Gene Wilder

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    Jerome Silberman, Jerry Silberman, Ζερόμ Ζίλμπερμαν, Τζιν Γουάιλντερ

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Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman; June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016) was an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, singer-songwriter, and author. He began his career on stage, and made his screen debut in an episode of the TV series The Play of the Week in 1961. Although his first film role was portraying a hostage in the 1967 motion picture Bonnie and Clyde, Wilder's first major role was as Leopold Bloom in the 1967 film The Producers for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. This was the first in a series of collaborations with writer/director Mel Brooks, including 1974's Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, which Wilder co-wrote, garnering the pair an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. He is known for his iconic portrayal of Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and for his four films with Richard Pryor: Silver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), and Another You (1991), as well as starring in Woody Allen's Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972). He directed and wrote several of his own films, including The Woman in Red (1984). With his third wife, Gilda Radner, he starred in three films, the last two of which he also directed. Her 1989 death from ovarian cancer led to his active involvement in promoting cancer awareness and treatment, helping found the Gilda Radner Ovarian Cancer Detection Center in Los Angeles and co-founding Gilda's Club. After his last acting performance in 2003 – a guest role on Will & Grace for which he received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – he turned his attention to writing. He produced a memoir in 2005, Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art; a collection of stories, What Is This Thing Called Love? (2010); and the novels My French Whore (2007), The Woman Who Wouldn't (2008), and Something to Remember You By (2013). ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1933-06-11
  • event Death Date 2016-08-29
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 7.1
  • info Birth Place Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

1971-06-29

7.5

Bonnie and Clyde

1967-08-14

7.9

Young Frankenstein

1974-12-15

8.5

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

1996-01-01

7.1

The Producers

1968-03-18

6.7

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

1989-05-12

7.3

Blazing Saddles

1974-02-07

6.2

The Woman in Red

1984-08-15

6.7

Silver Streak

1976-12-03

6.5

Stir Crazy

1980-12-12

5.4

Haunted Honeymoon

1986-07-25

5.4

Another You

1991-07-26

6.5

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask

1972-08-06

6.3

Alice in Wonderland

1999-02-28

5.3

Hanky Panky

1982-06-04

8

Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!

2003-01-01

8.2

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

2013-05-20

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The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

1975-12-14

6.8

The Little Prince

1974-11-06

5.8

The World's Greatest Lover

1977-12-18

6.1

The Frisco Kid

1979-07-06

4.6

Funny About Love

1990-09-21

5.4

Rhinoceros

1974-01-21

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Hitler: The Comedy Years

2007-05-10

5.8

Start the Revolution Without Me

1970-02-04

4.5

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx

1970-06-13

5.7

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991-01-01

5.2

Murder in a Small Town

1999-01-10

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Sunday Lovers

1980-10-31

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Wilder

6.9

EXPO: Magic of the White City

2005-09-16

6.9

The Last Laugh

2016-04-18

5.2

Thursday's Game

1974-04-14

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Role Model: Gene Wilder

2008-04-15

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Hello Actors Studio

1988-11-09

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The Trouble With People

1972-11-12

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Baryshnikov in Hollywood

1982-04-21

7.4

Remembering Gene Wilder

2024-03-15

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Scarecrow

1972-01-10

7.8

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation

2008-03-31

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Acts of Love and Other Comedies

1973-03-15

6.7

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

2018-02-17

6.6

Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'

2001-11-13

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The Lady in Question

1999-12-12

5.9

Death of a Salesman

1966-05-07

7.1

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

2013-04-23

7.2

Love, Gilda

2018-04-18

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Back in the Saddle

2001-06-19

7.2

The Making of 'The Producers'

2002-12-03

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Blacks and Jews

1997-07-29

7.3

Private Screenings: Robert Osborne

2014-01-06

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Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West

2014-05-06

7.3

Inside the Actors Studio

1994-08-14

4.5

The View

1997-08-11

6.2

CBS News Sunday Morning

1979-01-28

6.9

The Electric Company

1971-10-25

6.8

Will & Grace

1998-09-21

7.1

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993-09-13

7.5

The Frank Skinner Show

1995-09-10

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Something Wilder

1994-10-01

4.5

Wogan

1982-05-04

6.2

The Defenders

1961-09-16

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The DuPont Show of the Week

1961-09-17

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The DuPont Show of the Week

1961-09-17

7.4

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962-10-01

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After They Were Famous

2002-03-30

6.3

Honest Trailers

2012-02-13

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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975-01-12

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Legends

2006-11-17

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Bitte umblättern

1977-04-20

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