Gene Kelly
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...
Known For
Top 40 Movies
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988
Xanadu
1980
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
Love Is Better Than Ever
1952
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait
1978
Lucy Moves to NBC
1980
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
1982
True Blue
2025
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
Singin' in the Rain
1952
Pilot #5
1943
40 Carats
1973
Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights
1980
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
1990
Sid & Judy
2019
Living in a Big Way
1947
The Cross of Lorraine
1943
An American in Paris
1951
Anchors Aweigh
1945
Deep in My Heart
1954
Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly
1958
On the Town
1949
Viva Knievel!
1977
Brigadoon
1954
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009
Words and Music
1948
What a Way to Go!
1964
The Happy Road
1957
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967
Inherit the Wind
1960
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004