Gene Kelly

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.

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Singin' in the Rain

8.1

The Young Girls of Rochefort

7.7

An American in Paris

7.0

Inherit the Wind

7.7

The Muppet Show

8.0

Xanadu

5.7

On the Town

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Let's Make Love

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Anchors Aweigh

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North and South

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Brigadoon

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The Three Musketeers

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The Pirate

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Cover Girl

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What a Way to Go!

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Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

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The Oscars

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It's Always Fair Weather

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That's Entertainment!

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Summer Stock

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And the Oscar Goes To...

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Ziegfeld Follies

6.1

Les Girls

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For Me and My Gal

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game

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That's Entertainment, Part II

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That's Entertainment! III

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Christmas Holiday

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What's My Line?

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Black Hand

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Invitation to the Dance

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The Young Girls Turn 25

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The Cross of Lorraine

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The Ed Sullivan Show

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Marjorie Morningstar

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Words and Music

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That's Dancing!

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Thousands Cheer

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Jack and the Beanstalk

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Great Performances

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Deep in My Heart

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40 Carats

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Du Barry was a Lady

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Viva Knievel!

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Sid & Judy

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The Devil Makes Three

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The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

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Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash

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Pilot #5

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Seagulls Over Sorrento

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Reporters

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Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town

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It's a Big Country

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The Happy Road

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Love Is Better Than Ever

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The Merv Griffin Show

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The Mike Douglas Show

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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

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Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

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The Kennedy Center Honors

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Champs-Elysées

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Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues

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La La La

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Talking Pictures

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Sins

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Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

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Living in a Big Way

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Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights

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Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

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Going My Way

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

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The American Film Institute Salute to ...

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The Danny Kaye Show

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Hollywood: The Dream Factory

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Judy Garland: By Myself

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Lucy Moves to NBC

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James Bond: The First 21 Years

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The Julie Andrews Show

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Night of 100 Stars

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Omnibus

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Showbiz Goes to War

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The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

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Twenty Years After

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Happy Again

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

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It's Showtime

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Frank Sinatra: Around the World

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

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

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Numéro un

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Hollywood and the Stars

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Reflets de Cannes

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The Life You Save May Be Your Own

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The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait

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Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera

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The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell

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Ersatz

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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

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The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

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Easter Parade: On the Avenue

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Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'

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

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Hollywood: The Golden Years

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Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back

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Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered

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Sylvie Vartan: Live in Las Vegas

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A Bing Crosby Christmas

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An Evening with Gene Kelly

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Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly

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Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

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The Movie Palaces

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Combat Fatigue Irritability

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The Sandy Duncan Special

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The Costume Designer

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Mickey's 50

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The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific

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Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years

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Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again

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The Lion Roars Again

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True Blue

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

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

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Musikalische Unterhaltung

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Doug Henning's World of Magic

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MGM Parade

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The Funny Side

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Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show

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