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Gene Kelly
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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), B…
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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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Gene Kelly's Filmography
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Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
as Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee (archive footage)
True Blue
as (Archive Footage)
Sid & Judy
as Self (archive footage)
La La La
as Various Roles (archive footage)
No Poster
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
as Self
Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: Around the World
as Self - Guest
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
as Self (archive)
Summer Stock: Get Happy!
as Joe D. Ross (archive footage) (uncredited)
Happy Again
as Don Lockwood (archive footage)
No Poster
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
as Self (archive footage)
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Easter Parade: On the Avenue
as Self (Archive Footage)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
as Don Lockwood
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self - Actor (archive sound)
No Poster
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
as Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
as Self (archive footage)
A Bing Crosby Christmas
as Self / Narrator (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
That's Entertainment! III
as Self - Host
The Young Girls Turn 25
as Self (archive footage)
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
as Self
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
as Self – Interviewee
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
as Self
The Movie Palaces
as Self
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
as Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing!
as Self - Host
No Poster
Olympic Gala
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Self
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
No Poster
Sylvie Vartan: Live in Las Vegas
as Self
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Reporters
as Self
Xanadu
as Danny McGuire
Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights
as Self
Lucy Moves to NBC
as Self
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
as Self
The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait
as Self
Mickey's 50
as Self
Cinderella at the Palace
as Host
Ersatz
as Don Lockwood (voice) (archive sound)
No Poster
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
as Self - Host
Viva Knievel!
as Will Atkins
No Poster
An Evening with Gene Kelly
as Self
NBC: The First Fifty Years
as Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
as Self - Host
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
The Lion Roars Again
as Self
The Sandy Duncan Special
as Self
That's Entertainment!
as Self - Host / Narrator
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back
as Self - Guest Performer
40 Carats
as Billy Boylan
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
The Young Girls of Rochefort
as Andy Miller
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Jeremy Keen, the Peddler
Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort
as Self
The Julie Andrews Show
as Self
What a Way to Go!
as Pinky Benson
No Poster
Hollywood: The Golden Years
as Self - Host
Let's Make Love
as Gene Kelly (uncredited)
Inherit the Wind
as E.K. Hornbeck
Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly
as Self
Marjorie Morningstar
as Noel Airman
Les Girls
as Barry Nichols
The Happy Road
as Michael J. Andrews
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
as Tom T. Triplett
Invitation to the Dance
as Host / Pierrot / The Marine / Sinbad
It's Always Fair Weather
as Ted Riley
Deep in My Heart
as Performer (segment "Dancing Around")
Brigadoon
as Tommy Albright
Seagulls Over Sorrento
as Lieutenant Bradville
The Devil Makes Three
as Jeff Eliot
Singin' in the Rain
as Don Lockwood
Love Is Better Than Ever
as Gene Kelly (uncredited)
It's a Big Country
as Icarus Xenophon
An American in Paris
as Jerry Mulligan
Summer Stock
as Joe D. Ross
The Costume Designer
as Self (archive footage)
Black Hand
as Giovanni E. 'Johnny' Columbo
On the Town
as Gabey
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
as Eddie O'Brien
Words and Music
as Gene Kelly
The Three Musketeers
as D'Artagnan
The Pirate
as Serafin
Living in a Big Way
as Leo Gogarty
The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific
as Narrator (voice)
Ziegfeld Follies
as Gentleman (segment "The Babbit and the Bromide")
Anchors Aweigh
as Joseph Brady
Combat Fatigue Irritability
as Seaman Bob Lucas
Christmas Holiday
as Robert Manette
Cover Girl
as Danny McGuire
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
The Cross of Lorraine
as Victor
Thousands Cheer
as Eddie Marsh
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Alec Howe / Black Arrow
Pilot #5
as Vito S. Alessandro
For Me and My Gal
as Harry Palmer