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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Kelly, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 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)
- 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 · Talking Pictures as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 · Frank Sinatra: Around the World as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing as Self (archive)
- 2009 · Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical as Self (archive)
- 2006 · Happy Again as Don Lockwood (archive footage)
- 2005 · Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again as Self (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 · 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 · The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
- 1994 · That's Entertainment! III as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
- 1993 · The Young Girls Turn 25 as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 · Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash as Self
- 1990 · You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story as Self
- 1988 · James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self
- 1988 · Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town as Self (archive footage)
- 1988 · Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues as Self
- 1987 · The Movie Palaces as Self
- 1986 · Sins as Eric Hovland
- 1986 · The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years as Self (archive footage)
- 1985 · North and South as Sen. Charles Edwards
- 1985 · That's Dancing! as Self - Host
- 1983 · James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self
- 1982 · Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
- 1982 · Sylvie Vartan: Live in Las Vegas as
- 1982 · Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1982 · The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1981 · Reporters as Self
- 1980 · Xanadu as Danny McGuire
- 1980 · Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights as Self
- 1980 · Lucy Moves to NBC as Self
- 1979 · Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years as Self
- 1978 · The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- 1978 · The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait as Self
- 1978 · Mickey's 50 as Self
- 1978 · Ersatz as Don Lockwood (voice) (archive sound)
- 1977 · Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera as Self - Host
- 1977 · Viva Knievel! as Will Atkins
- 1977 · An Evening with Gene Kelly as Self
- 1976 · The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star
- 1976 · That's Entertainment, Part II as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
- 1976 · It's Showtime as Self (archive footage)
- 1975 · Doug Henning's World of Magic as Self
- 1975 · Numéro un as Self
- 1975 · The Lion Roars Again as Self
- 1974 · The Sandy Duncan Special as Self
- 1974 · That's Entertainment! as Self - Host / Narrator
- 1973 · Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back as Singer, dancer (Guest Performer)
- 1973 · The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
- 1973 · 40 Carats as Billy Boylan
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- 1973 · The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli as Self (archive footage)
- 1972 · Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
- 1971 · The Funny Side as Self - Host
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self
- 1967 · The Young Girls of Rochefort as Andy Miller
- 1967 · Jack and the Beanstalk as Jeremy Keen, the Peddler
- 1965 · The Julie Andrews Show as Self
- 1964 · What a Way to Go! as Pinky Benson
- 1963 · Hollywood and the Stars as Self (archive footage)
- 1963 · The Danny Kaye Show as Self
- 1962 · Going My Way as Father Chuck O'Malley
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
- 1961 · Musikalische Unterhaltung as Self
- 1961 · Hollywood: The Golden Years as Self - Host
- 1960 · Let's Make Love as Gene Kelly (uncredited)
- 1960 · Inherit the Wind as E.K. Hornbeck
- 1958 · Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly as Self
- 1958 · Marjorie Morningstar as Noel Airman
- 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 · MGM Parade as Performer in 'Ziegfeld Follies' (archive footage)
- 1955 · MGM Parade as Self - Actor
- 1955 · It's Always Fair Weather as Ted Riley
- 1954 · Deep in My Heart as Performer in Dancing Around
- 1954 · Brigadoon as Tommy Albright
- 1954 · Seagulls Over Sorrento as Lieutenant Bradville
- 1954 · Reflets de Cannes as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · Omnibus as Self (segment)
- 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)
- 1951 · It's a Big Country as Icarus Xenophon
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Tom T. Triplett
- 1951 · An American in Paris as Jerry Mulligan
- 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 · Take Me Out to the Ball Game as Eddie O'Brien
- 1948 · Words and Music as Gene Kelly
- 1948 · The Three Musketeers as D'Artagnan
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self (archive footage)
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1948 · The Pirate as Serafin
- 1947 · Living in a Big Way as Leo Gogarty
- 1945 · The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · The Cross of Lorraine as Victor
- 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