Gene Kelly

Acting · 1.3 popularity

Age

113

Movies

102

Born: August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996
From: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

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.

Works

102 films

Singin' in the Rain

19528.1

40 Carats

19735.7

The Young Girls of Rochefort

19677.7

The Three Musketeers

19486.8

Let's Make Love

19606.4

On the Town

19497.0

An American in Paris

19517.0

Inherit the Wind

19607.7

The Pirate

19486.5

Cover Girl

19446.4

Xanadu

19805.7

What a Way to Go!

19647.1

Summer Stock

19506.7

Brigadoon

19546.5

That's Entertainment! III

19947.0

It's Always Fair Weather

19557.0

Anchors Aweigh

19456.8

That's Entertainment!

19747.4

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

19496.7

Sid & Judy

20197.4

It's Showtime

19767.5

Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'

2005

That's Entertainment, Part II

19767.0

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

19876.5

La La La

20187.2

That's Dancing!

19856.9

Ziegfeld Follies

19456.0

Mickey's 50

19789.0

Les Girls

19576.4

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

19958.0

Night of 100 Stars

19825.8

Du Barry Was a Lady

19436.5

James Bond: The First 21 Years

19836.7

Words and Music

19485.8

Reporters

19817.0

The Costume Designer

195010.0

Twenty Years After

19448.0

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

1990

NBC: The First Fifty Years

1976

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

20027.8

It's a Big Country

19515.9

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

19727.3

Deep in My Heart

19546.7

Black Hand

19506.2

The Young Girls Turn 25

19937.2

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

19866.2

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

20256.5

Marjorie Morningstar

19586.3

Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues

19887.6

The Lion Roars Again

19756.5

Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash

19906.6

Jack and the Beanstalk

19677.1

Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town

19885.5

Judy Garland: By Myself

20048.3

For Me and My Gal

19426.5

Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years

1979

The Devil Makes Three

19526.2

Showbiz Goes to War

198210.0

Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera

1977

The Julie Andrews Show

19658.5

Ersatz

1978

Combat Fatigue Irritability

1945

Thousands Cheer

19436.4

The Happy Road

19576.1

Christmas Holiday

19446.5

Living in a Big Way

19476.0

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

19737.0

The Cross of Lorraine

19436.5

A Bing Crosby Christmas

199810.0

The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell

19829.0

Invitation to the Dance

19566.0

Summer Stock: Get Happy!

2006

Viva Knievel!

19774.0

Love Is Better Than Ever

19526.6

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

20048.3

Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights

19807.6

JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala

2017

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical

2009

Lucy Moves to NBC

19803.3

The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait

19788.0

Easter Parade: On the Avenue

20057.0

The Sandy Duncan Special

19748.0

Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

2000

Cinderella at the Palace

19788.0

Pilot #5

19436.0

The Movie Palaces

1987

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing

20096.0

True Blue

2025

Seagulls Over Sorrento

19546.0

The Life You Save May Be Your Own

1957

Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly

1958

Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort

1966

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour

20039.0

Frank Sinatra: Around the World

20118.0

Sylvie Vartan: Live in Las Vegas

1982

Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back

1973

Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again

200510.0

Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered

2013

Hollywood: The Golden Years

19617.0

Happy Again

20068.0

An Evening with Gene Kelly

1977

The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific

1945