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Caption: Still of Gene Wilder, Paris Themmen, Jack Albertson, Michael Bollner, Julie Dawn Cole, Nora Denney, Roy Kinnear, Denise Nickerson, Peter Ostrum, Ursula Reit and Leonard Stone in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
About Jerome Silberman
Actor, Soundtrack, Writer
Born: June 11, 1933
Star sign: Gemini
Height: 5' 10½" (1.79 m)
Known for: Young Frankenstein (1974), Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), Blazing Saddles (1974), The Producers (1967)
Source: IMDB
Gene Wilder was born Jerome Silberman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Jeanne (Baer) and William J. Silberman, who manufactured miniature whiskey and beer bottles. His father was a Russian Jewish immigrant, while his Illinois-born mother was of Russian Jewish descent. Wilder caught his first big break playing a small role in the off-Broadway production ...
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