Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder (Gene Wilder, June 11, 1933-August 28, 2016), was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, American Jewish director, screenwriter, producer, and actor.
In 1961, he starred in his first stage play "Roots"; in the same year, he starred in the stage play "The Complaisant Lover", for which he won the Clarence Derwent Award
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. On August 13, 1967, the crime movie " Bonnie and Clyde " starred in was released, which was its film debut
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. On March 18, 1968, the starring comedy movie " TheProducers " was released, which won the 41st Oscar Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination
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. In 1971, the starring fantasy musical " Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory " was released, which won the 29th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor in Film and Musical Comedy. On December 15, 1974, the sci-fi horror film " Young Frankenstein " , which participated in the screenwriting and starring , was released, and was nominated for the best adapted screenplay at the 47th Academy Awards
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. On December 3, 1976, the starring love action thriller " Silver Streak " was released, which won the 34th American Film and Television Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in Film and Musical Comedy. On August 15, 1984, directed and starred in the romantic comedy " The Woman in Red"Released. On May 12, 1989, the starring crime comedy " See No Evil, Hear No Evil " was released. On December 6, 1994, the starring sitcom "The Age of Love" was broadcast. On September 26, 2002, the comedy series " Will & Grace Season 5 " with a guest appearance was premiered. With this film, he won the 55th Primetime Emmy Award for Comedy Series-Best Guest Actor in Comedy Series
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. On September 13, 2005, the documentary " Magic in the White City 1893 Chicago World's Fair " , which served as the narrator, was screened.
On the evening of August 28, 2016, Gene Wilder died at his home in Stamford due to complications of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 83
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Early Experience
Gene Wilder, formerly known as Jerome Silberman (Jerome Silberman) , was born on June 11, 1933 in a family of ordinary blue-collar workers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. His parents were Russian Jewish immigrants. His mother was suffering from a heart attack. When he was 8 years old, because his mother’s doctor said, “Try to make her smile more”, Little Siberman started his “acting career”. Since then, acting has changed from "task" to his hobby. He started to study with his sister's teacher at the age of 13, made his first stage at the age of 15, and then entered the University of Iowa to receive academic education and participate in summer theater troupe performances. After graduating, he went to the Old Vic Drama School in Bristol, England for further study. After only six months of studying, he became the first freshman to win all the fencing champions in the school. Because he wanted to learn Stanislavsky's performance system, he quickly returned to the United States. Unexpectedly, within a few days of learning, he was drafted into the army and became a medical soldier. After leaving the army, he continued to study acting in the HB Studio in New York, first relying on scholarships, unemployment insurance and savings to make a living, and then doing a lot of odd jobs, such as limousine driver, fencing instructor and so on. After studying Stanislavsky’s "experiential school" with Herbert Berghof and Uta Hagen for three years, he left the HB studio with the lobbying of actor Charles Grodin and followed the latter. Learn Lee Strasberg 's "methodology"
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Performing Experience
In 1961, he played a small role in the stage play "Roots" starring Arnold Wesker; in the same year, he entered Broadway and starred in the stage play "The Complaisant Lover", for which he won the Clarence Derwent Award
. Since then, he has given himself the stage name "Gene Wilder".
In 1963, starring in the stage play " Bold Mother and Her Children ", and met the actress Anne Bancroft in the play . Anne Bancroft introduced him to Mel Brooks . The two also invited him to go to Fire Island together. he saw a film called "Springtime for Hitler" (which later became the "TheProducers") script
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In 1964, he co-starred in the stage play "The White House" with Helen Hayes . In 1966, he starred in the stage play "Luv". On August 13, 1967, the crime film " Bonnie and Clyde " co-starred with Henry Warren Beaty , Dorothy Faye Dunaway , and Eugene Allen Hackman was released, which was its film debut
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On March 18, 1968, the comedy film " TheProducers " starring Zero Mostel was released. Gene Wilder was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 41st Academy Awards for this film
. On February 4, 1970, the comedy film "The Confused Brother" co-starring with Donald Sutherland and Eva Olin was released.
On June 30, 1971, the fantasy musical " Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory " co-starring with Jack Albertson and Peter Ostum was released. Gene Wilder played the role of "Willi Wonka, the owner of the famous chocolate factory" in the film. " ,
with the film won the 29th American film and television Golden Globe movie category - best musical or comedy actor nomination.
On August 6, 1972, the fantasy comedy " Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask " co-starred with Woody Allen and John Carradine was released
. February 7, 1974, with chocolate Gavin Lee asked starring comedy western " Blazing Saddles " was released, he played old sharpshooter Stone Ridge Town "Jim" in the film
; December 15, wrote and starred in participation His sci-fi horror film " Young Frankenstein " was released
, and was nominated for the best adapted screenplay at the 47th Academy Awards
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In 1975, Gene Wilder wrote and directed the suspense comedy " The Adventure Of Sherlock Holmes Smarter Brother "
. On December 3, 1976, the love action thriller " Silver Streak " co-starring with Jill Clayburgh and Richard Pryor was released. With this film, it won the 34th American Film and Television Golden Globe Award for Best Male in Film-Musical Comedy Nominated for the protagonist.
On December 18, 1977, the comedy film "Crazy Lover" directed and starred was released
. On July 6, 1979, the western comedy " The Frisco Kid " starring Harrison Ford was released
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On December 12, 1980, the crime comedy " Uncle Is Difficult " co-starred with Richard Pryor and Georg Stanford Brown was released
. On June 4, 1982, the crime comedy "Conspiracy" co-starring with Kathleen Quinlan was released. He played the role of the architect "Mike" who was accidentally involved in a dangerous event
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On August 15, 1984, the romantic comedy " The Woman in Red " directed and starring Kelly LeBrock was released. In the film, he played the role of "Teddy", an advertising agency owner with a successful career and a wife and daughter
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On July 25, 1986, directed and starred in the love horror film "Honeymoon Ghost" was released
. On May 12, 1989, the crime comedy " See No Evil, Hear No Evil " co-starring with Richard Pryor and Joan Severance was released
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On September 21, 1990, the starring romantic comedy " Funny About Love " was released, in which he played the well-known cartoonist "Duff". On July 26, 1991, he co-starred with Richard Pryor in the comedy film "Dear! "Don't Lie to Me" was released, in which he played "George" who was in a mental hospital for three and a half years due to his uncontrollable urge to lie.
On December 6, 1994, the sitcom "The Age of Love" co-starring with Marla Maples and Ian Bottiglieri was broadcast
. On February 28, 1999, the fantasy family adventure movie "Alice in Wonderland" co-starred with Tina Majorino and Whoopi Goldberg was released. On October 5, 2000, the family comedy "Gilmore Girls Season One", which starred in a guest appearance, began airing.
On September 26, 2002, the comedy series " Will & Grace Season 5 " with a guest appearance was premiered. With this film, he won the 55th Primetime Emmy Award for Comedy Drama-Best Guest Actor in Comedy Drama
. On September 13, 2005, the documentary " Magic in the White City 1893 Chicago World's Fair " , which served as the narrator, was screened.
Personal Life
emotion
In 1982, Gene Wilder met and fell in love with the married Gilda Radner (husband was the band leader GE Smith of Saturday Night Live) while filming the comedy "Conspiracy" . After Gilda Radner divorced her husband, Gene Wilder married him on September 14, 1984. In October 1986, Gilda Radner was found to have advanced ovarian cancer
and died in 1989
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In 1989, Gene Wilder hired Karen Webb , the clinical director of the New York League for the Hard of Hearing, to teach himself lip reading in order to play the deaf in the movie "See No Evil, Hear No Evil" During the period, the two developed feelings and got married in September 1991
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Character Evaluation
Gene Wilder is one of the true geniuses, he gives magic to every film he collaborates with
. His self-directed and self-acted film "The Woman in Red" is adapted from the French film "The Elephant Lies". After his successful adaptation, the plot is not only Americanized, but also many jokes and jokes
. Qi Lu net review)
Gene Wilder is warm and full of humanity, and is one of the most interesting and loving people. He lights up the world with joy and genius, and his influence on the film is extremely enlightening. In the 1970s and 1980s, he created a series of memorable comedy images, injecting crazy and desperate qualities into the characters. He contributed a superb performance in the movie "Bonnie and Clyde"
. Wonka played in the movie "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" is impressive
. The funny performance in the movie "The Woman in Red" is also very effective
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