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.
102 movies · 30 shows
True Blue
2025·0.0
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025·6.5
Sid & Judy
2019·7.4
La La La
2018·7.2
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
2017·0.0
Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered
2013·0.0
Frank Sinatra: Around the World
2011·8.0
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009·6.0
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009·0.0
Summer Stock: Get Happy!
2006·0.0
Happy Again
2006·8.0
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
2005·10.0
Easter Parade: On the Avenue
2005·7.0
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
2005·0.0
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004·8.3
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004·8.3
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
2003·9.0
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002·7.8
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000·0.0
A Bing Crosby Christmas
1998·10.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995·8.0
That's Entertainment! III
1994·7.0
The Young Girls Turn 25
1993·7.2
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
1990·6.6
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990·0.0
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988·5.5
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988·7.6
The Movie Palaces
1987·0.0
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987·6.5
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986·6.2
That's Dancing!
1985·6.9
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983·6.7
Showbiz Goes to War
1982·10.0
Sylvie Vartan: Live in Las Vegas
1982·0.0
Night of 100 Stars
1982·5.8
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
1982·9.0
Reporters
1981·7.0
Xanadu
1980·5.7
Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights
1980·7.6
Lucy Moves to NBC
1980·3.3
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
1979·0.0
The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait
1978·8.0
Mickey's 50
1978·9.0
Cinderella at the Palace
1978·8.0
Ersatz
1978·0.0
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
1977·0.0
Viva Knievel!
1977·4.0
An Evening with Gene Kelly
1977·0.0
NBC: The First Fifty Years
1976·0.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976·7.0
It's Showtime
1976·7.5
The Lion Roars Again
1975·6.5
The Sandy Duncan Special
1974·8.0
That's Entertainment!
1974·7.4
Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back
1973·0.0
40 Carats
1973·5.7
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973·7.0
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972·7.3
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967·7.7
Jack and the Beanstalk
1967·7.1
Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort
1966·0.0
The Julie Andrews Show
1965·8.5
What a Way to Go!
1964·7.1
Hollywood: The Golden Years
1961·7.0
Let's Make Love
1960·6.4
Inherit the Wind
1960·7.7
Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly
1958·0.0
Marjorie Morningstar
1958·6.3
Les Girls
1957·6.4
The Happy Road
1957·6.1
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
1957·0.0
Invitation to the Dance
1956·6.0
It's Always Fair Weather
1955·7.0
Deep in My Heart
1954·6.7
Brigadoon
1954·6.5
Seagulls Over Sorrento
1954·6.0
The Devil Makes Three
1952·6.2
Singin' in the Rain
1952·8.1
Love Is Better Than Ever
1952·6.6
It's a Big Country
1951·5.9
An American in Paris
1951·7.0
Summer Stock
1950·6.7
The Costume Designer
1950·10.0
Black Hand
1950·6.2
On the Town
1949·7.0
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949·6.7
Words and Music
1948·5.8
The Three Musketeers
1948·6.8
The Pirate
1948·6.5
Living in a Big Way
1947·6.0
The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific
1945·0.0
Ziegfeld Follies
1945·6.0
Anchors Aweigh
1945·6.8
Combat Fatigue Irritability
1945·0.0
Christmas Holiday
1944·6.5
Cover Girl
1944·6.4
Twenty Years After
1944·8.0
The Cross of Lorraine
1943·6.5
Thousands Cheer
1943·6.4
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943·6.5
Pilot #5
1943·6.0
For Me and My Gal
1942·6.5