Gene Kelly

Acting · Born 1912-08-23 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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…

Filmography

• Singin' in the Rain as Don Lockwood
• Inherit the Wind as E.K. Hornbeck
• An American in Paris as Jerry Mulligan
• On the Town as Gabey
• The Young Girls of Rochefort as Andy Miller
• Cover Girl as Danny McGuire
• What a Way to Go! as Pinky Benson
• For Me and My Gal as Harry Palmer
• Christmas Holiday as Robert Manette
• Marjorie Morningstar as Noel Airman

TV

• The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star
• Omnibus as Self (segment)
• The Merv Griffin Show as Self
• Going My Way as Father Chuck O'Malley
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Tom T. Triplett
• The Oscars as Self
• The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
• The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
• Doug Henning's World of Magic as Self
• North and South as Sen. Charles Edwards