Gene Kelly
Biography
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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-08-23
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Images
Cast
Singin' in the Rain
1952
8.10
Inherit the Wind
1960
7.67
An American in Paris
1951
7.02
Cover Girl
1944
6.39
On the Town
1949
7.00
What a Way to Go!
1964
7.07
Christmas Holiday
1944
6.30
For Me and My Gal
1942
6.40
Marjorie Morningstar
1958
6.20
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949
6.70
The Pirate
1948
6.42
Black Hand
1950
6.10
The Three Musketeers
1948
6.71
40 Carats
1973
6.00
That's Dancing!
1985
7.00
Summer Stock
1950
6.70
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
6.10
Les Girls
1957
6.42
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
6.10
Thousands Cheer
1943
6.40
Xanadu
1980
5.70
Invitation to the Dance
1956
6.10
Anchors Aweigh
1945
6.80
It's Always Fair Weather
1955
7.00
Brigadoon
1954
6.50
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
10.00
Jack and the Beanstalk
1967
7.20
It's a Big Country
1951
5.30
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
6.86
Viva Knievel!
1977
3.60
The Cross of Lorraine
1943
6.20
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
1982
0.00
Pilot #5
1943
5.80
The Devil Makes Three
1952
6.10
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
6.00
Living in a Big Way
1947
5.00
The Happy Road
1957
5.60
Seagulls Over Sorrento
1954
5.44
The Young Girls Turn 25
1993
7.10
Ersatz
1978
0.00
Words and Music
1948
5.70
Easter Parade: On the Avenue
2005
0.00
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
2005
0.00
Hollywood: The Golden Years
1961
0.00
That's Entertainment!
1974
7.30
Deep in My Heart
1954
6.80
Sylvie Vartan: Live in Las Vegas
1982
0.00
A Bing Crosby Christmas
1998
0.00
Reporters
1981
6.90
An Evening with Gene Kelly
1977
0.00
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
7.70
That's Entertainment! III
1994
7.00
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
7.50
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000
0.00
The Movie Palaces
1987
0.00
Let's Make Love
1960
6.40
Combat Fatigue Irritability
1945
0.00
Lucy Moves to NBC
1980
1.00
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
5.00
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
1990
6.60
Twenty Years After
1944
6.00
The Sandy Duncan Special
1974
0.00
The Julie Andrews Show
1965
8.50
Happy Again
2006
8.00
The Costume Designer
1950
0.00
Love Is Better Than Ever
1952
6.10
La La La
2018
7.20
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
6.00
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
7.01
It's Showtime
1976
7.00
Mickey's 50
1978
0.00
Sid & Judy
2019
7.43
Frank Sinatra: Around the World
2011
8.00
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967
7.70
The Lion Roars Again
1975
0.00
Night of 100 Stars
1982
6.67
True Blue
2025
0.00
Summer Stock: Get Happy!
2006
0.00
Cinderella at the Palace
1978
0.00