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Gene Nelson, This article is about the American entertainer. For the baseball player, see Gene Nelson (baseball).Gene Nelson (March 24, 1920 - September 16, 1996) was an American dancer, actor, screenwriter, and director.[edit] BiographyBorn Leander Eugene Berg in Astoria, Oregon, he moved to Seattle when he was one year old. He was inspired to become a dancer by watching Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies when he was a child. After serving in the Army during World War II, Nelson landed his first Broadway role in Lend an Ear, for which he received the Theatre World Award. He also appeared on stage in Follies, which garnered him a Tony Award nomination, and Good News.Nelsons film acting credits include This is the Army (1943), I Wonder Whos Kissing Her Now (1947), Gentlemens Agreement (1947), Apartment for Peggy (1948), The Walls of Jericho (1948), The Daughter of Rosie OGrady (1950), Tea for Two (1950), The West Point Story (1950), Lullaby of Broadway (1951), Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951), Starlift (1951), Shes Working Her Way Through College (1952), Shes Back on Broadway (1953), Three Sailors and a Girl (1953), Crime Wave(1954), So This is Paris (1954), Oklahoma! (1955), The Atomic Man (1956), The Way Out (1956), The Purple Hills (1961), 20,000 Eyes (1961), Thunder Island (1963), Starred as Buddy in the 1971 Broadway musical Follies, A Brand New Life (1972), Family Flight (1972), and S.O.B. (1981).Nelson directed episodes of the original Star Trek, the first season of I Dream of Jeannie, and Gunsmoke. In 1959, he appeared with Keith Larsen and Buddy Ebsen in the NBC adventure series Northwest Passage as a young man trying to prove his innocence in a murder case.Nelson also directed the 1965 Elvis Presley movie [[Harum Scarum]].In 1957, a horse fell on Nelson and fractured his pelvis. He legally changed his name in 1964. He died of cancer, aged 76, in Los Angeles, California. He was survived by three children, Douglas, Victoria and Chris.[edit] Awards and nominationsYearAwardResultCategoryFilm1951Golden Globe AwardWinMost Promising NewcomerTea for Two1965Writers Guild of America AwardNominatedBest Written American MusicalKissin Cousins (Shared with Gerald Drayson Adams)[edit] External linksGene Nelson at the Internet Broadway DatabaseGene Nelson at the Internet Movie DatabasePersondataNameNelson, GeneAlternative namesBerg, Leander EugeneShort descriptionActor, dancer, screenwriter, directorDate of birthMarch 24, 1920Place of birthSeattle, WashingtonDate of deathSeptember 16, 1996Place of deathLos Angeles, CaliforniaRetrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_NelsonCategories: 1920 births | 1996 deaths | American dancers | American film actors | American television actors | American screenwriters | American film directors | American television directors | People from Seattle, Washington | Cancer deaths in CaliforniaHidden categories: Articles lacking 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