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Gene Kelly

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Also known as Eugene Curran Kelly, Eugene Kelly

American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer (1912–1996)

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Gene Kelly was an American entertainer whose professional career spanned from 1931 to 1994. He was the father of three children.

His contributions to the arts have been acknowledged through several honors. He is recognized in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection, the Kennedy Center Honors collection, and the Golden Bear collection.

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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…

Known for

  • Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood — Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee (archive footage)2025
  • True Blue — (Archive Footage)2024
  • Il était une fois Champs-Élysées — Self (archive footage)2022
  • Sid & Judy — Self (archive footage)2019
  • La La La — Various Roles (archive footage)2018
  • JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala — Self2017
  • Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered — Self (archive footage)2013
  • Talking Pictures — Self (archive footage)2013
  • Frank Sinatra: Around the World — Self - Guest2011
  • Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing — (archive footage)2009

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Kelly
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Pittsburgh
Place of death
Beverly Hills
Spouse
Jeanne Coyne
Occupation
producer
Political party
Democratic Party (United States)
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
American English
Religion
agnosticism
Award
Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
Genre
musical film
Instrument
voice
Image
Gene kelly.jpg
Height
172
Number of children
3
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writing language
American English
Commons category
Gene Kelly
date of birth
1912-08-23
date of death
1996-02-02
cause of death
stroke
different from
Fred Astaire
nominated for
Academy Award for Best Actor
manner of death
natural causes
birth name
Eugene Curran Kelly
place of burial
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
name in native language
Gene Kelly
start of work period
1931-00-00
end of work period
1994-00-00
related category
Category:Films directed by Gene Kelly
ethnic group
Americans
member of
Committee for the First Amendment
dance style
tap dance
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Encyclopedic overview

Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style. Kelly sought to create a new form of American dance accessible to the general public, which he called "dance for the common man". He starred in, choreographed, and, with Stanley Donen, co-directed some of the best-regarded musical films of the 1940s and 1950s.

Kelly is best known for his performances in An American in Paris (1951), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture and Singin' in the Rain (1952), which he and Donen directed and choreographed. He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Joseph "Joe" Bradley" in Anchors Aweigh (1945). Kelly's director debut was On the Town (1949), which he co-directed with Donen and also played the lead role. Later in the 1950s, as musicals waned in popularity, he starred in Brigadoon (1954) and It's Always Fair Weather (1955), the last film he directed with Donen. His solo directorial debut was Invitation to the Dance (1956), one of the last MGM musicals, which was a commercial failure.

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