Gene Kelly

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-08-23 (84 years old)

Deathday

1996-02-02

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Gene Kelly

Biography

Eugene Curran Kelly 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 R...

Acting

1952

Singin' in the Rain

as Don Lockwood

1960

Inherit the Wind

as E.K. Hornbeck

1951

An American in Paris

as Jerry Mulligan

1944

Cover Girl

as Danny McGuire

1949

On the Town

as Gabey

1964

What a Way to Go!

as Pinky Benson

1942

For Me and My Gal

as Harry Palmer

1944

Christmas Holiday

as Robert Manette

1958

Marjorie Morningstar

as Noel Airman

1949

1948

The Pirate

as Serafin

1950

Black Hand

as Giovanni E. 'Johnny' Columbo

1948

1973

40 Carats

as Billy Boylan

1985

That's Dancing!

as Self - Host

1957

1950

Summer Stock

as Joe D. Ross

1945

Ziegfeld Follies

as Gentleman (segment "The Babbit and the Bromide")

1957

Les Girls

as Barry Nichols

1943

Du Barry Was a Lady

as Alec Howe / Black Arrow

1943

Thousands Cheer

as Private Eddie Marsh

1980

Xanadu

as Danny McGuire

1956

Invitation to the Dance

as Host / Pierrot / The Marine / Sinbad

1945

Anchors Aweigh

as Joseph Brady

1955

1954

Brigadoon

as Tommy Albright

1982

Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

1967

Jack and the Beanstalk

as Jeremy Keen, the Peddler

1951

It's a Big Country

as Icarus Xenophon

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as Self - Co-Host / Narrator

1977

Viva Knievel!

as Will Atkins

1982

The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1943

Pilot #5

as Vito S. Alessandro

1952

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1947

Living in a Big Way

as Leo Gogarty

1957

The Happy Road

as Michael J. Andrews

1954

Seagulls Over Sorrento

as Lieutenant Bradville

1993

The Young Girls Turn 25

as Self (archive footage)

1978

Ersatz

as Don Lockwood (voice) (archive sound)

1948

Words and Music

as Gene Kelly

2005

Easter Parade: On the Avenue

as Self (Archive Footage)

2005

Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'

as Self (archive footage)

1986

2003

1961

1974

That's Entertainment!

as Self - Host / Narrator

1973

Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back

as Self - Guest Performer

2013

1954

Deep in My Heart

as Performer in Dancing Around

1998

A Bing Crosby Christmas

as Self / Narrator (archive footage)

1981

Reporters

as Self

2002

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

as Self (archive footage)

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as Self - Co-Host / Narrator

2004

Judy Garland: By Myself

as Self - Actor (archive sound)

2000

Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

as Self (archive footage)

1960

Let's Make Love

as Gene Kelly (uncredited)

1945

Combat Fatigue Irritability

as Seaman Bob Lucas

1944

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

2006

Happy Again

as Don Lockwood (archive footage)

1950

The Costume Designer

as Self (archive footage)

1952

Love Is Better Than Ever

as Gene Kelly (uncredited)

1988

2018

La La La

as Various Roles (archive footage)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

1976

It's Showtime

as Self (archive footage)

1978

2019

Sid & Judy

as Self (archive footage)

2025

True Blue

as (Archive Footage)

2025

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

as Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee (archive footage)

2006

Summer Stock: Get Happy!

as Joe D. Ross (archive footage) (uncredited)

Production

1952

1952

Singin' in the Rain

as Choreographer

1949

On the Town

as Director

1954

Brigadoon

as Choreographer

1957

The Happy Road

as Producer

1969

Hello, Dolly!

as Director

1958

1962

Gigot

as Director

1967

1964

1957

The Happy Road

as Director

1967

Jack and the Beanstalk

as Choreographer

1958

Badman's Country

as Art Direction

1997

1948

The Pirate

as Choreographer

1947

Living in a Big Way

as Choreographer

1949

1955

It's Always Fair Weather

as Choreographer

1956

Invitation to the Dance

as Choreographer

1967

1964

What a Way to Go!

as Choreographer

1945

Anchors Aweigh

as Choreographer

1951

An American in Paris

as Choreographer

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