
(1977)
An Evening with Gene Kelly
as Self
(1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
(1976)
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
(1975)
The Lion Roars Again
as Self
(1974)
That's Entertainment!
as Self - Host / Narrator
(1974)
The Sandy Duncan Special
as Self
(1973)
40 Carats
as Billy Boylan
(1973)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
(1973)
Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back
as Self - Guest Performer
(1972)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(1967)
The Young Girls of Rochefort
as Andy Miller
(1967)
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Jeremy Keen, the Peddler
(1966)
(1965)
The Julie Andrews Show
as Self
(1964)
What a Way to Go!
as Pinky Benson
(1961)
Hollywood: The Golden Years
as Self - Host
(1960)
Inherit the Wind
as E.K. Hornbeck
(1960)
Let's Make Love
as Gene Kelly (uncredited)
(1958)
Marjorie Morningstar
as Noel Airman
(1958)
(1957)
Les Girls
as Barry Nichols
(1957)
The Happy Road
as Michael J. Andrews
(1957)
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
as Tom T. Triplett
(1956)
Invitation to the Dance
as Host / Pierrot / The Marine / Sinbad
(1955)
It's Always Fair Weather
as Ted Riley
(1954)
Brigadoon
as Tommy Albright
(1954)
Deep in My Heart
as Performer in Dancing Around
(1954)
Seagulls Over Sorrento
as Lieutenant Bradville
(1952)
Singin' in the Rain
as Don Lockwood
(1952)
Love Is Better Than Ever
as Gene Kelly (uncredited)
(1952)
The Devil Makes Three
as Jeff Eliot
(1951)
An American in Paris
as Jerry Mulligan
(1951)
It's a Big Country
as Icarus Xenophon
(1950)
Summer Stock
as Joe D. Ross
(1950)
Black Hand
as Giovanni E. 'Johnny' Columbo
(1950)
The Costume Designer
as Self (archive footage)
(1949)
On the Town
as Gabey
(1949)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
as Eddie O'Brien
(1948)
The Three Musketeers
as D'Artagnan
(1948)
The Pirate
as Serafin
(1948)
Words and Music
as Gene Kelly
(1947)
Living in a Big Way
as Leo Gogarty
(1945)
Anchors Aweigh
as Joseph Brady
(1945)
Ziegfeld Follies
as Gentleman (segment "The Babbit and the Bromide")
(1945)
The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific
as Narrator (voice)
(1945)
Combat Fatigue Irritability
as Seaman Bob Lucas
(1944)
Cover Girl
as Danny McGuire
(1944)
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
(1944)
Christmas Holiday
as Robert Manette
(1943)
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Alec Howe / Black Arrow
(1943)
Thousands Cheer
as Private Eddie Marsh
(1943)
The Cross of Lorraine
as Victor
(1943)
Pilot #5
as Vito S. Alessandro
(1942)
For Me and My Gal
as Harry Palmer
Crew
(2021)
Starstruck: Gene Kelly's Love Letter to Ballet
Choreographer
(1997)
Cats Don't Dance
Thanks
(1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II
Director
(1970)
The Cheyenne Social Club
Director, Producer
(1969)
Hello, Dolly!
Director
(1967)
A Guide for the Married Man
Director
(1967)
Jack and the Beanstalk
Director, Choreographer, Producer
(1964)
American in Paris
Director
(1964)
What a Way to Go!
Choreographer
(1962)
Gigot
Director
(1958)
The Tunnel of Love
Director
(1958)
Badman's Country
Art Direction
(1958)
(1957)
The Happy Road
Producer, Director
(1956)
Invitation to the Dance
Director, Writer, Choreographer
(1955)
It's Always Fair Weather
Choreographer, Director
(1954)
Brigadoon
Choreographer
(1952)
Singin' in the Rain
Director, Choreographer
(1951)
An American in Paris
Choreographer
(1949)
On the Town
Director
(1949)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Choreographer, Story
(1948)
The Pirate
Choreographer
(1947)
Living in a Big Way
Choreographer
(1945)
Combat Fatigue Irritability
Director
(1945)
Anchors Aweigh
Choreographer