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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 23, 1912
Died
February 2, 1996
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- 진 켈리
- جین کلی
Gene Kelly
0.9 Popularity
Biography
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
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(Archive Footage)
True Blue
2025
6.4
Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee (archive footage)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025
6.6
Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
7.4
Self (archive footage)
Sid & Judy
2019
7.2
Various Roles (archive footage)
La La La
2018
5.8
Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
2013
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered
2013
8.0
Self - Guest
Frank Sinatra: Around the World
2011
6.0
(archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009
0.0
Self (archive)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
Credits
True Blue
as (Archive Footage)
2025
0.0
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
as Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee (archive footage)
2025
6.4
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as Self (archive footage)
2022
6.6
Sid & Judy
as Self (archive footage)
2019
7.4
La La La
as Various Roles (archive footage)
2018
7.2
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
2013
5.8
Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
2013
0.0
Frank Sinatra: Around the World
as Self - Guest
2011
8.0
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
as (archive footage)
2009
6.0
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
as Self (archive)
2009
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Summer Stock: Get Happy!
as Joe D. Ross (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
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Happy Again
as Don Lockwood (archive footage)
2006
8.0
🎬
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
as Self (archive footage)
2005
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Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
as Self (archive footage)
2005
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🎬
Easter Parade: On the Avenue
as Self (Archive Footage)
2005
0.0
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
as Don Lockwood
2004
8.0
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self - Actor (archive sound)
2004
7.5
🎬
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
as Self (archive footage)
2003
0.0
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self (archive footage)
2002
7.7
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
as Self (archive footage)
2000
0.0
A Bing Crosby Christmas
as Self / Narrator (archive footage)
1998
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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
1995
7.8
That's Entertainment! III
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
1994
7.0
The Young Girls Turn 25
as Self (archive footage)
1993
7.1
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
as Self
1990
6.6
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self
1990
0.0
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
as Self (archive footage)
1988
5.8
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
as Self
1988
7.2
The Movie Palaces
as Self
1987
0.0
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self
1987
6.0
Sins
as Eric Hovland
1986
7.2
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
as Self (archive footage)
1986
7.0
North and South
as Sen. Charles Edwards
1985
7.4
That's Dancing!
as Self - Host
1985
7.0
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Self
1983
5.0
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1982
10.0
🎬
Sylvie Vartan: Live in Las Vegas
as Self
1982
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Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
6.3
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1982
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Reporters
as Self
1981
6.9
Xanadu
as Danny McGuire
1980
5.7
Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights
as Self
1980
7.0
Lucy Moves to NBC
as Self
1980
1.0
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
as Self
1979
0.0
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1978
7.4
The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait
as Self
1978
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Mickey's 50
as Self
1978
0.0
🎬
Cinderella at the Palace
as Host
1978
0.0
Ersatz
as Don Lockwood (voice) (archive sound)
1978
0.0
🎬
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
as Self - Host
1977
0.0
Viva Knievel!
as Will Atkins
1977
3.6
🎬
An Evening with Gene Kelly
as Self
1977
0.0
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
1976
8.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
1976
6.9
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
1976
7.0
Doug Henning's World of Magic
as Self
1975
8.0
Numéro un
as Self
1975
6.0
🎬
The Lion Roars Again
as Self
1975
0.0
The Sandy Duncan Special
as Self
1974
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That's Entertainment!
as Self - Host / Narrator
1974
7.4
Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back
as Self - Guest Performer
1973
0.0
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
1973
5.4
40 Carats
as Billy Boylan
1973
5.7
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
1973
0.0
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
6.0
🎬
The Funny Side
as Self - Host
1971
0.0
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
Omnibus
as Self
1967
7.2
The Young Girls of Rochefort
as Andy Miller
1967
7.7
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Jeremy Keen, the Peddler
1967
7.1
Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort
as Self
1966
0.0
The Julie Andrews Show
as Self
1965
8.5
What a Way to Go!
as Pinky Benson
1964
7.1
🎬
Hollywood and the Stars
as Self (archive footage)
1963
6.0
The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
1963
6.3
Going My Way
as Father Chuck O'Malley
1962
5.7
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
🎬
Musikalische Unterhaltung
as Self
1961
0.0
🎬
Hollywood: The Golden Years
as Self - Host
1961
0.0
Let's Make Love
as Gene Kelly (uncredited)
1960
6.4
Inherit the Wind
as E.K. Hornbeck
1960
7.7
Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly
as Self
1958
0.0
Marjorie Morningstar
as Noel Airman
1958
6.2
Les Girls
as Barry Nichols
1957
6.4
The Happy Road
as Michael J. Andrews
1957
5.6
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
as Tom T. Triplett
1957
0.0
Invitation to the Dance
as Host / Pierrot / The Marine / Sinbad
1956
5.9
MGM Parade
as Performer in 'Ziegfeld Follies' (archive footage)
1955
0.0
MGM Parade
as Self - Actor
1955
0.0
It's Always Fair Weather
as Ted Riley
1955
7.0
Deep in My Heart
as Performer in Dancing Around
1954
6.8
Brigadoon
as Tommy Albright
1954
6.5
Seagulls Over Sorrento
as Lieutenant Bradville
1954
5.4
Reflets de Cannes
as Self
1954
2.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Omnibus
as Self (segment)
1952
6.0
The Devil Makes Three
as Jeff Eliot
1952
6.1
Singin' in the Rain
as Don Lockwood
1952
8.1
Love Is Better Than Ever
as Gene Kelly (uncredited)
1952
6.1
It's a Big Country
as Icarus Xenophon
1951
5.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Tom T. Triplett
1951
7.2
An American in Paris
as Jerry Mulligan
1951
7.0
Summer Stock
as Joe D. Ross
1950
6.6
The Costume Designer
as Self (archive footage)
1950
0.0
Black Hand
as Giovanni E. 'Johnny' Columbo
1950
6.1
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
On the Town
as Gabey
1949
7.0
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
as Eddie O'Brien
1949
6.6
Words and Music
as Gene Kelly
1948
5.7
The Three Musketeers
as D'Artagnan
1948
6.7
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
The Pirate
as Serafin
1948
6.4
Living in a Big Way
as Leo Gogarty
1947
5.0
The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific
as Narrator (voice)
1945
0.0
Ziegfeld Follies
as Gentleman (segment "The Babbit and the Bromide")
1945
6.0
Anchors Aweigh
as Joseph Brady
1945
6.8
Combat Fatigue Irritability
as Seaman Bob Lucas
1945
0.0
Christmas Holiday
as Robert Manette
1944
6.4
Cover Girl
as Danny McGuire
1944
6.3
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1944
6.0
The Cross of Lorraine
as Victor
1943
6.3
Thousands Cheer
as Private Eddie Marsh
1943
6.4
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Alec Howe / Black Arrow
1943
6.2
Pilot #5
as Vito S. Alessandro
1943
5.8
For Me and My Gal
as Harry Palmer
1942
6.4