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(1933-2016) Novelist, screenwriter, actor. Gene Wilder was best known as a comic actor, but he also authored several books. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and died in Stamford, Connecticut.

Full Name

Gene Wilder

Locations

Queens

Author's Timeline


1933

BIRTH

Gene Wilder was born Jerome Silberman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on June 11, 1933.

1950

RESIDENCE

Mr. Wilder lived for a time with his sister in Queens, New York, during the 1950s.

1950

OTHER

Mr. Wilder studied at the HB Studio and the Actors Studio in Manhattan, New York, during the 1950s.

1974

LITWORK

Young Frankenstein
Distributed by 20th Century Fox

Screenplay written with Mel Brooks.

1989

LITWORK

See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Distributed by TriStar Pictures

Screenplay for which Mr. Wilder was a co-writer.

1999

LITWORK

Murder In A Small Town
Produced and broadcast by the A&E Network.

Television film for which Mr. Wilder was a co-writer.

1999

LITWORK

The Lady in Question
Broadcast by A & E.

Television film written by Gilbert Pearlman and Mr. Wilder.

2005

LITWORK

Kiss Me Like A Stranger: My Search For Love And Art
St. Martin's Press
031233706X / 978-0312337063
Memoir.

2007

LITWORK

My French Whore
St. Martin's Press
0312360576 / 978-0312360573
Novel.

2008

LITWORK

The Woman Who Wouldn't
St. Martin's Press
0312375786 / 978-0312375782
Novel.

2010

LITWORK

What Is This Thing Called Love?
St. Martin's Press
0312598904 / 978-0312598907
Collection of stories.

2013

LITWORK

Something To Remember You By
St. Martin's Press
0312598912 / 978-0312598914
Novel.

2016

DEATH

Gene Wilder died at his home in Stamford, Connecticut, on August 29, 2016.

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