Editing Gene Kelly (section)

==Awards and honors==
[[File:GeneKellyPlaqueAtPitt crop.JPG|thumb|325px|A plaque honoring Gene Kelly at his ''alma mater'', the University of Pittsburgh]]
* 1942 – Best Actor award from the National Board of Review for his performance in ''For Me and My Gal''
* 1946 – [[Academy Award]] nomination for Best Actor in ''Anchors Aweigh'' (1945)
* 1951 – Nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award]] for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for ''An American in Paris''
* 1952 – Honorary Academy Award "in appreciation of his versatility as an actor, singer, director and dancer, and specifically for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film." This Oscar was lost in a fire in 1983 and replaced at the 1984 Academy Awards.
* 1953 – Nomination from the Directors Guild of America, Best Director for ''Singin' in the Rain'', 1952 (shared with Stanley Donen).
* 1956 – [[Golden Bear]] at the [[6th Berlin International Film Festival]] for ''Invitation to the Dance''.<ref name="Berlinale 1956">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1956/03_preistr_ger_1956/03_Preistraeger_1956.html |title=6th Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners |access-date=December 26, 2009 |work=berlinale.de |archive-date=October 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015120526/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1956/03_preistr_ger_1956/03_Preistraeger_1956.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 1958 – Nomination for Golden Laurel Award for Best Male Musical Performance in ''[[Les Girls]]''.
* 1958 – ''[[Dance Magazine]]'''s annual TV Award for ''Dancing: A Man's Game'' from the ''Omnibus'' television series. It was also nominated for an Emmy for best singing.
* 1960 – In France, Kelly was made a ''Chevalier'' of the [[Legion of Honor]].
* 1960 - Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for motion pictures
* 1962 – Gene Kelly Dance Film Festival staged by the [[Museum of Modern Art]]
* 1964 – [[Best Actor Award (Locarno International Film Festival)|Best Actor Award]] for ''What a Way to Go!'' (1964) at the [[Locarno International Film Festival]]
* 1967 – Emmy for Outstanding Children's Program for ''[[Jack and the Beanstalk (1967 film)|Jack and the Beanstalk]]''
* 1970 – Nomination for Golden Globe, Best Director for ''Hello, Dolly!'', 1969
* 1970 – Nomination from the Directors Guild of America, Best Director for ''Hello, Dolly!'', 1969
* 1981 – [[Cecil B. DeMille Award]] at [[Golden Globes]]
* 1981 – Kelly was the subject of a 2-week film festival in France
* 1982 – Lifetime Achievement Award in the fifth annual [[Kennedy Center Honors]]
* 1985 – Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute
* 1989 – Life Achievement Award from Screen Actors Guild
* 1991 – [[Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera]] inaugurated the Gene Kelly Awards, given annually to high-school musicals in [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania]].
* 1992 – Induction into the [[American Theater Hall of Fame]]
* 1994 – [[National Medal of Arts]] awarded by United States President [[Bill Clinton]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html |title=National Medal of Arts |access-date=May 23, 2011 |work=www.nea.gov |publisher=National Endowment for the Arts |quote=1994-Gene Kelly – dancer, singer, actor. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721054307/http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html |archive-date=July 21, 2011 }} One website, [http://www.movietreasures.com/Gene_Kelly/gene_kelly.html ''Movie Treasures''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714121950/http://www.movietreasures.com/Gene_Kelly/gene_kelly.html |date=July 14, 2011 }}, refers to this award as the "National Medal of Freedom" causing some people to mistake the award for the entirely unrelated "Presidential Medal of Freedom." The award Gene Kelly received was the National Medal of the Arts. Kelly's name does not appear on the list of [https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom_Recipients.htm ''Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040714130038/http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom_Recipients.htm |date=July 14, 2004 }}.</ref>
* 1994 – The [[Three Tenors]] performed "Singin' in the Rain" in his presence during a concert at [[Dodger Stadium]] in Los Angeles.
* 1996 – Honorary [[César Award]], the César is the main national film award in France.
* 1996 – At the Academy Awards ceremony, director [[Quincy Jones]] organized a tribute to the just-deceased Kelly, in which [[Savion Glover]] performed the dance to "Singin' in the Rain".
* 1997 – Ranked number 26 in ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list
* 1999 – Ranked number 15 in the American Film Institute's "Greatest Male Legends" of Classic Hollywood list
* 2013 – "Singin' in the Rain" ranked number one in "The Nation's Favorite Dance Moment".{{clarify |date=March 2019 |reason=clarification needed on which institution/publication this refers to}}