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), 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
Credits
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
as Don Lockwood
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
as Andy Miller
The Three Musketeers (1948)
as D'Artagnan
Let's Make Love (1960)
as Gene Kelly (uncredited)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as Self - Host / Narrator
Inherit the Wind (1960)
as E.K. Hornbeck
An American in Paris (1951)
as Jerry Mulligan
The Pirate (1948)
as Serafin
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood (2025)
as Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee (archive footage)
Xanadu (1980)
as Danny McGuire
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
as Joseph Brady
Summer Stock (1950)
as Joe D. Ross
What a Way to Go! (1964)
as Pinky Benson
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
as Alec Howe / Black Arrow
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
40 Carats (1973)
as Billy Boylan
La La La (2018)
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Cover Girl (1944)
as Danny McGuire
On the Town (1949)
as Gabey
Twenty Years After (1944)
as (archive footage)
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
as Ted Riley
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
as Gentleman (segment "The Babbit and the Bromide")
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Jack and the Beanstalk (1967)
as Jeremy Keen, the Peddler
The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
as Victor
Judy Garland: By Myself (2004)
as Self - Actor (archive sound)
Reporters (1981)
as Self
NBC: The First Fifty Years (1976)
as Self
That's Dancing! (1985)
as Self - Host
The Costume Designer (1950)
as Self (archive footage)
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
The Devil Makes Three (1952)
as Jeff Eliot
Words and Music (1948)
as Gene Kelly
Brigadoon (1954)
as Tommy Albright
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
as Eddie O'Brien
Mickey's 50 (1978)
as Self
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
as Self (archive footage)
Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
as Noel Airman
Les Girls (1957)
as Barry Nichols
It's a Big Country (1951)
as Icarus Xenophon
James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983)
as Self
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self
Invitation to the Dance (1956)
as Host / Pierrot / The Marine / Sinbad
Deep in My Heart (1954)
as Performer (segment "Dancing Around")
The Happy Road (1957)
as Michael J. Andrews
Christmas Holiday (1944)
as Robert Manette
Living in a Big Way (1947)
as Leo Gogarty
Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)
as Gene Kelly (uncredited)
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues (1988)
as Self
Black Hand (1950)
as Giovanni E. 'Johnny' Columbo
Thousands Cheer (1943)
as Eddie Marsh
For Me and My Gal (1942)
as Harry Palmer
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
as (archive footage)
The Lion Roars Again (1975)
as Self
The Sandy Duncan Special (1974)
as Self
Viva Knievel! (1977)
as Will Atkins
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009)
as (archive footage)
Ersatz (1978)
as Don Lockwood (voice) (archive sound)
Sid & Judy (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Combat Fatigue Irritability (1945)
as Seaman Bob Lucas
A Bing Crosby Christmas (1998)
as Self / Narrator (archive footage)
The Julie Andrews Show (1965)
as Self
Pilot #5 (1943)
as Vito S. Alessandro
Cinderella at the Palace (1978)
as Host
Sylvie Vartan: Live in Las Vegas (1982)
as Self
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)
as Self (archive footage)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990)
as Self
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (2009)
as Self (archive)
Easter Parade: On the Avenue (2005)
as Self (Archive Footage)
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash (1990)
as Self
Seagulls Over Sorrento (1954)
as Lieutenant Bradville
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera (1977)
as Self - Host
Lucy Moves to NBC (1980)
as Self
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala (2017)
as Self
The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific (1945)
as Narrator (voice)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973)
as Self (archive footage)
Summer Stock: Get Happy! (2006)
as Joe D. Ross (archive footage) (uncredited)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004)
as Don Lockwood
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
The Movie Palaces (1987)
as Self
Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort (1966)
as Self
Happy Again (2006)
as Don Lockwood (archive footage)
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights (1980)
as Self
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: Around the World (2011)
as Self - Guest
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly (1958)
as Self
True Blue (2025)
as (Archive Footage)
The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait (1978)
as Self
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years (1979)
as Self
An Evening with Gene Kelly (1977)
as Self
Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back (1973)
as Self - Guest Performer
The Life You Save May Be Your Own (1957)
as Tom T. Triplett
Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961)
as Self - Host