Gene Wilder

Since then he has remained active in promoting cancer awareness and treatment. Wilder himself was hospitalized with cancer in 2000. She died of cancer and heart disease in Los Angeles, California and was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California. Wilder was married to Saturday Night Live actress Gilda Radner from 1984 until her death from ovarian cancer in 1989. She was also the star of Our Miss Brooks, a sitcom which aired on both radio (1948 - 1952) and television (1952 - 1956). In the late 1970s and 1980s he appeared in a number of movies with Richard Pryor, making them the most prolific inter-racial comedy double act in movies during the period. She played in many movies, including Grease, in which she played the principal, and the secretary in Anatomy of a Murder. Perhaps one of his best known roles is that of Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Eve Arden (April 30, 1908–November 12, 1990) was an American actress born as Eunice Quedens in Mill Valley, California.

His first big part was in Bonnie and Clyde where he played an undertaker abducted by the couple. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for co-writing Young Frankenstein with Mel Brooks. He was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in The Producers. Gene Wilder made many movies with Brooks starting with The Producers in 1968.

Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman on June 11, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American actor best known for his collaborations with writer, producer, director Mel Brooks. Bonnie and Clyde (1967). The Producers (1968). Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971).

Blazing Saddles (1974). Young Frankenstein (1974). Silver Streak (1976).