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Gene Wilder

Gene Wilder

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. Gene Wilder made many movies with Brooks starting with The Producers in 1968. He was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in The Producers. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for co-writing Young Frankenstein with Mel Brooks.

His first big part was in Bonnie and Clyde where he played an undertaker abducted by the couple.

Perhaps one of his best known roles is that of Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

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.

Wilder was married to Saturday Night Live actress Gilda Radner from 1984 until her death from ovarian cancer in 1989. Since then he has remained active in promoting cancer awareness and treatment. Wilder himself was hospitalized with cancer in 2000.

Partial Filmography

  • Silver Streak (1976)
  • Young Frankenstein (1974)
  • Blazing Saddles (1974)
  • Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
  • The Producers (1968)
  • Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

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Since then he has remained active in promoting cancer awareness and treatment. Wilder himself was hospitalized with cancer in 2000. Her first name is pronounced as ä-SEE-uh. Wilder was married to Saturday Night Live actress Gilda Radner from 1984 until her death from ovarian cancer in 1989. She gave birth to her first child, a girl named Anna Lou, on June 20, 2001, with Italian rock and roll musician Morgan as the father. 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 also directed and wrote her first movie called Scarlet Diva (2000). Perhaps one of his best known roles is that of Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. She was directed in one of her first works Trauma (1993) by her father, Dario Argento, and also had her first nude scene in the film, when she was 16.

His first big part was in Bonnie and Clyde where he played an undertaker abducted by the couple. Asia Aria Anna Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento is an Italian television and film actress, born September 20, 1975, in Rome, Italy. 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).