Gene Kelly
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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.
Known for
Credits
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
as Don Lockwood
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
as Andy Miller
An American in Paris (1951)
as Jerry Mulligan
Let's Make Love (1960)
as Gene Kelly (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers (1948)
as D'Artagnan
Xanadu (1980)
as Danny McGuire
Inherit the Wind (1960)
as E.K. Hornbeck
The Pirate (1948)
as Serafin
On the Town (1949)
as Gabey
Cover Girl (1944)
as Danny McGuire
Olympic Gala (1984)
Actor
What a Way to Go! (1964)
as Pinky Benson
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
as Joseph Brady
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as Self - Host / Narrator
Brigadoon (1954)
as Tommy Albright
Summer Stock (1950)
as Joe D. Ross
That's Dancing! (1985)
as Self - Host
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
as Gentleman (segment "The Babbit and the Bromide")
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as Self - Host
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
as Ted Riley
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
as Alec Howe / Black Arrow
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
as Self (archive footage)
40 Carats (1973)
as Billy Boylan
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
as Eddie O'Brien
Deep in My Heart (1954)
as Performer (segment "Dancing Around")
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
It's Showtime (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Words and Music (1948)
as Gene Kelly
Les Girls (1957)
as Barry Nichols
Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
as Noel Airman
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (2009)
as Self (archive)
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town (1988)
as Self – Interviewee
Thousands Cheer (1943)
as Eddie Marsh
Twenty Years After (1944)
as (archive footage)
Black Hand (1950)
as Giovanni E. 'Johnny' Columbo
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as Self - Host
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood (2025)
as Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee (archive footage)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990)
as Self
It's a Big Country (1951)
as Icarus Xenophon
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self
Reporters (1981)
as Self
Jack and the Beanstalk (1967)
as Jeremy Keen, the Peddler
For Me and My Gal (1942)
as Harry Palmer
The Lion Roars Again (1975)
as Self
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973)
as Self (archive footage)
Viva Knievel! (1977)
as Will Atkins
The Devil Makes Three (1952)
as Jeff Eliot
Judy Garland: By Myself (2004)
as Self - Actor (archive sound)
James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983)
as Self
Living in a Big Way (1947)
as Leo Gogarty
The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
as Victor
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
Sid & Judy (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
The Costume Designer (1950)
as Self (archive footage)
Mickey's 50 (1978)
as Self
NBC: The First Fifty Years (1976)
as Self
La La La (2018)
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
as (archive footage)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004)
as Don Lockwood
Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)
as Gene Kelly (uncredited)
Christmas Holiday (1944)
as Robert Manette
Ersatz (1978)
as Don Lockwood (voice) (archive sound)
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues (1988)
as Self
The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)
as Self (archive footage)
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Invitation to the Dance (1956)
as Host / Pierrot / The Marine / Sinbad
The Happy Road (1957)
as Michael J. Andrews
The Julie Andrews Show (1965)
as Self
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera (1977)
as Self - Host
Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights (1980)
as Self
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash (1990)
as Self
Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort (1966)
as Self
Seagulls Over Sorrento (1954)
as Lieutenant Bradville
Lucy Moves to NBC (1980)
as Self
A Bing Crosby Christmas (1998)
as Self / Narrator (archive footage)
Cinderella at the Palace (1978)
as Host
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009)
as (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years (1979)
as Self
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala (2017)
as Self
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Pilot #5 (1943)
as Vito S. Alessandro
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly (1958)
as Self
The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait (1978)
as Self
Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back (1973)
as Self - Guest Performer
The Life You Save May Be Your Own (1957)
as Tom T. Triplett
Easter Parade: On the Avenue (2005)
as Self (Archive Footage)
Frank Sinatra: Around the World (2011)
as Self - Guest
Combat Fatigue Irritability (1945)
as Seaman Bob Lucas
True Blue (2025)
as (Archive Footage)
The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific (1945)
as Narrator (voice)
The Movie Palaces (1987)
as Self
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
The Sandy Duncan Special (1974)
as Self
Summer Stock: Get Happy! (2006)
as Joe D. Ross (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961)
as Self - Host
Sylvie Vartan: Live in Las Vegas (1982)
as Self
An Evening with Gene Kelly (1977)
as Self
Happy Again (2006)
as Don Lockwood (archive footage)
Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered (2013)
as Self (archive footage)