Gene Wilder (1933–2016)
Autor von Young Frankenstein [1974 film]
Über den Autor
Gene Wilder was born Jerome Silberman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 11, 1933. He studied theater at the University of Iowa, at the Bristol Old Vic Theater School in England, and at the HB Studio in New York. He served a two-year Army stint as an aide in the psychiatric unit of the Valley Forge mehr anzeigen Army Hospital in Pennsylvania. After his discharge, he won a coveted spot at the Actors Studio. He became a stage actor, screenwriter, novelist, and the director of four movies in which he starred. His first major role on Broadway was the chaplain in a 1963 production of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children. In 1967, he made his movie debut as an undertaker in Bonnie and Clyde. He went on to appear in numerous movies including The Producers; Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask; Blazing Saddles; Young Frankenstein; Silver Streak; Stir Crazy; See No Evil, Hear No Evil; Another You; and Hanky Panky. In 1999, he was a writer for two TV movies in which he starred Murder in a Small Town and The Lady in Question. In 2003, he won an Emmy for his guest starring role in an episode of Will and Grace. He retired from acting soon afterward. His third wife, actress Gilda Radner, died of ovarian cancer in 1989. In her memory, he co- founded an ovarian cancer detection center in her name, in Los Angeles, and Gilda's Club, a network of support centers for women with cancer. He also contributed to a book entitled Gilda's Disease with Dr. M. Steven Piver. His memoir, Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art, was published in 2005. His first novel, My French Whore, was published in 2007. His other books included The Woman Who Wouldn't, Something to Remember You By, and What Is This Thing Called Love? He died from complications of Alzheimer's disease on August 29, 2016 at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
Bildnachweis: 1984 photo (credit: Wikipedia user Towpilot, Oct. 1984)
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Wissenswertes
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Silberman, Jerome
- Geburtstag
- 1933-06-11
- Todestag
- 2016-08-28
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
- Sterbeort
- Stamford, Connecticut, USA
- Todesursache
- Alzheimer's disease (complications)
- Wohnorte
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Stamford, Connecticut, USA - Ausbildung
- HB Studio
Bristol Old Vic Theater School
University of Iowa
Washington High School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Black-Foxe Military Institute - Berufe
- actor
screenwriter
film director
comedian
novelist - Beziehungen
- Mercier, Mary (spouse | 1960-1965)
Radner, Gilda (spouse)
Walker-Pearlman, Jordan (nibling) - Organisationen
- Actors Studio
Gilda's Club - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Emmy Award (2003)
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Kiss me like a stranger : my search for love and art von Gene Wilder
Meh. Definitely puts the Gilda way his one true love to rest; she was obviously not. Strange writing as well; you’d be reading along and suddenly you are in a different time and place. The first time it happened I thought it was an editing error. However it happened so many times I pretty much think it had to be deliberate.
A young neurosurgeon (Gene Wilder) inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback called Igor, a pretty lab assistant named Inga and the old housekeeper, frau Blucher -iiiiihhh!-. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather is only crap, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind… (fonte: Imdb)
Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art
by Gene Wilder
I have always enjoyed the comedic humor of Gene Wilder but really didn't know anything about him except he was married to Radner ( who I also loved) at one time. This book takes the reader through his whole life. Childhood, school, family life, boarding school, bullies, love life, adulthood, professional life, love life, marriages. His grief, his happiness, what it felt like to be a Jew and bullied, his battle with cancer, watching Glenda's battle with cancer, and so much more.
I picked this up for a couple of bucks on Chirp and Wilder narrates it himself. It's so open and honest to the point of being shocking in spots. It's heartwarming and heartfelt as he lays his life open for all to see. I don't think I could be that brave. He wrote this when his cancer was in remission in 2005. He died in 2016 after battling three years of dementia. I looked this up after I finished the book. That made me cry. Such a brilliant and witty mind and it was crippled in the end.… (mehr)
by Gene Wilder
I have always enjoyed the comedic humor of Gene Wilder but really didn't know anything about him except he was married to Radner ( who I also loved) at one time. This book takes the reader through his whole life. Childhood, school, family life, boarding school, bullies, love life, adulthood, professional life, love life, marriages. His grief, his happiness, what it felt like to be a Jew and bullied, his battle with cancer, watching Glenda's battle with cancer, and so much more.
I picked this up for a couple of bucks on Chirp and Wilder narrates it himself. It's so open and honest to the point of being shocking in spots. It's heartwarming and heartfelt as he lays his life open for all to see. I don't think I could be that brave. He wrote this when his cancer was in remission in 2005. He died in 2016 after battling three years of dementia. I looked this up after I finished the book. That made me cry. Such a brilliant and witty mind and it was crippled in the end.… (mehr)
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