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Actor. Director. Awards and nominations. References. External links. Gene Nelson (born Leander Eugene Berg; March 24, 1920 – September 16, 1996) was an American actor, dancer, screenwriter, and director. [1] [2] [3] Biography. Born Leander Eugene Berg in Astoria, Oregon, he and his family moved to Seattle when he was one year old.
ABOUT. His name...Gene Nelson. Born in Arkansas in 1989 and raised on a steady diet of late night talkshows and Comedy Central programming. Gene graduated with a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Media Communication from The University of Arkansas. While there he joined the inaugural line up of the first improv team in school history, Laugh ...
Gene Nelson. Actor: Oklahoma!. Gene Nelson was barely a teen when he saw the Fred Astaire movie Flying Down to Rio (1933), which would change his life. It was then that he decided he would be a dancer. After graduating from high school, Nelson joined the Sonja Henie Ice Show and toured for 3 years before joining the Army in World War II.
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- March 24, 1920
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- September 16, 1996
March 24, 1920 · Seattle, Washington, USA. Died. September 16, 1996 · Los Angeles, California, USA (cancer) Birth name. Eugene Leander Berg. Height. 6′ (1.83 m) Mini Bio. Gene Nelson was barely a teen when he saw the Fred Astaire movie Flying Down to Rio (1933) , which would change his life. It was then that he decided he would be a dancer.
- March 24, 1920
- September 16, 1996
Sep 18, 1996 · Gene Nelson, who played Will Parker, the blond, boyish, high-stepping lasso dancer in the 1955 film version of ''Oklahoma!,'' died on Monday at a hospital in Calabasas, Calif. He was 76 and...
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Sep 18, 1996 · Gene Nelson, a singing and dancing actor best remembered as the definitive cowboy Will Parker in the 1955 film version of “Oklahoma!” has died. He was 76. Nelson died Monday of cancer at the...
Sep 16, 1996 · Gene Nelson was an American dancer, actor, screenwriter, and director. Born Leander Eugene Berg in Astoria, Oregon, he moved to Seattle when he was a year old. He was inspired to become a dancer by watching Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers when he was a child.
