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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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Filmography
all 131
Movies 104
self 70
TV Shows 27
Director 8
Narrator 1
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées (2022)
Starstruck: Gene Kelly's Love Letter to Ballet (2021)
Sid & Judy (2019)
La La La (2018)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Moses of Prosthesis (2013)
Talking Pictures (2013)
Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered (2013)
Frank Sinatra: Around the World (2011)
Swan Lake (2008)
Going Back to Xanadu (2008)
Happy Again (2006)
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again (2005)
Easter Parade: On the Avenue (2005)
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' (2005)
Judy Garland: By Myself (2004)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour (2003)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's (2000)
A Bing Crosby Christmas (1998)
Cats Don't Dance (1997)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash (1990)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1988)
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town (1988)
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues (1988)
The Movie Palaces (1987)
Sins (1986)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
North and South (1985)
That's Dancing! (1985)
James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983)
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
Champs-Elysées (1982)
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982)
Reporters (1981)
Xanadu (1980)
Omnibus (1980)
Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights (1980)
Lucy Moves to NBC (1980)
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years (1979)
The Kennedy Center Honors (1978)
The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait (1978)
Mickey's 50 (1978)
Ersatz (1978)
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera (1977)
Viva Knievel! (1977)
An Evening with Gene Kelly (1977)
The Muppet Show (1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
It's Showtime (1976)
Doug Henning's World of Magic (1975)
Numéro un (1975)
The Lion Roars Again (1975)
The Sandy Duncan Special (1974)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back (1973)
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1973)
40 Carats (1973)
The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
The Funny Side (1971)
Great Performances (1971)
The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
Jack and the Beanstalk (1967)
The Julie Andrews Show (1965)
What a Way to Go! (1964)
American in Paris (1964)
Hollywood and the Stars (1963)
The Danny Kaye Show (1963)
Vacation Playhouse (1963)
Gigot (1962)
Going My Way (1962)
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
Musikalische Unterhaltung (1961)
Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961)
Here's Hollywood (1960)
Let's Make Love (1960)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
The Tunnel of Love (1958)
Badman's Country (1958)
Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
Les Girls (1957)
The Happy Road (1957)
The Life You Save May Be Your Own (1957)
Invitation to the Dance (1956)
MGM Parade (1955)
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (1955)
Deep in My Heart (1954)
Brigadoon (1954)
Seagulls Over Sorrento (1954)
The Oscars (1953)
Omnibus (1952)
The Devil Makes Three (1952)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)
It's a Big Country (1951)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
An American in Paris (1951)
Summer Stock (1950)
The Costume Designer (1950)
Black Hand (1950)
What's My Line? (1950)
On the Town (1949)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
Words and Music (1948)
The Three Musketeers (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
The Pirate (1948)
Living in a Big Way (1947)
The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific (1945)
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Combat Fatigue Irritability (1945)
Christmas Holiday (1944)
Cover Girl (1944)
Twenty Years After (1944)
The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
Thousands Cheer (1943)
Du Barry was a Lady (1943)
Pilot #5 (1943)
For Me and My Gal (1942)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1912-08-23
Deathday1996-02-02 (83 years old)
Birth NameEugene Curran Kelly
Birth PlacePittsburgh, United States of America
Religionagnosticism
Height173-centimeter
RelationshipsBetsy Blair (1941-01-01 - 1957-04-01), Jeanne Coyne (1960-01-01 - 1973-05-10)
FatherJames Patrick Joseph Kelly
MotherHarriet Catherine Curran
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsДжин Келли, 진 켈리
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, AFI Life Achievement Award, Golden Bear, National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Center Honors, Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program, Academy Honorary Award, Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
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