Gene Kelly

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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Kelly, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1912-08-23
  • event Death Date 1996-02-02
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 10.7
  • info Birth Place Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Gene Kelly

8.2

Singin' in the Rain

1952-04-09

7.7

Inherit the Wind

1960-07-07

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An American in Paris

1951-09-26

6.4

Cover Girl

1944-03-22

7.1

On the Town

1949-12-08

7

What a Way to Go!

1964-07-31

6.4

For Me and My Gal

1942-10-21

6.3

Christmas Holiday

1944-07-31

6.2

Marjorie Morningstar

1958-04-24

6.8

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

1949-03-09

6.4

The Pirate

1948-06-11

6.2

Black Hand

1950-03-12

6.8

The Three Musketeers

1948-10-20

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40 Carats

1973-06-28

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That's Dancing!

1985-01-18

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The Life You Save May Be Your Own

1957-03-01

6.7

Summer Stock

1950-08-31

6.1

Ziegfeld Follies

1945-08-26

6.4

Les Girls

1957-10-03

6.1

Du Barry was a Lady

1943-08-13

6.4

Thousands Cheer

1943-09-13

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Xanadu

1980-08-08

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The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait

1978-12-19

6.1

Invitation to the Dance

1956-05-22

6.8

Anchors Aweigh

1945-08-13

7.1

It's Always Fair Weather

1955-08-30

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Brigadoon

1954-09-08

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Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera

1977-11-24

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Showbiz Goes to War

1982-12-31

7.2

Jack and the Beanstalk

1967-02-26

5.3

It's a Big Country

1951-11-20

6.8

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976-05-16

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Viva Knievel!

1977-06-10

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The Cross of Lorraine

1943-11-12

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The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell

1982-01-02

5.8

Pilot #5

1943-06-24

6.1

The Devil Makes Three

1952-09-19

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Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972-01-10

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Living in a Big Way

1947-06-10

5.6

The Happy Road

1957-06-20

7.1

The Young Girls Turn 25

1993-05-19

5.3

Seagulls Over Sorrento

1954-07-13

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Ersatz

1978-01-01

8.5

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995-06-05

5.7

Words and Music

1948-12-31

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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

1990-07-23

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The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

1973-01-01

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Easter Parade: On the Avenue

2005-03-15

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Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'

2005-03-15

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The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

1986-01-21

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Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour

2003-04-22

6.8

Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues

1988-01-02

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Hollywood: The Golden Years

1961-01-01

7.3

That's Entertainment!

1974-06-21

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Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back

1973-11-13

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Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered

2013-01-01

6.8

Deep in My Heart

1954-12-09

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Sylvie Vartan: Live in Las Vegas

1982-12-11

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A Bing Crosby Christmas

1998-01-01

6.9

Reporters

1981-06-10

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An Evening with Gene Kelly

1977-01-01

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Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly

1958-12-21

7.7

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

2002-09-24

6.9

That's Entertainment! III

1994-07-01

7.5

Judy Garland: By Myself

2004-02-25

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Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

2000-09-01

6.3

Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights

1980-04-13

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The Movie Palaces

1987-06-25

6.4

Let's Make Love

1960-09-08

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Combat Fatigue Irritability

1945-01-01

1

Lucy Moves to NBC

1980-02-08

5

James Bond: The First 21 Years

1983-05-27

6.6

Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash

1990-11-30

6

Twenty Years After

1944-01-01

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The Sandy Duncan Special

1974-11-13

8.5

The Julie Andrews Show

1965-12-24

8

Happy Again

2006-01-01

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The Costume Designer

1950-07-13

6.1

Love Is Better Than Ever

1952-02-23

6.2

Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town

1988-07-14

7.3

La La La

2018-11-25

6

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1988-11-22

7

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014-02-01

7

It's Showtime

1976-03-31

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Mickey's 50

1978-11-19

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The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific

1945-12-28

7.7

Sid & Judy

2019-06-26

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Frank Sinatra: Around the World

2011-10-13

7.7

The Young Girls of Rochefort

1967-03-08

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Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years

1979-12-13

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Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again

2005-08-16

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The Lion Roars Again

1975-01-01

6.5

Night of 100 Stars

1982-03-08

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True Blue

2024-09-03

6

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing

2009-12-31

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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical

2009-03-10

7

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

2016-02-06

8

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

2004-06-22

6.8

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

2025-01-02

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Behind the screens : Jacques Demy's Les demoiselles de Rochefort

1966-01-01

6

Omnibus

1952-11-09

0

Musikalische Unterhaltung

1961-10-27

5.6

The Merv Griffin Show

1962-10-01

8

The Muppet Show

1976-09-05

5.7

Going My Way

1962-10-03

7

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951-10-05

7

The Oscars

1953-03-19

7.3

The Kennedy Center Honors

1978-12-28

5.3

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

1973-09-14

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Doug Henning's World of Magic

1975-12-26

7.4

North and South

1985-11-03

5

Talking Pictures

2013-01-05

7.2

Sins

1986-02-02

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MGM Parade

1955-09-14

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MGM Parade

1955-09-14

0

The Funny Side

1971-09-12

6.6

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948-06-20

6.3

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973-04-02

6

Numéro un

1975-04-05

6.6

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

2022-12-21

6

Hollywood and the Stars

1963-09-30

6.2

Champs-Elysées

1982-01-16

5.1

The Mike Douglas Show

1961-12-11

7

What's My Line?

1950-02-02

6.3

The Danny Kaye Show

1963-09-25

5.2

Great Performances

1971-01-28

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Reflets de Cannes

1954-03-25

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Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show

1966-02-10

7.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962-10-01

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