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.
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 (Movies)
True Blue
Character:(Archive Footage)
Release Date:23/05/2025
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Character:Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee (archive footage)
Release Date:02/01/2025
Sid & Judy
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:26/06/2019
La La La
Character:Various Roles (archive footage)
Release Date:25/11/2018
Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2013
Frank Sinatra: Around the World
Character:Self - Guest
Release Date:13/10/2011
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:31/12/2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Character:Self (archive)
Release Date:10/03/2009
Summer Stock: Get Happy!
Character:Joe D. Ross (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:25/04/2006
Happy Again
Character:Don Lockwood (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2006
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/08/2005
Easter Parade: On the Avenue
Character:Self (Archive Footage)
Release Date:15/03/2005
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/03/2005
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Character:Don Lockwood
Release Date:22/06/2004
Judy Garland: By Myself
Character:Self - Actor (archive sound)
Release Date:25/02/2004
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/04/2003
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/09/2002
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/09/2000
A Bing Crosby Christmas
Character:Self / Narrator (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1998
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Character:Self
Release Date:05/06/1995
That's Entertainment! III
Character:Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Release Date:01/07/1994
The Young Girls Turn 25
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:19/05/1993
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
Character:Self
Release Date:30/11/1990
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Character:Self
Release Date:23/07/1990
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/07/1988
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
Character:Self
Release Date:02/01/1988
The Movie Palaces
Character:Self
Release Date:25/06/1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Character:Self
Release Date:13/03/1987
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:21/01/1986
That's Dancing!
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:18/01/1985
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Character:Self
Release Date:27/05/1983
Showbiz Goes to War
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:31/12/1982
Sylvie Vartan: Live in Las Vegas
Character:Self
Release Date:11/12/1982
Night of 100 Stars
Character:Self
Release Date:08/03/1982
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:02/01/1982
Reporters
Character:Self
Release Date:10/06/1981
Xanadu
Character:Danny McGuire
Release Date:08/08/1980
Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights
Character:Self
Release Date:13/04/1980
Lucy Moves to NBC
Character:Self
Release Date:08/02/1980
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
Character:Self
Release Date:13/12/1979
The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait
Character:Self
Release Date:19/12/1978
Mickey's 50
Character:Self
Release Date:19/11/1978
Cinderella at the Palace
Character:Host
Release Date:02/11/1978
Ersatz
Character:Don Lockwood (voice) (archive sound)
Release Date:01/01/1978
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:24/11/1977
Viva Knievel!
Character:Will Atkins
Release Date:10/06/1977
An Evening with Gene Kelly
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1977
That's Entertainment, Part II
Character:Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Release Date:16/05/1976
It's Showtime
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/03/1976
The Lion Roars Again
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1975
The Sandy Duncan Special
Character:Self
Release Date:13/11/1974
That's Entertainment!
Character:Self - Host / Narrator
Release Date:21/06/1974
Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back
Character:Self - Guest Performer
Release Date:13/11/1973
40 Carats
Character:Billy Boylan
Release Date:28/06/1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1973
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/01/1972
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Character:Andy Miller
Release Date:08/03/1967
Jack and the Beanstalk
Character:Jeremy Keen, the Peddler
Release Date:26/02/1967
Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1966
The Julie Andrews Show
Character:Self
Release Date:24/12/1965
What a Way to Go!
Character:Pinky Benson
Release Date:02/07/1964
Hollywood: The Golden Years
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:01/01/1961
Let's Make Love
Character:Gene Kelly (uncredited)
Release Date:08/09/1960
Inherit the Wind
Character:E.K. Hornbeck
Release Date:07/07/1960
Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly
Character:Self
Release Date:21/12/1958
Marjorie Morningstar
Character:Noel Airman
Release Date:24/04/1958
Les Girls
Character:Barry Nichols
Release Date:03/10/1957
The Happy Road
Character:Michael J. Andrews
Release Date:20/06/1957
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
Character:Tom T. Triplett
Release Date:01/03/1957
Invitation to the Dance
Character:Host / Pierrot / The Marine / Sinbad
Release Date:22/05/1956
It's Always Fair Weather
Character:Ted Riley
Release Date:30/08/1955
Deep in My Heart
Character:Performer in Dancing Around
Release Date:09/12/1954
Brigadoon
Character:Tommy Albright
Release Date:08/09/1954
Seagulls Over Sorrento
Character:Lieutenant Bradville
Release Date:13/07/1954
The Devil Makes Three
Character:Jeff Eliot
Release Date:19/09/1952
Singin' in the Rain
Character:Don Lockwood
Release Date:10/04/1952
Love Is Better Than Ever
Character:Gene Kelly (uncredited)
Release Date:23/02/1952
It's a Big Country
Character:Icarus Xenophon
Release Date:20/11/1951
An American in Paris
Character:Jerry Mulligan
Release Date:26/09/1951
Summer Stock
Character:Joe D. Ross
Release Date:31/08/1950
The Costume Designer
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/07/1950
Black Hand
Character:Giovanni E. 'Johnny' Columbo
Release Date:12/03/1950
On the Town
Character:Gabey
Release Date:08/12/1949
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Character:Eddie O'Brien
Release Date:09/03/1949
Words and Music
Character:Gene Kelly
Release Date:31/12/1948
The Three Musketeers
Character:D'Artagnan
Release Date:20/10/1948
The Pirate
Character:Serafin
Release Date:11/06/1948
Living in a Big Way
Character:Leo Gogarty
Release Date:10/06/1947
The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:28/12/1945
Ziegfeld Follies
Character:Gentleman (segment "The Babbit and the Bromide")
Release Date:26/08/1945
Anchors Aweigh
Character:Joseph Brady
Release Date:13/08/1945
Combat Fatigue Irritability
Character:Seaman Bob Lucas
Release Date:01/01/1945
Christmas Holiday
Character:Robert Manette
Release Date:17/06/1944
Cover Girl
Character:Danny McGuire
Release Date:22/03/1944
Twenty Years After
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1944
The Cross of Lorraine
Character:Victor
Release Date:12/11/1943
Thousands Cheer
Character:Private Eddie Marsh
Release Date:13/09/1943
Du Barry Was a Lady
Character:Alec Howe / Black Arrow
Release Date:13/08/1943
Pilot #5
Character:Vito S. Alessandro
Release Date:24/06/1943
For Me and My Gal
Character:Harry Palmer
Release Date:21/10/1942
Television Appearances
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Character:Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
Character:Self (archive footage)
Sins
Character:Eric Hovland
North and South
Character:Sen. Charles Edwards
Champs-Elysées
Character:Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
Character:Self
The Muppet Show
Character:Self - Special Guest Star
Doug Henning's World of Magic
Character:Self
Numéro un
Character:Self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Character:Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Character:Self
The Funny Side
Character:Self - Host
Great Performances
Character:Self
Omnibus
Character:Self
Hollywood and the Stars
Character:Self (archive footage)
The Danny Kaye Show
Character:Self
Going My Way
Character:Father Chuck O'Malley
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self - Co-Host
Musikalische Unterhaltung
Character:Self
MGM Parade
Character:Performer in 'Ziegfeld Follies' (archive footage)
MGM Parade
Character:Self - Actor
MGM Parade
Character:
MGM Parade
Character:Self
Reflets de Cannes
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
Omnibus
Character:Self (segment)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Tom T. Triplett
What's My Line?
Character:Self - Mystery Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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