GK
Gene Kelly
Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Additional Credits
Born August 23, 1912Died February 2, 1996 (83 years)
Eugene Curran Kelly 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.
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
| 2015 | Women He's Undressed · as Cast |
| 2009 | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing · as (archive Footage) |
| 2006 | Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters · as Don Lockwood |
| 2004 | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made · as Cast |
| 2004 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies · as Don Lockwood |
| 2002 | |
| 1999 | ABC 2000: The Millennium · as Cast |
| 1997 | Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' · as Tommy Albright In 'brigadoon' |
| 1986 | Sins (TV Series) · as Eric Hovland |
| 1985 | North and South (TV Series) · as Sen. Charles Edwards |
| 1982 | Showbiz Goes to War · as (archive Footage) |
| 1980 | Xanadu · as Danny Mcguire |
| 1978 | Ersatz · as Don Lockwood (voice) (archive Sound) |
| 1977 | Viva Knievel! · as Will Atkins |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Charles Dane |
| 1973 | 40 Carats · as Billy Boylan |
| 1967 | A Guide for the Married Man · as Narrator |
| 1967 | The Young Girls of Rochefort · as Andy Miller |
| 1967 | Jack and the Beanstalk · as Jeremy Keen, The Peddler |
| 1964 | What a Way to Go! · as Pinky Benson |
| 1962 | Going My Way (TV Series) · as Father Chuck O'malley |
| 1960 | Let's Make Love · as Gene Kelly (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Inherit the Wind · as E.k. Hornbeck |
| 1958 | Marjorie Morningstar · as Noel Airman |
| 1957 | Les Girls · as Barry Nichols |
| 1957 | The Happy Road · as Michael J. Andrews |
| 1956 | Invitation to the Dance · as Host / Pierrot / The Marine / Sinbad |
| 1956 | The Magic Lamp · as Sinbad |
| 1955 | MGM Parade (TV Series) · as Performer In 'ziegfeld Follies' (archive Footage) |
| 1955 | It's Always Fair Weather · as Ted Riley |
| 1955 | The $64, 000 Question (TV Series) · as Substitute Host |
| 1954 | Deep in My Heart · as Performer In Dancing Around |
| 1954 | Crest of the Wave · as Lieutenant Bradville |
| 1954 | Brigadoon · as Tommy Albright |
| 1952 | The Devil Makes Three · as Jeff Eliot |
| 1952 | Singin' in the Rain · as Don Lockwood |
| 1952 | Love Is Better Than Ever · as Gene Kelly (uncredited) |
| 1951 | It's a Big Country: An American Anthology · as Icarus Xenophon |
| 1951 | An American in Paris · as Jerry Mulligan |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Tom T. Triplett |
| 1951 | The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story · as Cast |
| 1950 | Summer Stock · as Joe D. Ross |
| 1950 | Black Hand · as Giovanni E. 'johnny' Columbo |
| 1949 | On the Town · as Gabey |
| 1949 | Take Me Out to the Ball Game · as Eddie O'brien |
| 1948 | The Three Musketeers · as D'artagnan |
| 1948 | The Pirate · as Serafin |
| 1947 | Living in a Big Way · as Leo Gogarty |
| 1945 | Ziegfeld Follies · as Gentleman (segment "the Babbit And The Bromide") |
| 1945 | Anchors Aweigh · as Joseph Brady |
| 1944 | Christmas Holiday · as Robert Manette |
| 1944 | Cover Girl · as Danny Mcguire |
| 1943 | The Cross of Lorraine · as Victor |
| 1943 | Thousands Cheer · as Private Eddie Marsh |
| 1943 | Du Barry Was a Lady · as Alec Howe / Black Arrow |
| 1943 | Pilot #5 · as Vito S. Alessandro |
| 1942 | For Me and My Gal · as Harry Palmer |