biography
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Wilder, Gene
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originally Jerome Silberman
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1935– )
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| biography:
| Film actor, writer, and director, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, the son of Russian immigrants. He trained in England at the Bristol Old Vic, taught fencing as a professional, then joined the Actors' Studio. He made his film debut in a small role in Bonnie and Clyde (1967), and received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for The Producers (1968). He developed an appealing, vulnerable, somewhat nervous screen persona, as seen in Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974, which he also co-wrote and directed), Stir Crazy (1982), and other films. Known also as a screenwriter and director, he returned to the stage in 1996, starring in the London production of Laughter on the 23rd Floor. |
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