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.
132 acting credits · 16 directing credits
Acting · 132
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Great Performances
1971
Champs-Elysées
1982
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
What's My Line?
1950
Omnibus
1967
The Oscars
1953
North and South
1985
Omnibus
1952
Numéro un
1975
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Film '72
1971
The Muppet Show
1976
MGM Parade
1955
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Singin' in the Rain
1952
Cérémonie des César
1976
Going My Way
1962
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
Reflets de Cannes
1954
Talking Pictures
2013
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Night of 100 Stars
1982
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967
Sins
1986
Xanadu
1980
An American in Paris
1951
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
Let's Make Love
1960
Inherit the Wind
1960
The Three Musketeers
1948
Anchors Aweigh
1945
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
Doug Henning's World of Magic
1975
On the Town
1949
Brigadoon
1954
Cover Girl
1944
40 Carats
1973
What a Way to Go!
1964
Hollywood and the Stars
1963
The Pirate
1948
Les Girls
1957
It's Always Fair Weather
1955
The Funny Side
1971
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986
Mickey's 50
1978
That's Dancing!
1985
That's Entertainment!
1974
Sid & Judy
2019
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Words and Music
1948
That's Entertainment! III
1994
Summer Stock
1950
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
Musikalische Unterhaltung
1961
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988
It's Showtime
1976
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988
Marjorie Morningstar
1958
Christmas Holiday
1944
Twenty Years After
1944
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
It's a Big Country
1951
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
1982
Pilot #5
1943
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
Viva Knievel!
1977
The Lion Roars Again
1975
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
Deep in My Heart
1954
Black Hand
1950
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949
Love Is Better Than Ever
1952
Thousands Cheer
1943
A Bing Crosby Christmas
1998
La La La
2018
Jack and the Beanstalk
1967
For Me and My Gal
1942
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
2005
The Happy Road
1957
Invitation to the Dance
1956
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
2003
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009
NBC: The First Fifty Years
1976
Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights
1980
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000
Living in a Big Way
1947
The Cross of Lorraine
1943
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
1979
Seagulls Over Sorrento
1954
Reporters
1981
The Costume Designer
1950
The Young Girls Turn 25
1993
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
1990
Cinderella at the Palace
1978
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
2017
The Devil Makes Three
1952
The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait
1978
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
2005
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
1977
Combat Fatigue Irritability
1945
Easter Parade: On the Avenue
2005
Lucy Moves to NBC
1980
The Julie Andrews Show
1965
Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort
1966
The Sandy Duncan Special
1974
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
1957
Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly
1958
True Blue
2025
Sylvie Vartan: Live in Las Vegas
1982
Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back
1973
Ersatz
1978
The Movie Palaces
1987
Summer Stock: Get Happy!
2006
The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific
1945
Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered
2013
Happy Again
2006
Frank Sinatra: Around the World
2011
Hollywood: The Golden Years
1961
An Evening with Gene Kelly
1977
Directing · 16
Singin' in the Rain
1952
Vacation Playhouse
1963
Hello, Dolly!
1969
A Guide for the Married Man
1967
On the Town
1949
It's Always Fair Weather
1955
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Jack and the Beanstalk
1967
The Happy Road
1957
Invitation to the Dance
1956
Gigot
1962
The Tunnel of Love
1958
Combat Fatigue Irritability
1945
American in Paris
1964
Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly
1958