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File:Gene Kelly in Take Me Out to the Ball Game trailer.jpg
Gene Kelly in the trailer for Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949).

Gene Kelly (1912–1996) was an award-winning American motion picture actor, dancer, singer, director, and choreographer. He was noted for his musical films that displayed his creative choreography which often fused tap and jazz.[1]

Kelly was graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1933 with a degree in economics.[2] Around the same time he was running a dancing school with his brother Fred. He made his Broadway debut as a chorus boy in the play Leave It to Me! (1938), starring William Gaxton, Victor Moore, and Sophie Tucker. After playing supporting roles in Two for the Show and The Time of Your Life he went on to create the title role in Rodgers and Hart's Pal Joey (1940). Then, after staging the dances for Best Foot Foward (1941),[3] Kelly made his Hollywood film debut opposite Judy Garland in Me and My Gal (1942).[4] From there Kelly went on to work as an actor, dancer and, subsequently, choreographer in a series of musical films that presented, among other innovations, experimenting with a combination of dance and animation (Anchors Aweigh and Invitation to the Dance) and special effects (including the "Alter Ego" number from Cover Girl[5] and the split-screen dance number from It's Always Fair Weather).[6]

In addition to his work as an actor and choreographer, Kelly directed or co-directed several films, some of which did not feature him in an acting role. Although noted mainly for his musicals, Kelly was also successful with non-musical dramatic and comedy films, including war movies (Pilot #5 and The Cross of Lorraine), film noir (Christmas Holiday and The Black Hand), a swashbuckler (The Three Musketeers), and a western (The Cheyenne Social Club).

Kelly received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance in Anchors Aweigh (1945) and won an Honorary Academy Award for his work in An American in Paris (1951).[7] He was also voted the 15th most popular film actor on the American Film Institute’s millennium list, while his 1952 film, Singin' in the Rain, was voted the most popular movie musical of all time.[4][8]

Features

Year Title Functioned as Notes
Director Actor Choreo-
grapher 		Role
Template:Yf For Me and My Gal Yes Harry Palmer
Template:Yf Pilot #5 Yes Vito S. Alessandro
Du Barry Was a Lady Yes Alec Howe / The Black Arrow
Thousands Cheer Yes Private Eddie Marsh
The Cross of Lorraine Yes Victor
Template:Yf Cover Girl Yes Yes Danny McGuire Uncredited as choreographer[9]
Christmas Holiday Yes Robert Manette
Template:Yf Anchors Aweigh Yes Yes Joseph Brady Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor[10]
Template:Yf Ziegfeld Follies Yes Himself ("The Babbit and the Bromide" number)
Template:Yf Living in a Big Way Yes Yes Leo Gogarty
Template:Yf The Pirate Yes Yes Serafin
The Three Musketeers Yes Yes D'Artagnan
Words and Music Yes Yes Himself ("Slaughter on 10th Avenue" number)
Template:Yf Take Me Out to the Ball Game Yes Yes Eddie O'Brien
On the Town Yes Yes Yes Gabey Co-directed by Stanley Donen[11]
Template:Yf The Black Hand Yes Giovanni E. "Johnny" Columbo
Summer Stock Yes Joe D. Ross
Template:Yf An American in Paris Yes Yes Jerry Mulligan Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor[10]
It's a Big Country Yes Icarus Xenophon
Template:Yf Love Is Better Than Ever Yes Himself (unbilled cameo)
Singin' in the Rain Yes Yes Yes Don Lockwood Co-directed by Stanley Donen[12]
Nominated — DGA Award for Outstanding Director (Kelly and Donen)[10]
The Devil Makes Three Yes Capt. Jeff Eliot
Template:Yf Brigadoon Yes Tommy Albright
Seagulls Over Sorrento Yes Lt. "Brad" Bradville (USN) Filmed in the UK
Deep in My Heart Yes Himself (Dancing Around" number)
Template:Yf It's Always Fair Weather Yes Yes Yes Ted Riley Co-directed by Stanley Donen[13]
Template:Yf Invitation to the Dance Yes Yes Yes The Clown / Sinbad Berlin International Film Festival (Golden Berlin Bear) International Jury Award[10]
Template:Yf The Happy Road Yes Yes Michael J. Andrews
Cole Porter's Les Girls Yes Barry Nichols Nominated — Laurel Award (Golden Laurel) Award for Top Male Musical Performance (5th place)[10]
Template:Yf Marjorie Morningstar Yes Noel Airman
The Tunnel of Love Yes
Template:Yf Inherit the Wind Yes E. K. Hornbeck
Let's Make Love Yes Himself (cameo)
Gigot Yes
Template:Yf What a Way to Go! Yes Yes Pinky Benson Locarno International Film Festival (Silver Sail) Award for Best Actor[10]
Template:Yf Les Demoiselles de Rochefort Yes Andy Miller Filmed in France
Template:Yf A Guide for the Married Man Yes
Template:Yf Hello, Dolly! Yes Nominated — DGA Award for Outstanding Director[10]
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Director[10]
Template:Yf The Cheyenne Social Club Yes
Template:Yf 40 Carats Yes Billy Boylan
Template:Yf That's Entertainment! Yes Himself (co-host)
Template:Yf That's Entertainment, Part II Yes Yes Himself (co-host) Director of new sequences[14]
Template:Yf Viva Knievel! Yes Will Atkins
Template:Yf Xanadu Yes Danny McGuire
Template:Yf That's Dancing! Yes Himself (co-host)
Template:Yf That's Entertainment! III Yes Himself (co-host)
Template:Yf Cat's Don't Dance Yes Uncredited as choreographer[15]

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Short films and documentaries

Year Title Role
Template:Yf The Cap and Gown Revue Himself
The Kelly Brothers Himself
Template:Yf Some of the Best Himself
Template:Yf Screen Actors Himself
Template:Yf Council of Europe Narrator
Template:Yf 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration Himself
Template:Yf Just One More Time Himself
Template:Yf Reporters Himself
Template:Yf Les Demoiselles ont eu 25 ans Himself

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Footnotes

  1. ^ "Dance History Archive". Swing Street. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
  2. ^ "Gene Kelly: Career timeline". American Masters. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
  3. ^ "Gene Kelly". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  4. ^ a b "Gene Kelly — Anatomy of a Dancer". American Masters. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
  5. ^ Thomas, Tony (1991). The Films of Gene Kelly: Song and Dance Man. Citadel. p. 162. ISBN 0-8065-0543-5.
  6. ^ Thomas, p. 162.
  7. ^ "The Gene Scene (Gene Kelly: Awards)". Donna J. Pointkouski. Retrieved 2009-03-03. In appreciation of his versatility as an actor, singer, director and dancer, and specifically for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film.
  8. ^ "AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals". American Film Institute. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  9. ^ Thomas, p. 49.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h "The Gene Scene (Gene Kelly: Awards)". Donna J. Pointkouski. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
  11. ^ Thomas, p. 99.
  12. ^ Thomas, p. 133.
  13. ^ Thomas, p. 159.
  14. ^ Thomas, p. 246.
  15. ^ "Entry on Cat's Don't Dance". Donna J. Pointkouski. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
  16. ^ Thomas, pp. 30-257.
  17. ^ Gene Kelly filmography at the TCM Movie Database
  18. ^ "IMDb entry on Gene Kelly (Section: "Self")". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-14-03. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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