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.
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Singin' in the Rain (1952)
as Don Lockwood
40 Carats (1973)
as Billy Boylan
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
as Andy Miller
Let's Make Love (1960)
as Gene Kelly (uncredited)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
as E.K. Hornbeck
The Three Musketeers (1948)
as D'Artagnan
Xanadu (1980)
as Danny McGuire
The Pirate (1948)
as Serafin
An American in Paris (1951)
as Jerry Mulligan
On the Town (1949)
as Gabey
Summer Stock (1950)
as Joe D. Ross
Cover Girl (1944)
as Danny McGuire
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
as Joseph Brady
Brigadoon (1954)
as Tommy Albright
It's a Big Country (1951)
as Icarus Xenophon
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as Self - Host / Narrator
What a Way to Go! (1964)
as Pinky Benson
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Mickey's 50 (1978)
as Self
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues (1988)
as Self
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
as Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing! (1985)
as Self - Host
Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
as Noel Airman
Black Hand (1950)
as Giovanni E. 'Johnny' Columbo
Words and Music (1948)
as Gene Kelly
James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983)
as Self
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self
Sid & Judy (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973)
as Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood (2025)
as Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee (archive footage)
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
as Ted Riley
Les Girls (1957)
as Barry Nichols
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
as Gentleman (segment "The Babbit and the Bromide")
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self
Twenty Years After (1944)
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
as Alec Howe / Black Arrow
NBC: The First Fifty Years (1976)
as Self
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
as Eddie O'Brien
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
Viva Knievel! (1977)
as Will Atkins
Deep in My Heart (1954)
as Performer in Dancing Around
Reporters (1981)
as Self
The Lion Roars Again (1975)
as Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (2009)
as Self (archive)
It's Showtime (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
For Me and My Gal (1942)
as Harry Palmer
La La La (2018)
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Pilot #5 (1943)
as Vito S. Alessandro
Judy Garland: By Myself (2004)
as Self - Actor (archive sound)
Ersatz (1978)
as Don Lockwood (voice) (archive sound)
Combat Fatigue Irritability (1945)
as Seaman Bob Lucas
Thousands Cheer (1943)
as Private Eddie Marsh
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
as (archive footage)
The Happy Road (1957)
as Michael J. Andrews
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990)
as Self
Jack and the Beanstalk (1967)
as Jeremy Keen, the Peddler
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years (1979)
as Self
Living in a Big Way (1947)
as Leo Gogarty
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific (1945)
as Narrator (voice)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004)
as Don Lockwood
The Julie Andrews Show (1965)
as Self
Lucy Moves to NBC (1980)
as Self
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)
as Self (archive footage)
Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights (1980)
as Self
Happy Again (2006)
as Don Lockwood (archive footage)
Christmas Holiday (1944)
as Robert Manette
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009)
as (archive footage)
Seagulls Over Sorrento (1954)
as Lieutenant Bradville
The Devil Makes Three (1952)
as Jeff Eliot
The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
as Victor
Cinderella at the Palace (1978)
as Host
The Sandy Duncan Special (1974)
as Self
Invitation to the Dance (1956)
as Host / Pierrot / The Marine / Sinbad
The Costume Designer (1950)
as Self (archive footage)
The Movie Palaces (1987)
as Self
Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)
as Gene Kelly (uncredited)
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash (1990)
as Self
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Easter Parade: On the Avenue (2005)
as Self (Archive Footage)
Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort (1966)
as Self
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera (1977)
as Self - Host
A Bing Crosby Christmas (1998)
as Self / Narrator (archive footage)
Summer Stock: Get Happy! (2006)
as Joe D. Ross (archive footage) (uncredited)
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait (1978)
as Self
Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961)
as Self - Host
True Blue (2025)
as (Archive Footage)
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala (2017)
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
An Evening with Gene Kelly (1977)
as Self
Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly (1958)
as Self
Sylvie Vartan: Live in Las Vegas (1982)
as Self
Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: Around the World (2011)
as Self - Guest