True Blue
2025 · Movie
as (Archive Footage)
Gene Kelly
1912-08-23
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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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.
Filmography
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025 · Movie
as Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee (archive footage)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage)
Sid & Judy
2019 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
La La La
2018 · Movie
as Various Roles (archive footage)
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JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
2017 · Movie
as Self
Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered
2013 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
2013 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: Around the World
2011 · Movie
as Self - Guest
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009 · Movie
as Self (archive)
Happy Again
2006 · Movie
as Don Lockwood (archive footage)
Summer Stock: Get Happy!
2006 · Movie
as Joe D. Ross (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Easter Parade: On the Avenue
2005 · Movie
as Self (Archive Footage)
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
2005 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
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Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
2005 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004 · Movie
as Self - Actor (archive sound)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004 · Movie
as Don Lockwood
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Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
2003 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
A Bing Crosby Christmas
1998 · Movie
as Self / Narrator (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Movie
as Self
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · Movie
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
The Young Girls Turn 25
1993 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990 · Movie
as Self
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
1990 · Movie
as Self
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988 · Movie
as Self
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Movie Palaces
1987 · Movie
as Self
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · Movie
as Self
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Sins
1986 · TV Show
as Eric Hovland
That's Dancing!
1985 · Movie
as Self - Host
North and South
1985 · TV Show
as Sen. Charles Edwards
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983 · Movie
as Self
Showbiz Goes to War
1982 · Movie
as (archive footage)
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
1982 · Movie
as Self - Narrator (voice)
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Sylvie Vartan: Live in Las Vegas
1982 · Movie
as Self
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Movie
as Self
Champs-Elysées
1982 · TV Show
as Self
Reporters
1981 · Movie
as Self
Xanadu
1980 · Movie
as Danny McGuire
Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights
1980 · Movie
as Self
Lucy Moves to NBC
1980 · Movie
as Self
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
1979 · Movie
as Self
The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait
1978 · Movie
as Self
Ersatz
1978 · Movie
as Don Lockwood (voice) (archive sound)
Mickey's 50
1978 · Movie
as Self
Cinderella at the Palace
1978 · Movie
as Host
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · TV Show
as Self
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Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
1977 · Movie
as Self - Host
Viva Knievel!
1977 · Movie
as Will Atkins
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An Evening with Gene Kelly
1977 · Movie
as Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · Movie
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
It's Showtime
1976 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
NBC: The First Fifty Years
1976 · Movie
as Self
The Muppet Show
1976 · TV Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
Cérémonie des César
1976 · TV Show
as Self - President
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The Lion Roars Again
1975 · Movie
as Self
Doug Henning's World of Magic
1975 · TV Show
as Self
Numéro un
1975 · TV Show
as Self
That's Entertainment!
1974 · Movie
as Self - Host / Narrator
The Sandy Duncan Special
1974 · Movie
as Self
40 Carats
1973 · Movie
as Billy Boylan
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back
1973 · Movie
as Self - Guest Performer
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973 · TV Show
as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · TV Show
as Self
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
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The Funny Side
1971 · TV Show
as Self - Host
Great Performances
1971 · TV Show
as Self
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Film '72
1971 · TV Show
as Self
Jack and the Beanstalk
1967 · Movie
as Jeremy Keen, the Peddler
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967 · Movie
as Andy Miller
Omnibus
1967 · TV Show
as Self
Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort
1966 · Movie
as Self
The Julie Andrews Show
1965 · Movie
as Self
What a Way to Go!
1964 · Movie
as Pinky Benson
Hollywood and the Stars
1963 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage)
The Danny Kaye Show
1963 · TV Show
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · TV Show
as Self
Going My Way
1962 · TV Show
as Father Chuck O'Malley
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
as Self, Self (archive footage)
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Hollywood: The Golden Years
1961 · Movie
as Self - Host
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Musikalische Unterhaltung
1961 · TV Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV Show
as Self - Co-Host
Inherit the Wind
1960 · Movie
as E.K. Hornbeck
Let's Make Love
1960 · Movie
as Gene Kelly (uncredited)
Marjorie Morningstar
1958 · Movie
as Noel Airman
Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly
1958 · Movie
as Self
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
1957 · Movie
as Tom T. Triplett
Les Girls
1957 · Movie
as Barry Nichols
The Happy Road
1957 · Movie
as Michael J. Andrews
Invitation to the Dance
1956 · Movie
as Host / Pierrot / The Marine / Sinbad
It's Always Fair Weather
1955 · Movie
as Ted Riley
MGM Parade
1955 · TV Show
as Performer in 'Ziegfeld Follies' (archive footage), Self - Actor, Self, self
Brigadoon
1954 · Movie
as Tommy Albright
Seagulls Over Sorrento
1954 · Movie
as Lieutenant Bradville
Deep in My Heart
1954 · Movie
as Performer (segment "Dancing Around")
Reflets de Cannes
1954 · TV Show
as Self
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
as Self
Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Movie
as Don Lockwood
The Devil Makes Three
1952 · Movie
as Jeff Eliot
Love Is Better Than Ever
1952 · Movie
as Gene Kelly (uncredited)
Omnibus
1952 · TV Show
as Self (segment)
An American in Paris
1951 · Movie
as Jerry Mulligan
It's a Big Country
1951 · Movie
as Icarus Xenophon
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · TV Show
as Tom T. Triplett
Black Hand
1950 · Movie
as Giovanni E. 'Johnny' Columbo
Summer Stock
1950 · Movie
as Joe D. Ross
The Costume Designer
1950 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
What's My Line?
1950 · TV Show
as Self
On the Town
1949 · Movie
as Gabey
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949 · Movie
as Eddie O'Brien
The Pirate
1948 · Movie
as Serafin
The Three Musketeers
1948 · Movie
as D'Artagnan
Words and Music
1948 · Movie
as Gene Kelly
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · TV Show
as Self
Living in a Big Way
1947 · Movie
as Leo Gogarty
Ziegfeld Follies
1945 · Movie
as Gentleman (segment "The Babbit and the Bromide")
Anchors Aweigh
1945 · Movie
as Joseph Brady
Combat Fatigue Irritability
1945 · Movie
as Seaman Bob Lucas
The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific
1945 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Cover Girl
1944 · Movie
as Danny McGuire
Christmas Holiday
1944 · Movie
as Robert Manette
Twenty Years After
1944 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943 · Movie
as Alec Howe / Black Arrow
Thousands Cheer
1943 · Movie
as Eddie Marsh
The Cross of Lorraine
1943 · Movie
as Victor
Pilot #5
1943 · Movie
as Vito S. Alessandro
For Me and My Gal
1942 · Movie
as Harry Palmer
Crew Credits
The Royal Rascal Talkie
2024 · Movie
Writer
Starstruck: Gene Kelly's Love Letter to Ballet
2021 · Movie
Choreographer
Cats Don't Dance
1997 · Movie
Thanks
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · Movie
Director
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970 · Movie
Director, Producer
Hello, Dolly!
1969 · Movie
Director
A Guide for the Married Man
1967 · Movie
Director
Jack and the Beanstalk
1967 · Movie
Director, Choreographer, Producer
American in Paris
1964 · Movie
Director
What a Way to Go!
1964 · Movie
Choreographer
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Vacation Playhouse
1963 · TV Show
Director
Gigot
1962 · Movie
Director
The Tunnel of Love
1958 · Movie
Director
Badman's Country
1958 · Movie
Art Direction
Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly
1958 · Movie
Director
The Happy Road
1957 · Movie
Producer, Director
Invitation to the Dance
1956 · Movie
Writer, Director, Choreographer
It's Always Fair Weather
1955 · Movie
Choreographer, Director
Brigadoon
1954 · Movie
Choreographer
Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Movie
Choreographer, Director
Omnibus
1952 · TV Show
Choreographer
An American in Paris
1951 · Movie
Choreographer
On the Town
1949 · Movie
Director
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949 · Movie
Choreographer, Story
The Pirate
1948 · Movie
Choreographer
Living in a Big Way
1947 · Movie
Choreographer
Combat Fatigue Irritability
1945 · Movie
Director
Anchors Aweigh
1945 · Movie
Choreographer
