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Gene Wilder

Wilder at a book signing, May 2007
Born Jerome Silberman
June 11, 1933 (1933-06-11) (age 75)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Occupation Comedic actor
Years active 1961–present
Spouse(s) Mary Mercier (1960–1965)
Mary Joan Schutz (1967–1974)
Gilda Radner (1984–1989)
Karen Boyer (1991–present)

Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman; June 11, 1933) is an American Emmy Award-winning and twice Academy Award-nominated stage and screen actor, director and screenwriter. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Gilda Susan Radner ( June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989) was an Emmy Award -winning American Comedienne and Actress Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made

Wilder began his career on stage, making his screen debut in the film Bonnie and Clyde in 1967. Bonnie and Clyde is a American Crime film about Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, the bank robbers who operated in the Central United States His first major role was as Leo Bloom in the 1968 film, The Producers. Leopold Bloom is the fictional Protagonist of James Joyce 's novel Ulysses, assuming the role of the ' Odysseus ' character The Producers is a 1968 feature-length Comedy film written and directed by Mel Brooks. This was the first in a series of prolific collaborations with writer/director Mel Brooks, including 1974's Young Frankenstein, the script of which garnered the pair an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American director, Writer, Composer, Lyricist Young Frankenstein is a 1974 Comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder as the title character "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Wilder is known for his 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). Willy Wonka is a fictional character in the Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its sequel Charlie and the Great Glass Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 motion picture based on the 1964 Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III ( December 1, 1940 &ndash December 10, 2005) was an American Comedian, Actor Silver Streak is a 1976 comedy, action and Mystery film about murder on a Los Angeles -to- Chicago train journey Stir Crazy is a 1980 American Comedy film starring Gene Wilder & Richard Pryor as two men framed for a bank robbery and each ending See No Evil Hear No Evil is a 1989 Comedy Film starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor, directed by Arthur Hiller Another You is an American comedy film released in 1991. It was the final film pairing Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder. Wilder has directed and written several of his films, including The Woman in Red (1984).

His marriage to actress Gilda Radner, who died 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. Gilda Susan Radner ( June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989) was an Emmy Award -winning American Comedienne and Actress Ovarian cancer is a cancerous growth arising from an Ovary. The cancer most commonly forms in the lining of the ovary (resulting in epithelial Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Gilda's Club, named in tribute to the late comic actress Gilda Radner, who died of Ovarian cancer in 1989, is a community meeting place for people living

In more recent years, Wilder turned his attention to writing, producing a memoir in 2005, Kiss Me Like A Stranger: My Search for Love and Art, and the novels My French Whore (2007) and The Woman Who Wouldn't (2008). for other uses see Memoir (disambiguation As a literary Genre, a memoir (from the French: mémoire

Contents

Biography

Early life and education

Wilder, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and his sister Corinne (b. Wisconsin ( or wɪˈskɑnsɨn (French Ouisconsin) is one of the fifty United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States 1927) were the children of Chicago-born Jeanne (née Baer) and William J. Silberman, a Russian Jewish immigrant. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term [1][2] Wilder first became interested in acting when at age 8, his mother was diagnosed with rheumatic fever and the doctor told him to "try and make her laugh. Rheumatic fever is an Autoimmune inflammatory Disease which may develop two to three weeks after a Group A streptococcal infection (such as "[3] When Jeanne Silberman felt that her son's potential wasn't being fully realized in Wisconsin, she sent him to Black-Foxe, a military institute in Hollywood, where he would be bullied and sexually assaulted, primarily because he was the only Jewish boy in the school. Bullying is the act of intentionally causing harm to others through verbal Harassment, physical Assault, or other more subtle methods of Coercion [4] After an unsuccessful short stay at Black-Foxe, Wilder returned home and became increasingly involved with the local theatre community. At age fifteen, he performed for the first time in front of a paying audience, as Balthasar (Romeo's manservant), in a production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The following is a list of characters in William Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet, sorted by family allegiance and alphabetically by first name where applicable Romeo Montague is a fictional character in William Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet. William Shakespeare ( baptised Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the [5]

Acting career

Early starts: Old Vic and Army

Wilder studied Communication and Theatre Arts at the University of Iowa, where he was a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity. The University of Iowa, is a major teaching service and Research university located on a campus in Iowa City Iowa, on the banks of the Iowa River Alpha Epsilon Pi ( ΑΕΠ or AEPi) is the only international Jewish college fraternity in North America, with chapters in the [6] Following his 1955 graduation from Iowa, he was accepted at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol, England. The Bristol Old Vic is a Theatre complex and theatrical company in the centre of Bristol, England. Bristol ( ˈbrɪstəl is a city, Unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland After six months of studying fencing, Wilder became the first freshman to win the All School Fencing Championship. Fencing is the art of armed Combat involving Cutting, Stabbing, or slapping bludgeoning Weapons directly manipulated by hand [7] Desiring to study Stanislavski's 'system', he returned to the U. Stanislavski's system is an approach to acting developed by Constantin Stanislavski, a Russian Actor, director, and theatre administrator S. , living with his sister and her family in Queens. Wilder enrolled at the Herbert Berghof (HB) Studio. Herbert Berghof ( September 13, 1909 – November 5, 1990) was an Austrian-American theatre performer director and writer [8]

Wilder was drafted into the army on September 10, 1956. Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. At the end of recruit training, he was assigned to the medical corps and sent to Fort Sam Houston for training. Recruit training is the initial Indoctrination and instruction given to new military personnel The Army Medical Department of the US Army, known as the AMEDD, comprises the six medical Special Branches of the Army Fort Sam Houston is a US Army post in San Antonio Texas.Known colloquially as "Fort Sam" it is named for the first President of the Republic of He was then given the opportunity to choose any post that was open and wanting to stay near New York City to attend acting classes at the HB Studio, he chose to serve as a Medic in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurology at Valley Forge Army Hospital, in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. Valley Forge General Hospital is a former Military hospital in Phoenixville Pennsylvania. Phoenixville is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States, 28 miles (45 km northwest of Philadelphia, at the [9] In November 1957, his mother died from ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer is a cancerous growth arising from an Ovary. The cancer most commonly forms in the lining of the ovary (resulting in epithelial He was discharged from the army a year later, and returned to New York. A scholarship to the HB Studio allowed him to become a full-time student. At first living on unemployment insurance and some savings, he later supported himself with odd jobs such as driving a limousine and teaching fencing. A limousine (or limo) is a longer than normal Luxury car. The chassis may have been extended by the manufacturer or by an independent coach builder traditionally Wilder's first professional acting job was in Cambridge, England, where he played the Second Officer in Herbert Berghof's production of Twelfth Night. The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Herbert Berghof ( September 13, 1909 – November 5, 1990) was an Austrian-American theatre performer director and writer Twelfth Night Or What You Will is a Comedy by William Shakespeare, based on the Short story "Of Apolonius and Silla" by He also served as a fencing choreographer. See also, Choreography (literally "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" (circular dance see chorea) and "γραφή" [10]

After three years of study with Berghof and Uta Hagen at the HB Studio, Charles Grodin told Wilder about Lee Strasberg's method acting. Uta Thyra Hagen ( June 12, 1919 – January 14, 2004) was a German -born American actress and acting teacher Charles Grodin (born April 21, 1935) is an American actor comedian author and former cable Talk show host Lee Strasberg ( November 17, 1901 – February 17, 1982) was an Academy Award -nominated Austro-Hungarian - American Method acting is an Acting technique in which Actors try to replicate real life emotional conditions under which the character operates in an effort to create a life-like Grodin persuaded him to leave the Studio and begin studying with Strasberg in his private class. Several months later, Wilder was accepted into the Actors Studio. The Actors Studio is a membership Organization for Professional Actors theatre directors and Playwrights at 432 West 44th Street in Feeling that "Jerry Silberman in Macbeth" did not have the right ring to it, he adopted a stage name. A stage name, also called a screen name, is a Pseudonym used by Performers and Entertainers such as [11] He chose "Wilder" because it reminded him of Our Town author Thornton Wilder, while "Gene" came from Thomas Wolfe's first novel, Look Homeward, Angel. Our Town is a three act play by Thornton Wilder which is perhaps the most frequently produced play by an American playwright Thornton Niven Wilder ( April 17, 1897 &ndash December 7, 1975) was an American Playwright and Novelist. Thomas Clayton Wolfe ( October 3, 1900 &ndash September 15, 1938) was an acclaimed American Novelist of the early 20th Look Homeward Angel A Story of the Buried life is a 1929 Novel by Thomas Wolfe. He also liked "Gene" because as a boy, he was impressed by a distant relative, a World War II bomber navigator who was "handsome and looked great in his leather flight jacket. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including "[12][11] After joining the Actors Studio, he slowly began to be noticed in the off-Broadway scene thanks to performances in Sir Arnold Wesker's Roots and in Graham Greene's The Complaisant Lover, for which Wilder received the Clarence Derwent Award for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Nonfeatured Role. Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City. Sir Arnold Wesker (born Stepney 24 May, 1932) is a prolific British Dramatist known for his contributions to Kitchen sink drama Roots is the second play by Arnold Wesker in The Wesker Trilogy Henry Graham Greene OM, CH (2 October 1904 &ndash 3 April 1991 was an English writer best known as a novelist but who also produced Short stories The Clarence Derwent Awards are Broadway theatre awards given annually by the Actors' Equity Association. "

Mel Brooks

In 1963, Wilder was cast in a leading role in Mother Courage and Her Children, a production starring Anne Bancroft, who introduced Wilder to her then boyfriend Mel Brooks. Mother Courage and Her Children (Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder is a play written in 1939 by the German dramatist and poet Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956 Anne Bancroft ( September 17 1931 – June 6 2005) was an American method Actress. Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American director, Writer, Composer, Lyricist [13] A few months later, Brooks mentioned that he was working on a screenplay called Springtime for Hitler, for which he thought Wilder would be perfect in the role of Leo Bloom. Leo Bloom is a character in Mel Brooks 's films and musical of The Producers. Brooks elicited a promise from Wilder that he would check with him before making any long term commitments with any on Broadway or Off Broadway productions. [13] Months went by and Wilder toured the country with different theatre productions, participated in a televised CBS presentation of Death of a Salesman, and was cast for his first role in a film, a minor role in Arthur Penn's 1967 Bonnie and Clyde. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Death of a Salesman is a 1949 play by American playwright Arthur Miller and is considered a classic of American theater Arthur Hiller Penn (born September 27, 1922, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a Film director and producer. Bonnie and Clyde is a American Crime film about Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, the bank robbers who operated in the Central United States After three years of not hearing from Brooks, Wilder was called for a reading with Zero Mostel, who was to be the star of Springtime for Hitler and had approval of his co-star. Samuel Joel “Zero” Mostel ( February 28 1915 – September 8 1977) was an American Actor of stage and Mostel approved and Wilder was cast for his first leading role in a featured film, 1968's The Producers. The Producers is a 1968 feature-length Comedy film written and directed by Mel Brooks. [14]

The Producers would eventually become a cult comedy classic,[15][16] with Mel Brooks winning an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and Wilder being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. A cult film is a Film that has acquired a highly devoted but relatively small group of fans. The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts Nevertheless, Mel Brooks' first directorial effort didn't do well at the box office and wasn't well received by all critics; New York Times critic Renata Adler reviewed the film and described it as "black college humor". Renata Adler (born October 19, 1938 in Milan, Italy) is an American Author, Journalist and Film critic [17][18]

In 1969, Wilder relocated to Paris, accepting a leading role in Bud Yorkin's Start the Revolution Without Me – a comedy that took place during the French Revolution. Bud Yorkin (born in Washington Pennsylvania on February 22, 1926 as Alan David Yorkin) is an American film producer director writer Start the Revolution Without Me is a 1970 Film directed by Bud Yorkin, starring Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an After shooting ended, Wilder returned to New York where he read the script for Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx and immediately called Sidney Glazier, who had produced The Producers. Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx is a 1970 film directed by Waris Hussein and written by Gabriel Walsh. Both men began searching for the perfect director for the film. Jean Renoir was the first candidate but he wouldn't be able to do the film for at least a year, so British-Indian director Waris Hussein was hired. Jean Renoir (French ʁəˈnwaʁ ( September 15, 1894 – February 12, 1979) born in the Montmartre district of Paris British people, or Britons, are the native inhabitants of Great Britain and their descendants or citizens of the United Kingdom, of the India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Waris Hussein (born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India) is a British -Indian Television director and Film director best known [19]

Willy Wonka, Young Frankenstein and Richard Pryor

Wilder in 1984
Wilder in 1984

In 1971, Mel Stuart offered Wilder the lead role in his film adaptation of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Mel Stuart (born 2 September 1928) is an American Film director and producer. Roald Dahl ( 13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British Novelist Short story Writer Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964 is a children's book by British Author Roald Dahl. Wilder was initially hesitant, but finally accepted the role under one condition:

“ When I make my first entrance, I'd like to come out of the door carrying a cane and then walk toward the crowd with a limp. After the crowd sees Willy Wonka is a cripple, they all whisper to themselves and then become deathly quiet. As I walk toward them, my cane sinks into one of the cobblestones I'm walking on and stands straight up, by itself. . . but I keep on walking, until I realize that I no longer have my cane. I start to fall forward, and just before I hit the ground, I do a beautiful forward somersault and bounce back up, to great applause. [20] ”

When Stuart asked why, Wilder replied, "because from that time on, no one will know if I'm lying or telling the truth. "[21] All three films Wilder did after The Producers were box office failures, Start the Revolution and Quackser seemed to audiences poor copies of Mel Brooks films; while Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory seemed, to many parents, a moral story "too cruel" for children to understand, thus failing to attract family audiences. [22] After hearing that Wonka had been a commercial failure, Woody Allen offered Wilder a role in one segment of Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask). Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and Wilder accepted, hoping that this would be the hit that would put an end to his series of flops. Everything was a hit, grossing over $18 million dollars in the United States alone against a $2 million dollar budget. [23]

After Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask), Wilder began working on a script he called Young Frankenstein. When he had written a two page scenario, he called Mel Brooks, who told him that it seemed like a "cute" idea but showed little interest. Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American director, Writer, Composer, Lyricist [24] A couple of months later, Wilder received a call from his then agent, Mike Medavoy, who asked if he had anything where he could include Peter Boyle and Marty Feldman, his two new clients. Morris Mike Medavoy (born January 21, 1941) is an American film producer and executive co-founder of Orion Pictures (1978 former chairman Peter Lawrence "Pete" Boyle ( October 18, 1935 &ndash December 12, 2006) was an American Actor. Martin Alan "Marty" Feldman ( 8 July 1934 &ndash 2 December 1982) was an English writer comedian and Actor, Having just seen Feldman on television, Wilder was inspired to write a scene that takes place at Transylvania Station, where Igor and Frederick meet for the first time. The scene would later be included in the film almost verbatim. Medavoy liked the idea and called Brooks, asking him to direct. Brooks was not convinced, but having spent four years working on two box office failures, he decided to accept. [13] While working on the Young Frankenstein script, Wilder was offered the part of the Fox in the musical film adaptation of Saint Exupéry's classic book, The Little Prince. The musical film is a Film genre in which several Songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative Antoine de Saint Exupéry (ɑ̃twan də sɛ̃tɛgzypeˈʀi ( June 29, 1900 — July 31, 1944) was a French Writer and The Little Prince is a 1974 Musical film with a Screenplay and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe When filming was about to begin in London, Wilder received an urgent call from Mel Brooks, who was filming Blazing Saddles, offering Wilder the role of the "Waco Kid" after Dan Dailey dropped out at the last minute, while Gig Young became too ill to continue. Blazing Saddles ( 1974) is a satiric Western Comedy film directed by Mel Brooks. Daniel James Dailey Jr ( December 14, 1915 &ndash October 16, 1978) was an American dancer and Actor. Gig Young ( November 4, 1913 &ndash October 19, 1978) was an Academy Award -winning American Film and Wilder shot his scenes for Blazing Saddles and immediately afterwards filmed The Little Prince. [13]

After Young Frankenstein was written, the rights were to be sold to Columbia Pictures, but after having trouble agreeing on the budget, Wilder, Brooks and producer Michael Gruskoff went with 20th Century Fox, where both Brooks and Wilder had to sign five-year contracts. }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company Young Frankenstein was a commercial success, with Wilder and Brooks receiving Best Adapted Screenplay nominations at the 1975 Oscars,[25] losing to Francis Coppola and Mario Puzo for their adaptation of The Godfather Part II. Young Frankenstein is a 1974 Comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder as the title character The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent Film awards in the United States The 47th Academy Awards were presented April 8, 1975 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award -winning American Film director, Mario Gianluigi Puzo ( October 15, 1920 &ndash July 2, 1999) was a two time Academy Award -winning Italian American The Godfather Part II is a 1974 Crime drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script co-written with Mario Puzo. [26] While filming Frankenstein, Wilder had an idea for a romantic musical comedy about a brother of Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887 Marty Feldman and Madeline Kahn agreed to participate in the project and Wilder began writing what would become his directorial début, 1975's The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother. Madeline Kahn ( September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999) was an American actress, known primarily for her comedic roles The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother is a 1975 Anglo-American Comedy film with Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, [27]

In 1975, Wilder's agent sent him a script for a film called Super Chief. Wilder accepted but told the film's producers that he thought the only person who could keep the film from being offensive was Richard Pryor. Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III ( December 1, 1940 &ndash December 10, 2005) was an American Comedian, Actor Pryor accepted the role in the film, which had been renamed Silver Streak, the first film to team Wilder and Pryor. Silver Streak is a 1976 comedy, action and Mystery film about murder on a Los Angeles -to- Chicago train journey While filming Silver Streak, Wilder began working on a the script for The World's Greatest Lover, inspired by Fellini's The White Sheik. The World's Greatest Lover is a 1977 Comedy film starring Gene Wilder and Carol Kane. Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( January 20 1920 &ndash October 31 1993) was an Italian Film The White Sheik ( Lo sceicco bianco) is a 1952 film by Federico Fellini starring Leopoldo Trieste, Alberto Sordi, and Wilder wrote, produced and directed The World's Greatest Lover, which premièred in 1977, but was a commercial and critical failure. [28] 1979s The Frisco Kid would be Wilder's next project. The Frisco Kid is a 1979 movie directed by Robert Aldrich. The movie is a Western comedy featuring Gene Wilder as Avram Belinski The film was to star John Wayne, but he dropped out when the Warner Brothers executives tried to dissuade him from charging the studio his usual $1 million fee. John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Harrison Ford, a then up-and-coming actor, was hired for the role. [29]

Sidney Poitier and Gilda Radner

In 1980, Sidney Poitier and producer Hannah Weinstein persuaded Wilder and Richard Pryor to do another film together. Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE (ˈpwɑːtie born February 20, 1927) is an Oscar - Golden Globe - BAFTA - and Grammy Hannah Weinstein (b Hannah Dorner New York June 23, 1911. d New York March 9, 1984) was an American journalist publicist and left-wing Bruce Jay Friedman wrote the script for Stir Crazy with Poitier directing, for Columbia Pictures. Bruce Jay Friedman (born April 26, 1930) is an American Novelist Screenwriter, and Playwright. Stir Crazy is a 1980 American Comedy film starring Gene Wilder & Richard Pryor as two men framed for a bank robbery and each ending }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company Pryor had already begun struggling with drug addiction and filming became difficult, but once the film premièred it became an international success. Drug addiction is widely considered a pathological state. The disorder of addiction involves the progression of acute Drug use to the development of drug-seeking New York magazine listed "Skip Donahue" (Wilder) and "Harry Monroe" (Pryor) number 9 on their 2007 list of "The Fifteen Most Dynamic Duos in Pop Culture History" and the film has often appeared in "best comedy" lists and rankings. New York is a weekly magazine concerned with the life culture politics and style of New York City. [30][31]

Poitier and Wilder became friends, with the pair working together on a script called Traces. Traces would become 1982's Hanky Panky, the film where Wilder met comedienne Gilda Radner. Hanky Panky is a 1982 Comedy film that stars Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner. Gilda Susan Radner ( June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989) was an Emmy Award -winning American Comedienne and Actress Through the remainder of the decade, Wilder and Radner would work in several projects together. After Hanky Panky, Wilder directed his third film, 1984's The Woman in Red which starred Wilder, Radner and Kelly LeBrock. Kelly LeBrock (born March 24, 1960) is an American -born English Actress and model (measurements 34-24-34 in 1982 The Woman in Red was not well received by the critics, nor was their next project, 1986's Haunted Honeymoon which failed to attract audiences. Haunted Honeymoon is a 1986 comedy movie which stars Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Dom Deluise, and Jonathan Pryce.

TriStar Pictures was looking to produce another film starring Wilder and Pryor, and Wilder agreed to do See No Evil, Hear No Evil only if he was allowed to re-write the script. TriStar Pictures Inc (spelled Tri-Star until 1991 is a film subsidiary of Columbia Pictures, itself a subdivision of the Columbia TriStar Motion See No Evil Hear No Evil is a 1989 Comedy Film starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor, directed by Arthur Hiller The studio agreed and See No Evil, Hear No Evil premiered on May 1989 to mostly negative reviews. Some critics praised Wilder and Pryor, and even Kevin Spacey's performances but they mostly all agreed that the script was terrible. Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26 1959 is an American actor and Film director. Roger Ebert called it "a real dud",[32] the Deseret Morning News described the film as "stupid", with an "idiotic script" that had a "contrived story" and too many "juvenile gags",[33] while Vincent Canby called it "by far the most successful co-starring vehicle for Mr. Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter. A dud is an Ammunition round or Explosive that fails to fire or detonate respectively on time or on command Vincent Canby ( July 27 1924 &ndash September 15 2000) was an American film critic. Pryor and Mr. Wilder", also acknowledging that "this is not elegant movie making, and not all of the gags are equally clever. "[34]

Something Wilder's opening card
Something Wilder's opening card

1990s-2000s

Wilder would do one more film with Richard Pryor, the 1991 box office flop Another You, where Pryor's physical deterioration from multiple sclerosis was clearly noted. Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III ( December 1, 1940 &ndash December 10, 2005) was an American Comedian, Actor Another You is an American comedy film released in 1991. It was the final film pairing Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder. Multiple sclerosis (abbreviated MS also known as disseminated sclerosis or encephalomyelitis disseminata) is an autoimmune condition in which the [35]

In 1994, Wilder starred in the NBC sitcom Something Wilder. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Something Wilder was a Sitcom starring Gene Wilder that lasted only one season starting in 1994 [36] The show received poor reviews and lasted only one season. He went back to the small screen on 1999 appearing in three NBC television movies, most notably Alice in Wonderland. Alice in Wonderland was a Television movie first broadcast in 1999 on NBC. Three years later, Wilder guest-starred on two episodes of NBC's Will & Grace, winning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor on a Comedy Series for his role as Mr. Will & Grace is a popular Emmy Award -winning American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from 1998 to 2006 This is a list of winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. Stein, "Will Truman"s boss. William "Will" Truman (born October 23, 1966) is a Fictional character on the American Sitcom Will & Grace [37]

Personal life

Relationships

Wilder at a book signing in May 2007
Wilder at a book signing in May 2007

Wilder met his first wife, Mary Mercier, while studying at the HB Studio in New York. Although the couple had not been together long, they married on July 22, 1960. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. They spent long periods of times apart, eventually divorcing in 1965. A few months later, Wilder began dating Mary Joan Schutz, a friend of his sister. Schutz had a daughter, Katharine, from a previous marriage. When Katharine started calling Wilder "dad" he decided to do what he felt was "the right thing to do",[38] marrying Shutz on October 27, 1967 and adopting Katherine that same year. The father is defined as the Male Parent of an offspring The Adjective "paternal" refers to father parallel to "maternal" for Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Shutz and Wilder separated after seven years of marriage, with Shutz thinking that Wilder was having an affair with his Young Frankenstein co-star Madeline Kahn. Young Frankenstein is a 1974 Comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder as the title character Madeline Kahn ( September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999) was an American actress, known primarily for her comedic roles After the divorce he would briefly date his other Frankenstein co-star Teri Garr. Terry Ann "Teri" Garr (born December 11 1944 is an American Actress and Comedienne Wilder would eventually become estranged from Katherine. [39][13]

Wilder met Saturday Night Live actress Gilda Radner on August 13, 1981, while filming Sidney Poitier's Hanky Panky. Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City Gilda Susan Radner ( June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989) was an Emmy Award -winning American Comedienne and Actress Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE (ˈpwɑːtie born February 20, 1927) is an Oscar - Golden Globe - BAFTA - and Grammy Hanky Panky is a 1982 Comedy film that stars Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner. Radner was married to G. E. Smith at the time, but she and Wilder became inseparable friends. George Edward "GE" Smith (b January 27, 1952 in Stroudsburg Pennsylvania) is an American guitarist When filming of Hanky ended, Wilder found himself missing Radner, so he called her. The relationship grew and Radner eventually divorced Smith in 1982. She moved in with Wilder, and the couple married on September 14, 1984, in the south of France. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The couple wanted to have children, but Radner suffered miscarriages and doctors could not determine the problem. Miscarriage or spontaneous abortion is the natural or spontaneous end of a Pregnancy at a stage where the embryo or fetus is incapable of surviving generally defined After experiencing severe fatigue and suffering from pain in her upper legs on the set of Haunted Honeymoon, Radner sought medical treatment. Following a number of false diagnoses it was determined that she had ovarian cancer in October 1986. Ovarian cancer is a cancerous growth arising from an Ovary. The cancer most commonly forms in the lining of the ovary (resulting in epithelial [40] Over the next year and a half, Radner battled the disease, receiving chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments. Chemotherapy, in its most general sense refers to treatment of disease by chemicals that kill cells specifically those of micro-organisms or Cancer. Radiation therapy (or radiotherapy) is the medical use of Ionizing radiation as part of Cancer treatment to control Malignant The disease finally went into remission, giving the pair a respite, during which time, Wilder filmed See No Evil, Hear No Evil. [40] By May 1989, the cancer returned and had metastasized. Radner died on May 20, 1989. Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) [41] Wilder later stated "I always thought she'd pull through. "[42]

Following Radner's death, Wilder became active in promoting cancer awareness and treatment, helping found the "Gilda Radner Ovarian Cancer Detection Center" in Los Angeles and co-founding Gilda's Club, a support group to raise awareness of cancer that began in New York City and now has branched throughout the country. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Gilda's Club, named in tribute to the late comic actress Gilda Radner, who died of Ovarian cancer in 1989, is a community meeting place for people living The City of New York [6]

Cancer and semi-retirement

While preparing for his role as a deaf man in See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Wilder had met Karen Webb (née Boyer), who was a clinical supervisor for the New York League for the Hard of Hearing. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Webb had coached him in lip reading. Lip reading, also known as lipreading, speech reading, or speechreading, is a technique of understanding speech by visually interpreting Following Gilda Radner's death, Wilder and Webb reconnected and on September 8, 1991, they married. Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. [42] The two live in Stamford, Connecticut, in the 1734 Colonial home that he had shared with Radner. Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Year 1734 ( MDCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Wilders spend most of their time painting watercolors, writing and participating in charitable efforts. Watercolor ( US) or Watercolour ( UK) (and "aquarelle" in French is a Painting method [13] In October 2001, he read from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as part of a special benefit performance held at the Westport Country Playhouse to aid families affected by the September 11, 2001 attacks. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964 is a children's book by British Author Roald Dahl. The Westport Country Playhouse is a Theatre in Westport, Connecticut, founded in 1930 by Lawrence Langner [43][13] Also in 2001, Wilder donated a collection of scripts, correspondences, documents, photographs, and clipped images to the University of Iowa Libraries. The University of Iowa, is a major teaching service and Research university located on a campus in Iowa City Iowa, on the banks of the Iowa River [1]

In 1998, Wilder collaborated on the book Gilda's Disease with oncologist Steven Piver, for which he shared personal experiences of Radner's struggle with ovarian cancer. Oncology is the branch of medicine that studies Tumors ( Cancer) and seeks to understand their development diagnosis treatment and prevention Wilder himself was hospitalized with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 1999, but confirmed in March 2005 that the cancer was in complete remission following chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant. The non-Hodgkin lymphomas are a diverse group of hematologic cancers which encompass any Lymphoma other than Hodgkin lymphoma. Chemotherapy, in its most general sense refers to treatment of disease by chemicals that kill cells specifically those of micro-organisms or Cancer. [13]

On March 1, 2005, Wilder released his highly-personal memoir Kiss Me Like A Stranger: My Search for Love and Art, an account of his life covering everything from his childhood, up to Radner's death. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. for other uses see Memoir (disambiguation As a literary Genre, a memoir (from the French: mémoire Two years later, in March 2007, Wilder released his first novel My French Whore which is set during World War I. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All [44] His second novel, The Woman Who Wouldn't, was released in March 2008. [45]

Work

Film

Year Film Role Other notes
1967 Bonnie and Clyde Eugene Grizzard
1968 The Producers Leo Bloom Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1970 Start the Revolution Without Me The twins Claude and Philippe
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx Quackser Fortune
1971 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Willy Wonka Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1972 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask) Dr. Bonnie and Clyde is a American Crime film about Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, the bank robbers who operated in the Central United States The Producers is a 1968 feature-length Comedy film written and directed by Mel Brooks. Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts Start the Revolution Without Me is a 1970 Film directed by Bud Yorkin, starring Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx is a 1970 film directed by Waris Hussein and written by Gabriel Walsh. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 motion picture based on the 1964 Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in Doug Ross
The Scarecrow Lord Ravensbane/The Scarecrow Television
1974 Rhinoceros Stanley Based on Eugène Ionesco's play Rhinoceros
Blazing Saddles Jim "The Waco Kid"
The Little Prince The Fox
Thursday's Game Harry Evers Television
Young Frankenstein Dr. The Scarecrow is a play by Percy MacKaye, written in 1908 but first presented on Broadway in 1911 with Frank Reicher in the title role Eugène Ionesco, born Eugen Ionescu ( November 26, 1909 – March 28, 1994 Rhinoceros ( French original title Rhinocéros) is a play by Eugène Ionesco, written in 1959. Blazing Saddles ( 1974) is a satiric Western Comedy film directed by Mel Brooks. The Little Prince is a 1974 Musical film with a Screenplay and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe Thursday's Game (also known as The Berk) is a Television movie comedy written by James L Young Frankenstein is a 1974 Comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder as the title character Frankenstein co-written with Mel Brooks
Nominated - Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay
1975 The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother Sigerson Holmes also director and writer
1976 Silver Streak George Caldwell Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1977 The World's Greatest Lover Rudy Valentine aka Rudy Hickman also producer, director, and writer
1979 The Frisco Kid Avram Belinski
1980 Sunday Lovers Skippy directed segment "Skippy"
Stir Crazy Skip Donahue
1982 Hanky Panky Michael Jordon
1984 The Woman in Red Teddy Pierce also director and writer
1986 Haunted Honeymoon Larry Abbot also director and writer
1989 See No Evil, Hear No Evil Dave Lyons also writer
1990 Funny About Love Duffy Bergman
1991 Another You George/Abe Fielding
1999 Murder In A Small Town Larry 'Cash' Carter Television
Alice in Wonderland The Mockturtle
The Lady In Question Larry 'Cash' Carter Television

Television

Stage

Bibliography

References

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NAME Wilder, Gene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Silberman, Jerome
SHORT DESCRIPTION Comedic actor
DATE OF BIRTH 1933-6-11
PLACE OF BIRTH Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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