Gene Nelson (March 24, 1920 - September 16, 1996), born Leander Eugene Berg, was a dancer, film actor and director. March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in leap years). ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

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 in World War II, Nelson began performing in films including Oklahoma! (1955). Balanchine[1] and Nureyev[2] rated him the greatest dancer of the 20th Century, and he is generally acknowledged to have been the most influential dancer in the history of filmed and televised musicals. ... Ginger Rogers on the cover of the April, 1938 issue of Modern Screen Magazine Beautiful Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was a legendary Academy Award-winning American actress and dancer. ... Oklahoma! (1943) was the first musical play written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II (see Rodgers and Hammerstein). ...

As a director for television, Nelson directed episodes of the original Star Trek, the first season of I Dream of Jeannie and Gunsmoke. Star Trek is an American science-fiction franchise spanning six television series, ten feature films, hundreds of novels, computer and video games, and other fan stories. ... I Dream of Jeannie was a popular American sitcom with a fantasy premise. ... The cast of radios Gunsmoke: Howard McNear (Doc), William Conrad (Matt), Georgia Ellis (Kitty) and Parley Baer (Chester) Gunsmoke was a long-running American old-time radio and television Western drama created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. ...

Nelson legally changed his name in 1964, and he died of cancer, aged 76, in Los Angeles, California. He was survived by 3 children. Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City 1,290. ...

He was a nominee for a Tony Award for a featured actor in his proformance in Follies. Nomination is part of the process of selecting a candidate for either election to an office, or the bestowing of an honor or award. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. ...

Gene is best known for Will Parker in the 1955 production of Roger and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Oklahoma! (1943) was the first musical play written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II (see Rodgers and Hammerstein). ...

In 1957 a horse fell on Gene and he fractured his pelvis. 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The horse (Equus caballus, sometimes seen as a subspecies of the Wild Horse, Equus ferus caballus) is a large odd-toed ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus. ... The pelvis (pl. ...

Gene Nelson's children are Douglas, Victoria and Chris. A male Caucasian toddler child A child (plural: children) is a young human. ...

External links

• Gene Nelson at the Internet Movie Database