Welcome to the Official Website for Patricia Ward Kelly, author and widow of legendary dancer, director and choreographer Gene Kelly.

Mrs. Kelly has worked as a writer at a film production company in Washington, D.C., as a contributing scholar for the Northwestern/Newberry Writings of Herman Melville, and as a freelance journalist. She and Gene Kelly met at the Smithsonian in 1985, when he was the host/narrator for a television special for which she was a writer. Soon after, they began their collaboration on his memoirs. They were married from 1990 until his death in 1996.

In 1992, Gene Kelly designated his wife, Patricia, as Sole Trustee of The Gene Kelly Image Trust, the entity governing the Gene Kelly Rights of Publicity, including the use of his name, voice, likeness, and persona. She currently serves in this capacity.

Mrs. Kelly lives in Los Angeles. In addition to her speaking engagements and organization of the Gene Kelly Collection, she is working on the book about her late husband. (Click Here to read a special note from Patricia Kelly.)

This Website is presently under construction. For inquiries, please use the links above, including your contact information if you wish to be informed of future publications and appearances.

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