Gillian Kelly

Gillian Kelly is a film and media scholar specialising in the anthropological history of film, particularly the constructed star personae and career trajectories of male performers of classical Hollywood cinema. Her first monograph 'Robert Taylor: Male Beauty, Masculinity and Stardom in Hollywood' (2019) is an academic investigation of Taylor's image and performance skills, exploring his filmic and extrafilmic careers within their industrial and socio-historical timeframes. The study is also concerned with wider issues facing America during this period, such as changing concepts of masculinity in the pre- and post-World War II years.

Dr Kelly holds a PhD and Master of Literature from the University of Glasgow, and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from the University of Paisley. Her articles and scholarly book reviews have appeared in various academic journals, and she has contributed chapters to edited anthologies. In 2020 her Taylor book was shortlisted for Best Monograph at the prestigious BAFTSS Awards, while her second monograph 'Tyrone Power: Gender, Genre and Image in Classical Hollywood Cinema' was released by Edinburgh University Press in 2021.