Gene Wilder

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  • Born

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

  • Real Name

    Jerome Silberman

  • Started acting

    Started acting at age 8 to cheer up his sick mother

  • First Real acting job

    When Gene came home from the academy he made a acting debut in a Romeo and Juliet play

  • Military

    at age 10 he stayed in a military academy for a while

  • Went to College

    Went to the university of Iowa to study acting

  • High school

    Graduated high school

  • Went to United Kingdom

    Studied acting in the United Kingdom for one year

  • Drafted

    Was drafted into the army for two years

  • Moved

    Went to New York to get a acting job

  • Teacher

    Became a Teacher to support himself as a actor

  • Name change

    Changed name to Gene Wilder at age 26 to help his acting

  • First big acting job

    In a 1963 production of Mother Courage and Her Children

  • Quit show business

    in 1990 to 2000 Gene quit show business because of some bad movies and his battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma

  • Today

    Wilder lives with his fourth wife, Karen Webb, in Connecticut