Gene Kelly filmography
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 | |||
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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] |
Short films and documentaries
Year | Title | Role |
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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 |
Footnotes
- ^ "Dance History Archive". Swing Street. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
- ^ "Gene Kelly: Career timeline". American Masters. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
- ^ "Gene Kelly". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
- ^ a b "Gene Kelly — Anatomy of a Dancer". American Masters. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
- ^ Thomas, Tony (1991). The Films of Gene Kelly: Song and Dance Man. Citadel. p. 162. ISBN 0-8065-0543-5.
- ^ Thomas, p. 162.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals". American Film Institute. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
- ^ Thomas, p. 49.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "The Gene Scene (Gene Kelly: Awards)". Donna J. Pointkouski. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
- ^ Thomas, p. 99.
- ^ Thomas, p. 133.
- ^ Thomas, p. 159.
- ^ Thomas, p. 246.
- ^ "Entry on Cat's Don't Dance". Donna J. Pointkouski. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
- ^ Thomas, pp. 30-257.
- ^ Gene Kelly filmography at the TCM Movie Database
- ^ "IMDb entry on Gene Kelly (Section: "Self")". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-14-03.
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References
- Thomas, Tony (1991). The Films of Gene Kelly: Song and Dance Man. Citadel. ISBN 0-8065-0543-5.
- Pointkouski, Donna J. "The Gene Scene". FeedBurner. Retrieved 2009-14-03.
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- Gene Kelly filmography at the TCM Movie Database