Top 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsMost Popular Video GamesMost Popular Music VideosMost Popular Podcasts
    Release CalendarBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV NewsIndia TV Spotlight
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsBest Picture WinnersBest Picture WinnersEmmysSTARmeter AwardsSan Diego Comic-ConNew York Comic-ConSundance Film FestivalToronto Int'l Film FestivalAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
Sign In
New Customer? Create account
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Biography
  • Awards
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Gene Kelly(1912-1996)

  • Actor
  • Additional Crew
  • Director
IMDbProStarmeter
Top 5,000758
Gene Kelly c. 1944
A reflective account on the life and work of Catalonian filmmaker Josep Torella i Pineda. This documentary, shot from the perspective of a young, filmmaking ingenue, lends itself to gently initiate the spectator from the life and work of the man into a revealing look at his career not merely as a filmmaker and angry writer but also as Josep Torella the friend, husband, confidant and patriarch as told by those closest to him.
Play trailer0:52
Torrella, una vida pel cinema (1997)
32 Videos
99+ Photos
Eugene Curran Kelly was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the third son of Harriet Catherine (Curran) and James Patrick Joseph Kelly, a phonograph salesman. His father was of Irish descent and his mother was of Irish and German ancestry.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was the largest and most powerful studio in Hollywood when Gene Kelly arrived in town in 1941. He came direct from the hit 1940 original Broadway production of "Pal Joey" and planned to return to the Broadway stage after making the one film required by his contract. His first picture for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was For Me and My Gal (1942) with Judy Garland. What kept Kelly in Hollywood were "the kindred creative spirits" he found behind the scenes at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The talent pool was especially large during World War II, when Hollywood was a refuge for many musicians and others in the performing arts of Europe who were forced to flee the Nazis. After the war, a new generation was coming of age. Those who saw An American in Paris (1951) would try to make real life as romantic as the reel life they saw portrayed in that musical, and the first time they saw Paris, they were seeing again in memory the seventeen-minute ballet sequence set to the title song written by George Gershwin and choreographed by Kelly. The sequence cost a half million dollars (U.S.) to make in 1951 dollars. Another Kelly musical of the era, Singin' in the Rain (1952), was one of the first 25 films selected by the Library of Congress for its National Film Registry. Kelly was in the same league as Fred Astaire, but instead of a top hat and tails Kelly wore work clothes that went with his masculine, athletic dance style.

Gene Kelly died at age 83 of complications from two strokes on February 2, 1996 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California.
BornAugust 23, 1912
DiedFebruary 2, 1996(83)
BornAugust 23, 1912
DiedFebruary 2, 1996(83)
IMDbProStarmeter
Top 5,000758
  • Nominated for 1 Oscar

Photos577

Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds in Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds in Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor in Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds in Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Gene Kelly and Olivia Newton-John in Xanadu (1980)
Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly in Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly in Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly in Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Gene Kelly and Pier Angeli in The Devil Makes Three (1952)
Gene Kelly and Pier Angeli in The Devil Makes Three (1952)
Gene Kelly and Pier Angeli in The Devil Makes Three (1952)

Known for

Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor in Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Singin' in the Rain
8.3
  • Don Lockwood
  • 1952
Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron in An American in Paris (1951)
An American in Paris
7.2
  • Jerry Mulligan
  • 1951
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Inherit the Wind
8.1
  • E. K. Hornbeck
  • 1960
Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett, Ann Miller, Jules Munshin, and Vera-Ellen in On the Town (1949)
On the Town
7.3
  • Gabey
  • 1949

Credits

Edit
IMDbPro

Actor

  • Sins (1986)
    Sins
  • North & South: Book 1, North & South (1985)
    North & South: Book 1, North & South
  • Fred Grandy, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Gavin MacLeod, and Lauren Tewes in The Love Boat (1977)
    The Love Boat
  • Olivia Newton-John in Xanadu (1980)
    Xanadu
  • The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (1979)
    The Mary Tyler Moore Hour
  • Viva Knievel! (1977)
    Viva Knievel!
  • 40 Carats (1973)
    40 Carats
  • A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
    A Guide for the Married Man
    • (voice, uncredited)
  • The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
    The Young Girls of Rochefort
  • Jack and the Beanstalk (1967)
    Jack and the Beanstalk
  • Gene Kelly, Robert Mitchum, Paul Newman, Shirley MacLaine, Dean Martin, Dick Van Dyke, and Robert Cummings in What a Way to Go! (1964)
    What a Way to Go!
  • Going My Way (1962)
    Going My Way
  • Let's Make Love (1960)
    Let's Make Love
    • (uncredited)
  • Inherit the Wind (1960)
    Inherit the Wind
  • Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
    Marjorie Morningstar

Additional Crew

  • Scott Bakula, Hal Holbrook, Kathy Najimy, Jasmine Guy, Mark Dindal, Betty Lou Gerson, Matthew Herried, Don Knotts, Ashley Peldon, and John Rhys-Davies in Cats Don't Dance (1997)
    Cats Don't Dance
    • (uncredited)
  • One from the Heart (1981)
    One from the Heart
    • (uncredited)
  • Gene Kelly: An American in Pasadena (1978)
    Gene Kelly: An American in Pasadena
  • Gene Kelly, Robert Mitchum, Paul Newman, Shirley MacLaine, Dean Martin, Dick Van Dyke, and Robert Cummings in What a Way to Go! (1964)
    What a Way to Go!
  • Omnibus (1952)
    Omnibus
  • The Magic Lamp
  • Invitation to the Dance (1956)
    Invitation to the Dance
  • Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Dan Dailey, Dolores Gray, and Michael Kidd in It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
    It's Always Fair Weather
  • Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse in Brigadoon (1954)
    Brigadoon
  • Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor in Singin' in the Rain (1952)
    Singin' in the Rain
    • (uncredited)
  • Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron in An American in Paris (1951)
    An American in Paris
  • Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Esther Williams in Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
    Take Me Out to the Ball Game
  • Gene Kelly, June Allyson, Van Heflin, Angela Lansbury, and Lana Turner in The Three Musketeers (1948)
    The Three Musketeers
    • (uncredited)
  • Judy Garland and Gene Kelly in The Pirate (1948)
    The Pirate
  • Living in a Big Way (1947)
    Living in a Big Way

Director

  • That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
    That's Entertainment, Part II
    • (new sequences)
  • Henry Fonda, James Stewart, Sharon DeBord, Elaine Devry, Shirley Jones, Jackie Joseph, Sue Ane Langdon, Jackie Russell, and Jean Willes in The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)
    The Cheyenne Social Club
  • Walter Matthau and Barbra Streisand in Hello, Dolly! (1969)
    Hello, Dolly!
  • Children's Letters to God
  • A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
    A Guide for the Married Man
  • Jack and the Beanstalk (1967)
    Jack and the Beanstalk
  • American in Paris
  • Gigot (1962)
    Gigot
  • Omnibus (1952)
    Omnibus
  • Doris Day and Richard Widmark in The Tunnel of Love (1958)
    The Tunnel of Love
  • Gene Kelly and Barbara Laage in The Happy Road (1957)
    The Happy Road
  • The Magic Lamp
  • Invitation to the Dance (1956)
    Invitation to the Dance
  • Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Dan Dailey, Dolores Gray, and Michael Kidd in It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
    It's Always Fair Weather
  • Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor in Singin' in the Rain (1952)
    Singin' in the Rain

Videos32

Trailer
Trailer 2:40
Trailer
Trailer
Trailer 1:55
Trailer
Trailer
Trailer 1:31
Trailer
Trailer
Trailer 1:40
Trailer
Trailer
Trailer 2:25
Trailer
Trailer
Trailer 1:30
Trailer
Trailer
Trailer 1:56
Trailer
Trailer
Trailer 1:31
Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer 2:11
Official Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer 2:50
Official Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer 3:27
Official Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer 3:24
Official Trailer

Personal details

Edit
    • Facebook
    • August 23, 1912
    • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • February 2, 1996
    • Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(complications from two strokes)
    • Patricia Ward KellyJuly 20, 1990 - February 2, 1996 (his death)
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared (as "Secretary to Mr. Goodhue"; Broadway debut) in "Leave It to Me!" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music / lyrics by Cole Porter. Material adaption by / based on the play Clear All the Wires" by Bella Spewack and Sam Spewack (also director). Musical Director: Robert Emmett Dolan. Music orchestrated by Don Walker (credited as Donald J. Walker). Imperial Theatre: 9 Nov 1938-15 Jul 1939 (291 performances). Cast: William Gaxton (as "Buckley Joyce Thomas"), Victor Moore (as "Alonzo P. Goodhue"), Mary Martin (as "Dolly Winslow"), Tamara (as "Colette"), Sophie Tucker (as "Mrs. Goodhue" / "April" / "Mrs. Goodhue's Daughter"), Walter Armin (as "French Conductor" / "French Ambassador" / "Stalin"), Alexander Asro, Monica Bannister, Vicki Belling, Dorothy Benson, Stanton Bier, Alexis Bolan, Ruth Bond, Evelyn Bonefine, Chet Bree, Charles Campbell, Dean Carlton, James W. Carr, Mildred Chenaval, Don Cortez, Ruth Daye, J. Colville Dunn, John Eliot, Michael J. Forbes, Hans Hansen, Pearl Harris, Eddie Heisler, Beverly Hosier, Ivan Izmailov, Dorothea Jackson, Thomas Jafollo, Adele Jergens (as "Guest"), Ruth Joseph, Joseph Kallini, Evelyn Kelly, Maurice Kelly, June Le Roy, Nancy Lee, William Lilling, Walter Long, Peter Lopoukin, George E. Mack (as "Photographer" / "Japanese Ambassador"), Walter Monroe, Evelyn Moser, Audrey Palmer, John Panter, Mary Ann Parker, Kay Picture, Barbara Pond, Edward H. Robins, Roy Ross, Jean Scott, Veva Selwood, Jack Seymour, Lawrie Shevlin, Eugene Sigaloff, Zynaid Spencer, Jack Stanton, Frances Tannehill (as "Guest"), Marie Vanneman, Marie Vaughan, Matthew Vodnoy. Replacement actors: Paul Bartels (as "Secretary to Mr. Goodhue"), Dorothy Compton (as "Guest"), Mildred Fenton (as "Dolly Winslow"), Joel Friend (as "Secretary to Mr. Goodhue"), Grace Gillen (as "One of Les Girls"). Produced by Vinton Freedley.
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Biographical Movies
    • 6 Print Biographies
    • 2 Portrayals
    • 1 Interview
    • 12 Articles
    • 3 Pictorials
    • 3 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

Edit
  • Trivia
    Had a fever of 103 degrees while filming the famous rain scene in Singin' in the Rain (1952).
  • Quotes
    [on his working experience with Debbie Reynolds while filming Singin' in the Rain (1952) (1952)] I wasn't nice to Debbie. It's a wonder she still speaks to me.
    • Known for his innovative, athletic style of dancing

Related news

Contribute to this page

Suggest an edit or add missing content
  • Learn more about contributing
Edit page

More to explore

Recently viewed

Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
Get the IMDb App
  • Get the IMDb App
  • Help
  • Site Index
  • IMDbPro
  • Box Office Mojo
  • IMDb Developer
  • Press Room
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your Ads Privacy Choices
IMDb, an Amazon company

© 1990-2023 by IMDb.com, Inc.