Gene Kelly
Acting
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.
Known for
Acting132
movieTrue Blue
2025
(Archive Footage)
movieGene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025
Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee (archive footage)
tvIl était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieSid & Judy
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieLa La La
2018
Various Roles (archive footage)
tvTalking Pictures
2013
Self (archive footage)
movieDirecting Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered
2013
Self (archive footage)
movieFrank Sinatra: Around the World
2011
Self - Guest
movieHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009
(archive footage)
movieHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
Self (archive)
movieSummer Stock: Get Happy!
2006
Joe D. Ross (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieHappy Again
2006
Don Lockwood (archive footage)
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
2005
Self (archive footage)
Easter Parade: On the Avenue
2005
Self (Archive Footage)
movieGet Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
2005
Self (archive footage)
movieJudy Garland: By Myself
2004
Self - Actor (archive sound)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
2003
Self (archive footage)
movieGene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000
Self (archive footage)
movieA Bing Crosby Christmas
1998
Self / Narrator (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
movieThe Young Girls Turn 25
1993
Self (archive footage)
movieRoger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988
Self (archive footage)
tvSins
1986
Eric Hovland
movieThe Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986
Self (archive footage)
tvNorth and South
1985
Sen. Charles Edwards
movieThat's Dancing!
1985
Self - Host
movieShowbiz Goes to War
1982
(archive footage)
movieThe Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
1982
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieXanadu
1980
Danny McGuire
movieErsatz
1978
Don Lockwood (voice) (archive sound)
movieViva Knievel!
1977
Will Atkins
tvThe Muppet Show
1976
Self - Special Guest Star
movieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
tvCérémonie des César
1976
Self - President
movieIt's Showtime
1976
Self (archive footage)
tvNuméro un
1975
Self
movieThat's Entertainment!
1974
Self - Host / Narrator
movieFrank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back
1973
Self - Guest Performer
movie40 Carats
1973
Billy Boylan
movieThe Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Self (archive footage)
The Funny Side
1971
Self - Host
tvOmnibus
1967
Self
movieThe Young Girls of Rochefort
1967
Andy Miller
movieJack and the Beanstalk
1967
Jeremy Keen, the Peddler
movieWhat a Way to Go!
1964
Pinky Benson
tvHollywood and the Stars
1963
Self (archive footage)
tvGoing My Way
1962
Father Chuck O'Malley
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Self / Self (archive footage)
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
Self - Co-Host
movieLet's Make Love
1960
Gene Kelly (uncredited)
movieInherit the Wind
1960
E.K. Hornbeck
movieMarjorie Morningstar
1958
Noel Airman
movieLes Girls
1957
Barry Nichols
movieThe Happy Road
1957
Michael J. Andrews
movieThe Life You Save May Be Your Own
1957
Tom T. Triplett
movieInvitation to the Dance
1956
Host / Pierrot / The Marine / Sinbad
tvMGM Parade
1955
Performer in 'Ziegfeld Follies' (archive footage) / Self - Actor / Self / self
movieIt's Always Fair Weather
1955
Ted Riley
movieDeep in My Heart
1954
Performer (segment "Dancing Around")
movieBrigadoon
1954
Tommy Albright
movieSeagulls Over Sorrento
1954
Lieutenant Bradville
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvOmnibus
1952
Self (segment)
movieThe Devil Makes Three
1952
Jeff Eliot
movieSingin' in the Rain
1952
Don Lockwood
movieLove Is Better Than Ever
1952
Gene Kelly (uncredited)
movieIt's a Big Country
1951
Icarus Xenophon
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Tom T. Triplett
movieAn American in Paris
1951
Jerry Mulligan
movieSummer Stock
1950
Joe D. Ross
movieThe Costume Designer
1950
Self (archive footage)
movieBlack Hand
1950
Giovanni E. 'Johnny' Columbo
movieOn the Town
1949
Gabey
movieTake Me Out to the Ball Game
1949
Eddie O'Brien
movieWords and Music
1948
Gene Kelly
movieThe Three Musketeers
1948
D'Artagnan
movieThe Pirate
1948
Serafin
movieLiving in a Big Way
1947
Leo Gogarty
movieThe Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific
1945
Narrator (voice)
movieZiegfeld Follies
1945
Gentleman (segment "The Babbit and the Bromide")
movieAnchors Aweigh
1945
Joseph Brady
movieCombat Fatigue Irritability
1945
Seaman Bob Lucas
movieChristmas Holiday
1944
Robert Manette
movieCover Girl
1944
Danny McGuire
movieTwenty Years After
1944
(archive footage)
movieThousands Cheer
1943
Eddie Marsh
movieDu Barry Was a Lady
1943
Alec Howe / Black Arrow
moviePilot #5
1943
Vito S. Alessandro
movieFor Me and My Gal
1942
Harry Palmer
Directing16
movieHello, Dolly!
1969
Director
movieJack and the Beanstalk
1967
Director
movieAmerican in Paris
1964
Director
movieGigot
1962
Director
movieThe Tunnel of Love
1958
Director
movieThe Happy Road
1957
Director
movieInvitation to the Dance
1956
Director
movieSingin' in the Rain
1952
Director
movieOn the Town
1949
Director
Crew14
movieJack and the Beanstalk
1967
Choreographer
movieWhat a Way to Go!
1964
Choreographer
movieInvitation to the Dance
1956
Choreographer
movieIt's Always Fair Weather
1955
Choreographer
movieBrigadoon
1954
Choreographer
tvOmnibus
1952
Choreographer
movieSingin' in the Rain
1952
Choreographer
movieAn American in Paris
1951
Choreographer
movieTake Me Out to the Ball Game
1949
Choreographer
movieThe Pirate
1948
Choreographer
movieLiving in a Big Way
1947
Choreographer
movieAnchors Aweigh
1945
Choreographer
Production3
movieJack and the Beanstalk
1967
Producer
movieThe Happy Road
1957
Producer
Writing2
Art1
movieBadman's Country
1958
Art Direction