Gene Wilder
A Jewish boy from Milwaukee, he was an awkward self-conscious child prone to being bullied. The thing he enjoyed most was entertaining his sick mother, and this led to acting, first on the stage and then in films.
In the late 1960's he appeared in Mel Brooks' film The Producers, a wonderfully balmy story about a Broadway impresario who tries to produce a flop. It led to a string of highly successful appearances in films such as Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask), and perhaps most famous of all, Blazing Saddles. He's also directed and starred in several of his own films
Then he went back to two of his early loves: the stage and England, where he played the lead in an extraordinary famous West End production of Neil Simon's Laughter on the 23nd Floor.
He was Gene Wilder.
| by Anonymous | reply 35 | February 12, 2024 9:01 PM
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Gene Wilder's perfect Desert Island Disc
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | February 8, 2024 11:02 PM
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[quote] He was Gene Wilder.
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| by Anonymous | reply 2 | February 8, 2024 11:03 PM
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Gene Wilder on Dick Cavett
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | February 8, 2024 11:03 PM
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He always seemed to float above the Hollywood riff raff.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | February 8, 2024 11:05 PM
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Read his autobiography last year. Worth picking up.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | February 8, 2024 11:06 PM
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He's known as Will's boss on Will and Grace around here....
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | February 8, 2024 11:07 PM
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Gene Wilder was in and directed The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother, while Eric Porter portrayed Professor Moriarty in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 8, 2024 11:09 PM
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I miss him. That’s more than I can say about a lot of other people.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 8, 2024 11:18 PM
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Gilda's death broke him. Those two were a good couple, crumpled funny little people who found each other.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | February 8, 2024 11:20 PM
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Young Frankenstein was always my favorite. Madeline Kahn was in that as well, so funny.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | February 9, 2024 1:51 AM
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His funniest work was in "Start the Revolution without Me," as the constantly furious and completely addled nobleman Phillippe de Sisi.
This is my favorite of his scenes, with the brilliant Rosalind Knight as his poor put-upon wife.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | February 9, 2024 2:04 AM
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I love how clickbait would have you believe that Jeremy Allen White is Gene Wilder's grandson.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | February 9, 2024 2:40 AM
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This is . . . Gene Wilder
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | February 9, 2024 2:44 AM
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His stint on Will & Grace was hilarious
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | February 9, 2024 2:44 AM
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Gene didn't love Gilda nearly as much as she loved him.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | February 9, 2024 2:52 AM
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An extraordinary comedy talent. Did he ever do drama?
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | February 9, 2024 3:40 AM
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[quote] He was Gene Wilder.
HE
VAS
MY BOYFRIEND!
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | February 9, 2024 3:43 AM
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His first film was Bonnie & Clyde. He acted alongside Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, and Estelle Parsons, in an academy award winning performance.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | February 9, 2024 3:51 AM
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Saw him when Blazing Saddles was filming @ Grauman's. Was better looking in person. The marquee showed the words Black Bart. If you look hard when viewing the film, Blazing Saddles was optically printed over it.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | February 9, 2024 9:58 AM
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Was Bonnie and Clyde before The Producers? Both are listed as 1967.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | February 9, 2024 10:43 AM
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[quote] He acted alongside Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, and Estelle Parsons, in an academy award winning performance.
He won the Oscar for that???
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | February 9, 2024 11:16 AM
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Loved everything he did but one of my favorites is The Frisco Kid with Harrison Ford.
I need a break from the news. I think I’ll watch it today.
In fact, today’s a good day for a Gene Wilder Marathon.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | February 9, 2024 11:19 AM
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He had a side piece while Gilda was dying.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | February 9, 2024 2:18 PM
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28 posts in and no one has mentioned Willy Wonka?
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | February 12, 2024 6:53 PM
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While being Jewish would've been slightly preferable to growing up black in Milwaukee, I can't imagine it being easy at all
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | February 12, 2024 7:11 PM
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Gene met Karen Webb while filming See No Evil, Hear No Evil. He later admitted that he had fallen in love and moved on before Gilda's death. He and Karen were married in 1991.
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | February 12, 2024 7:18 PM
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[quote] 28 posts in and no one has mentioned Willy Wonka?
Willy Wonka is Andy Cohen’s least favorite film for obvious reasons.
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | February 12, 2024 7:27 PM
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Willy Wonka is a kid's movie.
| by Anonymous | reply 33 | February 12, 2024 8:11 PM
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[quote]Willy Wonka is Andy Cohen’s least favorite film for obvious reasons.
What are the obvious reasons?
| by Anonymous | reply 34 | February 12, 2024 8:27 PM
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Willy Wonka is a kid’s movie that is highly enjoyable to this adult, largely because of Gene Wilder.
| by Anonymous | reply 35 | February 12, 2024 9:01 PM
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