Gene Nelson

Gene Nelson adalah seorang penari, aktor, penulis skenario, dan sutradara Amerika. Lahir Leander Eugene Berg di Astoria, Oregon, keluarganya pindah ke Seattle ketika dia berusia satu tahun. Dia terinspirasi untuk menjadi penari ketika dia masih kecil menonton Fred Astaire dan Ginger Rogers. Setelah bertugas di Angkatan Darat selama Perang Dunia II di mana ia juga tampil dalam musikal This Is the Army, Nelson mendapatkan peran Broadway pertamanya dalam Lend an Ear, di mana ia menerima Penghargaan Teater Dunia. Dia juga muncul di panggung di Follies, yang memberinya nominasi Tony Award, dan Good News. Rekan dansa profesional lama Nelson selama tahun 1950-an adalah aktris JoAnn Dean Killingsworth. Gene Nelson ikut membintangi Doris Day dalam "Lullaby of Broadway" pada tahun 1951. Dia memerankan Will Parker dalam film Oklahoma! Pada tahun 1959, dia muncul di Northwest Passage sebagai seorang pemuda yang mencoba membuktikan bahwa dia tidak bersalah dalam kasus pembunuhan. Nelson muncul pada episode 17 Maret 1960 "You Bet Your Life", yang dibawakan oleh Groucho Marx. Dia dan putri Groucho, Melinda, menampilkan nomor tarian bersama. Nelson menyutradarai delapan episode The Rifleman pada musim 1961-62, Star Trek asli, musim pertama I Dream of Jeannie, Gunsmoke, The Silent Force, dan The San Pedro Beach Bums. Dia menyutradarai film Elvis Presley Kissin' Cousins, yang skenarionya dia tulis, dan Harum Scarum. Untuk skenario film Kissin' Cousins ​​ia menerima nominasi penghargaan WGA untuk penulisan musikal terbaik. Dia kemudian mengajar di Departemen Seni Teater di San Francisco State University pada akhir 1980an. Dia membintangi sebagai Buddy dalam musikal Broadway tahun 1971 Follies, di mana dia menerima nominasi Tony Award tahun 1972 untuk Aktor Unggulan Dalam Musikal. Produksinya menampilkan musik oleh Stephen Sondheim dan disutradarai bersama oleh Michael Bennett dan Harold Prince. Atas kontribusinya pada industri film, pada tahun 1990, Nelson dilantik ke dalam Hollywood Walk of Fame. Bintang Nelson terletak di 7005 Hollywood Boulevard. Deskripsi di atas dari artikel Wikipedia Gene Nelson, berlisensi CC-BY-SA, daftar lengkap kontributor di Wikipedia.​

Gene Nelson was an American dancer, actor, screenwriter, and director. Born Leander Eugene Berg in Astoria, Oregon, his family 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. After serving in the Army during World War II during which he also performed in the musical This Is the Army, Nelson landed his first Broadway role in Lend an Ear, for which he received the Theatre World Award. He also appeared onstage in Follies, which garnered him a Tony Award nomination, and Good News. Nelson's longtime professional dance partner during the 1950s was actress JoAnn Dean Killingsworth. Gene Nelson co-starred with Doris Day in "Lullaby of Broadway" in 1951. He played Will Parker in the film Oklahoma! In 1959, he appeared in Northwest Passage as a young man trying to prove his innocence in a murder case. Nelson appeared on the March 17, 1960 episode of "You Bet Your Life", hosted by Groucho Marx. He and Groucho's daughter, Melinda, performed a dance number together. Nelson directed eight episodes of The Rifleman in the 1961-62 season, the original Star Trek, the first season of I Dream of Jeannie, Gunsmoke, The Silent Force, and The San Pedro Beach Bums. He directed the Elvis Presley films Kissin' Cousins, which screenplay he wrote, and Harum Scarum. For the Kissin' Cousins screenplay he received a WGA award nomination for best written musical. He later taught in the Theater Arts Department at San Francisco State University in the late 1980s. He starred as Buddy in the 1971 Broadway musical Follies, for which he received a 1972 Tony Award nomination for Featured Actor In A Musical. The production featured a score by Stephen Sondheim and was co-directed by Michael Bennett and Harold Prince. For contribution to the motion picture industry, in 1990, Nelson was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Nelson's star is located at 7005 Hollywood Boulevard. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​