American Film Institute Salute to Gene Kelly Life Achievement Award Kelly, Gene performer Astaire, Fred performer O'Connor, Donald performer Hines, Gregory performer Nicholas, Fayard performer Nicholas, Harold performer Television/Video 1985-05-07 Fred Astaire, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Leslie Caron pay tribute to Kelly; Betty Comdon and Adolph Green, of "Singing in the Rain" are joined by Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor; Gregory Hines performs a solo tap dance in this tribute to Gene Kelly. A video recording of Gregory Hines in this tribute, dated 5/2/1985 may be included in NYPL Gregory Hines collection of American Tap Dance (gift of Pamela Koslow). Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Museum of Television and Radio Broadcasing: Museum of Television and Radio Broadcasing. (). New York Public Library: CATNYP: Dance Collection: Tap Dancing. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Gregory Hines Collection of American Tap Dance (). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Gregory Hines (biography) loc.music.tdabio.106 Donald O'Connor (biography) loc.music.tdabio.146 Fred Astaire (biography) loc.music.tdabio.16 Gene Kelly (biography) loc.music.tdabio.119 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.2170