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Jerome Silberman, known professionally as Gene Wilder (born June 11, 1933), is an American stage and screen comic actor, director, screenwriter, author, and activist. Wilder began his career on stage, and made his screen debut in the TV-series Armstrong Circle Theatre in 1962. Although his first film role was portraying a hostage in the 1967 motion picture ''Bonnie and Clyde'', Wilder's first major role was as Leopold Bloom in the 1968 film ''The Producers'' for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. This was the first in a series of collaborations with writer/director Mel Brooks, including 1974's ''Blazing Saddles'' and ''Young Frankenstein'', which Wilder co-wrote, garnering the pair an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. Wilder is known for his portrayal of Willy Wonka in ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'' (1971) and for his four films with Richard Pryor: ''Silver Streak'' (1976), ''Stir Crazy'' (1980), ''See No Evil, Hear No Evil'' (1989), and ''Another You'' (1991). Wilder has directed and written several of his films, including ''The Woman in Red'' (1984). His third wife was actress Gilda Radner, with whom he starred in three films. Her death from ovarian cancer led to his active involvement in promoting cancer awareness and treatment, helping found the Gilda Radner Ovarian Cancer Detection Center in Los Angeles and co-founding Gilda's Club. Since his most recent contribution to acting in 2003, Wilder has turned his attention to writing. He has produced a memoir in 2005, ''Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art''; a collection of stories, ''What Is This Thing Called Love?'' (2010); and the novels ''My French Whore'' (2007), ''The Woman Who Wouldn't'' (2008) and ''Something to Remember You By'' (2013). He continues to receive critical acclaim, and is regarded as one of the most influential comedic actors of the second half of the 20th century. ==Early life and education== Born Jerome Silberman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on June 11, 1933, Wilder is the son of William J. and Jeanne (Baer) Silberman. He adopted "Gene Wilder" for his professional name at the age of 26, later explaining, "I had always liked Gene because of Thomas Wolfe's character Eugene Gant in ''Look Homeward, Angel'' and ''Of Time and the River''. And I was always a great admirer of Thornton Wilder."〔〔Wilder, Gene. ''Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art''. St. Martin's Press, 2005. ISBN 0-312-33706-X.〕 Wilder first became interested in acting at age 8, when his mother was diagnosed with rheumatic fever and the doctor told him to "try and make her laugh."〔Segal, David. ("Gene Wilder: It Hurts to Laugh." ) ''The Washington Post''. March 28, 2005. Retrieved on March 15, 2008.〕 At the age of 11, he saw his sister, who was studying acting, performing onstage and was enthralled by the experience. He asked her teacher if he could become his student, and the teacher said that if he was still interested at age 13, he would take Wilder on as a student. The day after Wilder turned 13, he called the teacher, who accepted him; Wilder studied with him for 2 years.〔Wilder interviewed by Robert Osborne on Turner Classic Movies when Wilder was the guest film programmer (June 19, 2014)〕 When Jeanne Silberman felt that her son's potential was not being fully realized in Wisconsin, she sent him to Black-Foxe, a military institute in Hollywood, where he wrote that he was bullied and sexually assaulted, primarily because he was the only Jewish boy in the school.〔Wilder, 13.〕 After an unsuccessful short stay at Black-Foxe, Wilder returned home and became increasingly involved with the local theatre community. At age fifteen, he performed for the first time in front of a paying audience, as Balthasar (Romeo's manservant) in a production of Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet''.〔Wilder, 17.〕 Gene Wilder graduated from Washington High School in Milwaukee in 1951. Wilder was raised Jewish but holds only the Golden Rule as his philosophy. He described himself as a "Jewish-Buddhist-Atheist" in an interview published in 2005.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gene Wilder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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