Gene Kelly
Date of birth: 1912-08-23
Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: 진 켈리, جین کلی
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.
Movie Credits
Singin' in the Rain
1952-04-10
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen par
Inherit the Wind
1960-07-07
Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The
An American in Paris
1951-09-26
Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter
Cover Girl
1944-03-22
A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.
On the Town
1949-12-08
Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
What a Way to Go!
1964-07-02
A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich
For Me and My Gal
1942-10-21
Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.
Christmas Holiday
1944-06-17
A young femme fatale realizes that the man she married is an incorrigible wastrel.
Marjorie Morningstar
1958-04-24
While working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for 32-yea
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949-03-09
The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they've been inherited by one K.C. Higgins, a s
The Pirate
1948-06-11
A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Maco
Black Hand
1950-03-12
In turn-of-the-century New York, an Italian seeks vengeance on the mobsters who killed his father.
The Three Musketeers
1948-10-20
In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends
40 Carats
1973-06-28
After an overnight fling with a man nearly 20 years her junior while vacationing in Greece, Ann Stan
That's Dancing!
1985-01-18
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie ca
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
1957-03-01
A Southern Gothic parable (truncated on-screen as “The Life You Save”) that twists the typical story
Summer Stock
1950-08-31
To Jane Falbury's New England farm comes a troup of actors to put up a show, invited by Jane's siste
Ziegfeld Follies
1945-08-26
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his gr
Les Girls
1957-10-03
After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybi
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943-08-13
Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with a p
Thousands Cheer
1943-09-13
Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the
Xanadu
1980-08-08
Kira, a Greek muse incarnated on Earth to inspire people, helps Dan McGuire and an artist named Sonn
The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait
1978-12-19
Richard and Karen Carpenter host a musical celebration of the holiday with celebrity guests Gene Kel
Invitation to the Dance
1956-05-22
Three completely different stories are told through dance.
Anchors Aweigh
1945-08-13
Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affai
It's Always Fair Weather
1955-08-30
Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. The
Brigadoon
1954-09-08
Americans Jeff and Tommy, hunting in Scotland, stumble upon a village - Brigadoon. They soon learn t
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
1977-11-24
Celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Hanna-Barbera partnership.
Showbiz Goes to War
1982-12-31
While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War
Jack and the Beanstalk
1967-02-26
A delightful retelling of the classic fairytale by Hanna-Barbera, using live action and animation.
It's a Big Country
1951-11-20
Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American prop
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976-05-16
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time includi
Viva Knievel!
1977-06-10
The legendary stuntman plans his most incredible stunt yet while battling the mob in this action-adv
The Cross of Lorraine
1943-11-12
French soldiers surrender to lying Nazis and are herded into a barbaric prison of war camp. From the
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
1982-01-02
A fascinating look at the most beloved comedy team in motion picture history. Exclusive interviews w
Pilot #5
1943-06-24
A small group of Allied soldiers and airmen on Java are being bombed by Japanese 'planes daily. With
The Devil Makes Three
1952-09-19
Jeff Elliot is an American GI investigating a black market gang in Munich.
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972-01-10
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to t
Living in a Big Way
1947-06-10
A World War II pilot (Gene Kelly) comes home to a bride (Marie McDonald) who, spoiled by her father
The Happy Road
1957-06-20
Two children run away from a Swiss boarding school and set out for Paris, with their frantic parents
Seagulls Over Sorrento
1954-07-13
A Navy lieutenant is borrowed by the British to supervise torpedo experiments after one of their sci
The Young Girls Turn 25
1993-05-19
Agnes Varda's documentary of the celebrations arising from the 25th anniversary of her husband Jacqu
Ersatz
1978-01-01
An animated Plasticine man enacts favourite scenes from Hollywood classics.
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995-06-05
Based on the first centenary of the largest exporter of films in the world, that is Hollywood, is th
Words and Music
1948-12-31
Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner, Richa
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990-07-23
Biographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of archi
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973-01-01
Easter Parade: On the Avenue
2005-03-15
This documentary tells the story of the making of Irving Berlin's Easter Parade.
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
2005-03-15
Documentary on the 1953 musical "The Band Wagon."
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986-01-21
For the first time in their careers, all the Muppets (except the ones that couldn't make it, like th
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
2003-04-22
This documentary short subject for DVD gives a look at the making of Cole Porter's MGM classic, "Les
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988-01-02
This 53-minute television special retraces Michael Jackson’s rise from child prodigy with the Jackso
Hollywood: The Golden Years
1961-01-01
Host Gene Kelly takes a nostalgic look at silent films from their earliest beginnings to the introdu
That's Entertainment!
1974-06-21
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year hi
Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back
1973-11-13
Filmed in front of a live audience on a soundstage in Hollywood, but with the feel of an intimate co
Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered
2013-01-01
Patricia Ward Kelly remembers Gene Kelly directing "Hello, Dolly!"
Deep in My Heart
1954-12-09
Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.
Sylvie Vartan: Live in Las Vegas
1982-12-11
French superstar Sylvie Vartan performs at the MGM in Las Vegas with an introduction by Gene Kelly.
A Bing Crosby Christmas
1998-01-01
The program on this DVD is basically a retrospective produced in the early 1990s for public televisi
Reporters
1981-06-10
The co-founder of the Gamma press agency, Raymond Depardon, created this documentary of press photog
An Evening with Gene Kelly
1977-01-01
BBC TV special interviews Gene Kelly about his life and career.
Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly
1958-12-21
In 1958, NBC's OMNIBUS, the Golden Age of Television’s most distinguished series, commissioned Gene
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002-09-24
American Masters Series. Documentary on Gene Kelly that gives insight into his dancing, how he forme
That's Entertainment! III
1994-07-01
Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004-02-25
As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland's story is one of the saddest success stories you'll ever
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000-09-01
Highlights from the great musicals of the 1940s. Stars featured include Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney,
Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights
1980-04-13
In this variety special, Olivia shares the evening with Andy Gibb, Elton John, Ted Knight, Gene Kell
The Movie Palaces
1987-06-25
A documentary about the great American movie palaces of the 1920s and 1930s. Filmed on location at s
Let's Make Love
1960-09-08
When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he pa
Combat Fatigue Irritability
1945-01-01
A WWII military training film in which a Navy officer is being treated for combat fatigue after his
Lucy Moves to NBC
1980-02-08
Contacted by Fred Silverman, the President of NBC, Lucille Ball accepts to go back to work as a prod
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983-05-27
A look back at the first 21 years of Britain's most successful film series.
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
1990-11-30
Celebrate the fiftieth birthday of the animated cat-and-mouse team, Tom & Jerry, including clips fro
Twenty Years After
1944-01-01
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then
The Sandy Duncan Special
1974-11-13
This program features then-newcomer Sandy Duncan in her first network television special. Only a fe
The Julie Andrews Show
1965-12-24
The Julie Andrews Show is a television special that was broadcast by NBC in November 1965. This was
Happy Again
2006-01-01
An experimental film superimposing a clip from "Singin' in the Rain" over itself seven times.
The Costume Designer
1950-07-13
This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The cost
Love Is Better Than Ever
1952-02-23
A dance instructor falls in love with a smart theatre agent; while he returns her affections, it's j
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988-07-14
A behind-the-scenes documentary hosted by Joanna Cassidy on the making of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
La La La
2018-11-25
When the silent cinema learned to speak, the audience was surprised not only by the voices of the ac
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987-03-13
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
It's Showtime
1976-03-31
A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.
Mickey's 50
1978-11-19
"Mickey's 50" is a 90-minute special that aired on The Wonderful World of Disney on November 19, 197
The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific
1945-12-28
The U.S. Pacific submarine fleet was all that was available in the early days of America's involveme
Sid & Judy
2019-06-26
Explore the dramatic career and personal struggles of the talented and tragically short-lived entert
Frank Sinatra: Around the World
2011-10-13
Four legendary performances from around the world, In the release of 2 DVD's, the four performances
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967-03-08
In the seaside town of Rochefort, twin sisters Delphine and Solange dream of love and artistic fulfi
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
1979-12-13
Gala tribute to the Chairman of the Board.
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
2005-08-16
A cherished remembrance of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers reunited for the film, "The Barkleys of Br
The Lion Roars Again
1975-01-01
A chronicle of the 1975 International Press Conclave hosted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over two days in
Night of 100 Stars
1982-03-08
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place
True Blue
2025-05-23
Stamatis cannot get over his breakup with Katerina. He stays locked inside, until one night Katerina
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009-12-31
This is a two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1940s.
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009-03-10
During the 1950s, musical masterpieces that have yet to be equaled were produced in Cinemascope with
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004-06-22
The top 100 songs of the past 100 years chosen by the American Film Institute are presented by host-
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025-01-02
Gene Kelly is a legend of the heyday of the Hollywood musical. His name stands for masterpieces such
Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort
1966-01-01
Six-part documentary on the making of Jacques Demy's 'Le demoiselles de Rochefort'
Summer Stock: Get Happy!
2006-04-25
Discussion of the making of the film Summer Stock (1950).
Cinderella at the Palace
1978-11-02
From backstage magic to applause in the spotlight! Young talent Marlene Ricci shares the stage with
NBC: The First Fifty Years
1976-11-21
A celebration of 50 years of NBC broadcasting in radio and television, since first going on the airw