Gene Kelly

Born: 1912-08-23

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 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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Singin' in the Rain

as Don Lockwood
Released: 1952-04-09

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.

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The Three Musketeers

as D'Artagnan
Released: 1948-10-20

Athletic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure about the king's musketeers and their...

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Anchors Aweigh

as Joseph Brady
Released: 1945-08-13

Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the...

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Brigadoon

as Tommy Albright
Released: 1954-09-08

Americans Jeff and Tommy, hunting in Scotland, stumble upon a village - Brigadoon. They soon...

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Inherit the Wind

as E.K. Hornbeck
Released: 1960-07-07

Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution....

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The Young Girls of Rochefort

as Andy Miller
Released: 1967-03-08

Delphine and Solange are two sisters living in Rochefort. Delphine is a dancing teacher and...

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It's Always Fair Weather

as Ted Riley
Released: 1955-08-30

Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war....

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An American in Paris

as Jerry Mulligan
Released: 1951-09-26

Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a...

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game

as Eddie O'Brien
Released: 1949-03-09

The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they've been inherited by one K.C. Higgins,...

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Xanadu

as Danny McGuire
Released: 1980-08-08

A beautiful muse inspires an artist and his older friend to convert a dilapidated auditorium...

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And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2014-02-01

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND...

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What a Way to Go!

as Pinky Benson
Released: 1964-07-31

A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly...

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The Pirate

as Serafin
Released: 1948-06-11

A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate...

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40 Carats

as Billy Boylan
Released: 1973-06-28

After an overnight fling with a man nearly 20 years her junior while vacationing in Greece, Ann...

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Let's Make Love

as Gene Kelly (uncredited)
Released: 1960-09-08

When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue,...

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That's Entertainment!

as Self - Host / Narrator
Released: 1974-06-21

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50...

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For Me and My Gal

as Harry Palmer
Released: 1942-10-21

Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.

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Christmas Holiday

as Robert Manette
Released: 1944-07-31

Don't be fooled by the title. Christmas Holiday is a far, far cry from It's a Wonderful Life....

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On the Town

as Gabey
Released: 1949-12-08

Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.

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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

as Self
Released: 1995-06-05

Based on the first centenary of the largest exporter of films in the world, that is Hollywood,...

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Cover Girl

as Danny McGuire
Released: 1944-03-22

A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.

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Sid & Judy

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2019-06-26

Explore the dramatic career and personal struggles of the talented and tragically short-lived...

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Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2016-02-06

Director Spike Lee chronicles Michael Jackson's early rise to fame.

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Du Barry was a Lady

as Alec Howe / Black Arrow
Released: 1943-08-13

Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with...

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Ziegfeld Follies

as Gentleman (segment "The Babbit and the Bromide")
Released: 1945-08-26

The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in...

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Les Girls

as Barry Nichols
Released: 1957-10-03

After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls",...

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The Young Girls Turn 25

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1993-05-19

Agnes Varda's documentary of the celebrations arising from the 25th anniversary of her husband...

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Deep in My Heart

as Performer in Dancing Around
Released: 1954-12-09

Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.

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That's Dancing!

as Self - Host
Released: 1985-01-18

A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the...

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Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2002-09-24

American Masters Series. Documentary on Gene Kelly that gives insight into his dancing, how he...

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Summer Stock

as Joe D. Ross
Released: 1950-08-31

To Jane Falbury's New England farm comes a troup of actors to put up a show, invited by Jane's...

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Words and Music

as Gene Kelly
Released: 1948-12-31

Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner,...

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The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1973-01-01

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Jack and the Beanstalk

as Jeremy Keen, the Peddler
Released: 1967-02-26

A retelling of the popular fairy tale that mixes live action and animation.

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self
Released: 1988-11-22

Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.

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Thousands Cheer

as Private Eddie Marsh
Released: 1943-09-13

Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones,...

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That's Entertainment, Part II

as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Released: 1976-05-16

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time...

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Marjorie Morningstar

as Noel Airman
Released: 1958-04-24

While working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for...

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Black Hand

as Giovanni E. 'Johnny' Columbo
Released: 1950-03-12

In turn-of-the-century New York, an Italian seeks vengeance on the mobsters who killed his father.

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Lucy Moves to NBC

as Self
Released: 1980-02-08

Contacted by Fred Silverman, the President of NBC, Lucille Ball accepts to go back to work as a...

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The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell

as Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: 1982-01-02

A fascinating look at the most beloved comedy team in motion picture history. Exclusive...

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Ersatz

as Don Lockwood (voice) (archive sound)
Released: 1978-01-01

An animated Plasticine man enacts favourite scenes from Hollywood classics.

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Reporters

as Self
Released: 1981-06-10

The co-founder of the Gamma press agency, Raymond Depardon, created this documentary of press...

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Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues

as Self
Released: 1988-01-02

Music documentary directed by Patrick T. Kelly.

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Love Is Better Than Ever

as Gene Kelly (uncredited)
Released: 1952-02-23

The dancing teacher Anastasia falls in love with the smart theatre agent Jud. He likes her, too,...

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It's a Big Country

as Icarus Xenophon
Released: 1951-11-20

Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American...

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Night of 100 Stars

as Self
Released: 1982-03-08

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took...

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Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash

as Self
Released: 1990-11-30

Celebrate the fiftieth birthday of the animated cat-and-mouse team, Tom & Jerry, including clips...

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Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)
Released: 1982-12-31

While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World...

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The Costume Designer

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1950-07-13

This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The...

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The Devil Makes Three

as Jeff Eliot
Released: 1952-09-19

Jeff Elliot is an American GI investigating a black market gang in Munich.

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The Happy Road

as Michael J. Andrews
Released: 1957-06-20

Two children run away from a Swiss boarding school and set out for Paris, with their frantic...

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That's Entertainment! III

as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Released: 1994-07-01

Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of...

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Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)
Released: 1944-01-01

This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits,...

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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical

as Self (archive)
Released: 2009-03-10

During the 1950s, musical masterpieces that have yet to be equaled were produced in Cinemascope...

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Pilot #5

as Vito S. Alessandro
Released: 1943-06-24

A small group of Allied soldiers and airmen on Java are being bombed by Japanese 'planes daily....

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The Cross of Lorraine

as Victor
Released: 1943-11-12

French soldiers (Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly) surrender to lying Nazis and are herded into a...

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Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1972-01-10

A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading...

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Viva Knievel!

as Will Atkins
Released: 1977-06-10

The legendary stuntman plans his most incredible stunt yet while battling the mob in this...

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The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1986-01-21

For the first time in their careers, all the Muppets (except the ones that couldn't make it,...

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The Sandy Duncan Special

as Self
Released: 1974-11-13

This program features then-newcomer Sandy Duncan in her first network television special. Only...

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James Bond: The First 21 Years

as Self
Released: 1983-05-27

A look back at the first 21 years of Britain's most successful film series.

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Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1988-07-14

A behind-the-scenes documentary hosted by Joanna Cassidy on the making of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

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Judy Garland: By Myself

as Self - Actor (archive sound)
Released: 2004-02-25

As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland's story is one of the saddest success stories you'll...

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Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2000-09-01

Highlights from the great musicals of the 1940s. Stars featured include Judy Garland, Mickey...

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Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights

as Self
Released: 1980-04-13

In this variety special, Olivia shares the evening with Andy Gibb, Elton John, Ted Knight, Gene...

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Seagulls Over Sorrento

as Lieutenant Bradville
Released: 1954-07-13

A Navy lieutenant is borrowed by the British to supervise torpedo experiments after one of their...

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Invitation to the Dance

as Host / Pierrot / The Marine / Sinbad
Released: 1956-05-22

Three completely different stories are told through dance.

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The Movie Palaces

as Self
Released: 1987-06-25

A documentary about the great American movie palaces of the 1920s and 1930s. Filmed on location...

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La La La

as Various Roles (archive footage)
Released: 2018-11-25

When the silent cinema learned to speak, the audience was surprised not only by the voices of...

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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing

as Self (archive)
Released: 2009-12-31

This is a two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1940s.

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It's Showtime

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1976-03-31

A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.

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Living in a Big Way

as Leo Gogarty
Released: 1947-06-10

A World War II pilot (Gene Kelly) comes home to a bride (Marie McDonald) who, spoiled by her...

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The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1945-12-28

The U.S. Pacific submarine fleet was all that was available in the early days of America's...

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True Blue

as (Archive Footage)
Released: 2024-09-03

Stamatis cannot get over his breakup with Katerina. He stays locked inside, until one night...

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Combat Fatigue Irritability

as Seaman Bob Lucas
Released: 1945-01-01

A WWII military training film in which a Navy officer is being treated for combat fatigue after...

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The Julie Andrews Show

as Self
Released: 1965-12-24

The Julie Andrews Show is a television special that was broadcast by NBC in November 1965. This...

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A Bing Crosby Christmas

as Self / Narrator (archive footage)
Released: 1998-01-01

The program on this DVD is basically a retrospective produced in the early 1990s for public...

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Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years

as Self
Released: 1979-12-13

Gala tribute to the Chairman of the Board.

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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

as Self
Released: 1990-07-23

Biographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of...

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Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back

as Singer, dancer (Guest Performer)
Released: 1973-11-13

Filmed in front of a live audience on a soundstage in Hollywood, but with the feel of an...

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Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2013-01-01

Patricia Ward Kelly remembers Gene Kelly directing "Hello, Dolly!"

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The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait

as Self
Released: 1978-12-19

Richard and Karen Carpenter host a musical celebration of the holiday with celebrity guests Gene...

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Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2005-03-15

Documentary on the 1953 musical "The Band Wagon."

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Frank Sinatra: Around the World

as Self - Guest
Released: 2011-10-13

Four legendary performances from around the world, In the release of 2 DVD's, the four...

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The Life You Save May Be Your Own

as Tom T. Triplett
Released: 1957-03-01

A Southern Gothic parable (truncated on-screen as “The Life You Save”) that twists the typical...

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Happy Again

as Don Lockwood (archive footage)
Released: 2006-01-01

An experimental film superimposing a clip from "Singin' in the Rain" over itself seven times.

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Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly

as Self
Released: 1958-12-21

In 1958, NBC's OMNIBUS, the Golden Age of Television’s most distinguished series, commissioned...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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Champs-Elysées

as Self
First aired: 1982-01-16

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The Merv Griffin Show

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran...

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Great Performances

as Self
First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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North and South

as Sen. Charles Edwards
First aired: 1985-11-03

The story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Omnibus

as Self (segment)
First aired: 1952-11-09

Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.

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The Muppet Show

as Self - Special Guest Star
First aired: 1976-09-05

Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly...

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The Kennedy Center Honors

as Self
First aired: 1978-12-28

The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Going My Way

as Father Chuck O'Malley
First aired: 1962-10-03

Going My Way is an American comedy-drama series

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The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

as Self
First aired: 1973-09-14

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts is a NBC television special show hosted by entertainer Dean...

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The Danny Kaye Show

as Self
First aired: 1963-09-25

The Danny Kaye Show is an American variety show hosted by Danny Kaye that aired on CBS from 1963...

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Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 2022-12-21

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Talking Pictures

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 2013-01-05

A look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen, using archive footage to...

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The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self
First aired: 1973-04-02

In 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a...

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Sins

as Eric Hovland
First aired: 1986-02-02

Sins is a 1986 CBS television miniseries starring Joan Collins. An adaptation of the 1982 novel...

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Reflets de Cannes

as Self
First aired: 1954-03-25

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MGM Parade

as Performer in 'Ziegfeld Follies' (archive footage)
First aired: 1955-09-14

The original concept of the show was to allow the viewer to see the inner workings of a movie...

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MGM Parade

as Self - Actor
First aired: 1955-09-14

The original concept of the show was to allow the viewer to see the inner workings of a movie...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Tom T. Triplett
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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Doug Henning's World of Magic

as Self
First aired: 1975-12-26

Doug Henning's World of Magic was the first of seven annual prime-time television specials...

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