Gene Kelly

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1912 age 0

   Born

2. 1945 age 33

   CreditAnchors Aweigh

3. 1949 age 37

   CreditOn the Town

   CreditOn the Towndirector

4. 1951 age 39

   CreditAn American in Paris

5. 1952 age 40

   CreditSingin' in the Rain

   CreditSingin' in the Raindirector

6. 1967 age 55

   CreditThe Young Girls of Rochefort

7. 1969 age 57

   CreditHello, Dolly!director

8. 1996 age 83

   Died

• AFArthur Freed3 titles
• AFAdrienne Fazan3 titles
• LDLester Dorr2 titles
• HRHarold Rosson2 titles
• FSFrank Sinatra2 titles
• EBEugene Borden2 titles
• RERoger Edens2 titles
• SDStanley Donen2 titles
• BCBetty Comden2 titles
• AGAdolph Green2 titles

• Spouse

  • BBBetsy Blair

Nothing recorded for: Partner, Parents, Children, Siblings, Influenced by, Studied under, Taught.

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  Photo:Metro-Goldwyn-MayerPublic domain

• I really don't know why I clicked. I didn't want to be a dancer, I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an athlete and gymnast, so it came naturally.

  Gene Kelly, CC BY-SA 4.0

• In the 1930s, when I started, Martha Graham was the only dancer doing anything modern, but she did it all to classical music. I couldn't see myself doing Swan Lake every night, and I wanted to develop a truly American style. The only dancer in the movies at that time with any success was Fred Astaire, but he did very small, elegant steps in a top hat, white tie, and tails.

  Gene Kelly, CC BY-SA 4.0

• It's all true. It's true I didn't want to be a dancer. What I really wanted to be was a shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Then at 14 I discovered girls, and began to study dancing diligently. At that time dancing was the only way you could put your arm around the girl. Dancing was courtship. Only later did I discover you dance joy. You dance love. You dance dreams. Of course, the Pittsburgh Pirates lost a hell of a shortstop.

  Gene Kelly, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Fred Astaire represented the aristocracy, I represented the proletariat.

  Gene Kelly, CC BY-SA 4.0