Gene Kelly
Gender: Male
Born: 23rd August 1912
Died: 2nd February 1996
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: The Funny Side, Going My Way, Dean Martin Celebrity Roast, North and South
Movies: An American in Paris, Anchors Aweigh, Christmas Holiday, Inherit the Wind, Singin' in the Rain, That's Entertainment!, Viva Knievel!, Xanadu, The Pirate, For Me and My Gal, The Young Girls of Rochefort, Thousands Cheer, Cover Girl, Ziegfeld Follies, Summer Stock, It's Always Fair Weather, Les Girls, Marjorie Morningstar, What a Way to Go!, The Three Musketeers, That's Entertainment III, The Devil Makes Three, Pilot no. 5, 40 Carats, On the Town, Living in a Big Way, Brigadoon, The Cross of Lorraine, Seagulls Over Sorrento, Take Me Out to the Ball Game, DuBarry Was a Lady, Mickey's Christmas Carol, Let's Make Love, Words and Music, Deep in My Heart, It's a Big Country, That's Dancing!, The Happy Road, Invitation to the Dance, Invitation to the Dance, Invitation to the Dance, Invitation to the Dance, The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
Eugene Curran "Gene" Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American dancer, actor, singer, film director and producer, and choreographer. Kelly was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style, his good looks and the likeable characters that he played on screen.
Although he is known today for his performances in Singin' in the Rain and An American in Paris, he was a dominant force in Hollywood musical films from the mid 1940s until this art form fell out of fashion in the late 1950s. His many innovations transformed the Hollywood musical film, and he is credited with almost single-handedly making the ballet form commercially acceptable to film audiences.
Kelly was the recipient of an Academy Honorary Award in 1952 for his career achievements. He later received lifetime achievement awards in the Kennedy Center Honors, and from the Screen Actors Guild and American Film Institute; in 1999, the American Film Institute also numbered him 15th in their Greatest Male Stars of All Time list.
Kelly was born in the Highland Park neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was the third son of Harriet Catherine (née Curran) and James Patrick Joseph Kelly, a phonograph
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