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Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder was an American actor, comedian, writer and filmmaker. He was mainly known for his comedic roles, including his collaborations with Mel Brooks on the films The Producers (1967), Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, and with Richard Pryor in the films Silver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) and Another You (1991), as well as his portrayal of Willy Wo…
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Born 11 June 1933 · Died 29 August 2016 · Q191966
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2026· 3 entries
“t take the role unless Wonka entered the movie, and revealed himself to the public for the first time, pretending to be crippled and feigning the need for a cane. It”
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2024· 2 entries
The Guardian: Remembering Gene Wilder: new documentary sheds light on a comedy titan
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And 2025 productions of Gene & Gilda, a play by Cary Gitter about Wilder's years with Gilda Radner
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2023· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Jeremy Allen White and Gene Wilder are blood relatives.” False.
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2019· 1 entry
Lead Stories rated the claim “Gene Wilder Star of Willy Wonka recently dies aged 83” False.
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2017· 1 entry
The Guardian: Gene Wilder remembered at the Oscars ceremony
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2016· 11 entries
The Guardian: Gene Wilder remembered by Kelly Le Brock
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The Guardian: Match the Gene Wilder character to the film - quiz
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The Guardian: 'I wanted to be Willy Wonka': how Gene Wilder inspired future pastry chefs
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The Guardian: 'Wonderful, hilarious, madcap acting': your favourite Gene Wilder moments
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The Guardian: 'One of the truly great talents': Hollywood pays tribute to Gene Wilder
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The Guardian: Gene Wilder: a comic enigma whose genius shone brightest in collaboration | Hadley Freeman
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The Guardian: Gene Wilder, star of Willy Wonka and Mel Brooks comedies, dies aged 83
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The Guardian: Actor Gene Wilder, Willy Wonka star, dies at 83 – video
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The Guardian: Gene Wilder – five key performances
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Died 2016-08-29.
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At the age of 83, Wilder died at his home in Stamford, Connecticut, from complications of Alzheimer's disease
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2010· 1 entry
Wilder released a collection of stories called What Is This Thing Called Love
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2007· 1 entry
Wilder stated, "I'm quietly political
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2005· 1 entry
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
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2003· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for Will & Grace (2003).
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2001· 1 entry
Wilder donated a collection of scripts, correspondences, documents, photographs, and clipped images to the University of Iowa Libraries
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1999· 2 entries
Appearing in three television movies, one of which was the NBC adaptation of Alice in Wonderland
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But confirmed in March 2005 that the cancer was in complete remission following chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant
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1998· 1 entry
Wilder collaborated on the book Gilda's Disease with oncologist Steven Piver, sharing Radner's personal experiences with ovarian cancer
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1994· 1 entry
Wilder starred in the NBC sitcom Something Wilder
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1984· 1 entry
She moved in with Wilder, and the couple married on September 14, 1984, in the south of France.
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1981· 1 entry
While filming Sidney Poitier's Hanky Panky
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1980· 1 entry
Wilder teamed up again with Richard Pryor in Stir Crazy, directed by Sidney Poitier
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1977· 1 entry
“s Greatest Lover, which premièred in 1977, but was a critical failure. The Frisco Kid (1979) was Wilder”
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1975· 2 entries
Awarded Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation for Young Frankenstein (1975).
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Wilder's agent sent him a script for a film called Super Chief
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1971· 1 entry
Wilder auditioned to play Willy Wonka in Mel Stuart's film adaptation of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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1969· 1 entry
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
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1967· 1 entry
Voiced a man's stomach in an animated Alka-Seltzer advertisement made by cartoonist R
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1963· 1 entry
Wilder was cast in a leading role in Mother Courage and Her Children, a production starring Anne Bancroft, who introduced Wilder to her boyfriend (and later husband) Mel Brooks
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1933· 2 entries
In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to a Russian Jewish family
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Born 1933-06-11.
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