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  <name><![CDATA[Gene Wilder]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Gene Wilder is an American Emmy Award-winning and twice Academy Award-nominated stage and screen actor, director and screenwriter.

Wilder began his career on stage, making his screen debut in the film &lt;i&gt;Bonnie and Clyde&lt;/i&gt; in 1967. His first major role was as Leo Bloom in the 1968 film, &lt;i&gt;The Producers&lt;/i&gt;. This was the first in a series of prolific collaborations with writer/director Mel Brooks, including 1974's &lt;i&gt;Young Frankenstein&lt;/i&gt;, the script of which garnered the pair an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. Wilder is known for his portrayal of Willy Wonka on &lt;i&gt;Willy Wonka &amp; the Chocolate Factory&lt;/i&gt; (1971) and for his four films with Richard Pryor: &lt;i&gt;Silver Streak&lt;/i&gt; (1976), &lt;i&gt;Stir Crazy&lt;/i&gt; (1980), &lt;i&gt;See No Evil, Hear No Evil&lt;/i&gt; (1989), and &lt;i&gt;Another You&lt;/i&gt; (1991). Wilder has directed and written several of his films, including &lt;i&gt;The Woman in Red&lt;/i&gt; (1984).

His marriage to actress Gilda Radner, who died 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.

In more recent years, Wilder turned his attention to writing, producing a memoir in 2005, &lt;i&gt;Kiss Me Like A Stranger: My Search for Love and Art&lt;/i&gt;, and the novels &lt;i&gt;My French Whore&lt;/i&gt; (2007) and &lt;i&gt;The Woman Who Wouldn't&lt;/i&gt; (2008).
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  <title><![CDATA[Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art]]></title>
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  <published>2005</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[My French Whore: A Love Story]]></title>
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  <published>2007</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Woman Who Wouldn't]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gene Wilder]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.53</average_rating>
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  <published>2008</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Eugene Ionesco: Rhinoceros]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gene Wilder]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gene Wilder]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Karen Black]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.67</average_rating>
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  <published>1973</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Young Frankenstein: A Novel]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gene Wilder]]></name>
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        <author>
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  <published>1974</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Gilda's Disease: Sharing Personal Experiences and a Medical Perspective on Ovarian Cancer]]></title>
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  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2</ratings_count>
  <published>1996</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[What Is This Thing Called Love?]]></title>
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  <published>2010</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The 100 Best Internet Stocks to Own for the Long Run]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gene Wilder]]></name>
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