Gene Kelly
Birthday: 1912-08-23 | Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USAEugene 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 in For Me and My Gal (1942), and followed by Du Barry Was a Lady (1943), Thousands Cheer (1943), The Pirate (1948), Summer Stock (1950), and Les Girls (1957) among others. After musicals he starred in two films outside the musical genre: Inherit the Wind (1960) and What a Way to Go! (1964). In 1967, he appeared in French director Jacques Demy's musical comedy The Young Girls of Rochefort opposite Catherine Deneuve. Kelly solo directed the comedy A Guide for the Married Man (1967) starring Walter Matthau, and later the extravagant musical Hello, Dolly! (1969) starring Barbra Streisand, recognized with an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. Kelly co-hosted and appeared in Ziegfeld Follies (1946), That's Entertainment! (1974), That's Entertainment, Part II (1976), That's Dancing! (1985), and That's Entertainment, Part III (1994). His many innovations transformed the Hollywood musical, and he is credited with almost single-handedly making the ballet form commercially acceptable to film audiences. Kelly received an Academy Honorary Award in 1952 for his career achievements; the same year, An American in Paris won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. He later received lifetime achievement awards in the Kennedy Center Honors (1982) and from the Screen Actors Guild and American Film Institute. In 1999, the American Film Institute also ranked him as the 15th greatest male screen legend of Classic Hollywood Cinema. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Kelly, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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jouer Himself - Co-Host / Narrator
jouer Himself
jouer Danny McGuire
jouer Will Atkins
jouer Himself - Co-Host / Narrator
jouer Himself - Co-Host / Narrator / Clips from 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' - 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'An American in Paris'
jouer Billy Boylan
jouer Andy Miller
jouer Pinky Benson
jouer Noel Airman
jouer Barry Nichols
jouer Michael J. Andrews
jouer Host / Pierrot / The Marine / Sinbad
jouer Ted Riley
jouer Tommy Albright
jouer Capt. Jeff Eliot
jouer Don Lockwood
jouer Icarus Xenophon
jouer Jerry Mulligan
jouer Giovanni E. 'Johnny' Columbo
jouer Joe D. Ross
jouer Eddie O'Brien
jouer Gabey
jouer D'Artagnan
jouer Serafin
jouer Leo Gogarty
jouer Gentleman in 'The Babbit and the Bromide'
jouer Joseph Brady