Elon Musk Sells Gene Wilder's House to Wilder's Nephew: Variety

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• The Slamdance Film Festival is moving to Los Angeles with its next edition
• For Anne Hathaway, going five years without booze is a bigger milestone than ‘middle age’
• Lifestyle
• Director Jordan Walker-Pearlman bought the house from Musk in October 2020
• Sources Gave an Update on Hugh Jackman's 'Love Life' After Fans Raised Concerns About His Well-Being
• Melanie Lynskey Says Jason Ritter’s Proposal Was “So Confusing” She Didn’t Know She Was Engaged
• 1964: Theatre roles

I remember seeing you in Willy Wonka movie and probably a few others as I was younger. You know you where good at what you did. I have to say you did not leave here not doing what you loved. You definitely loved what you where doing.. After seeing all wonderful things being said about Gene Wilder today, I can only say that I concur.

The Slamdance Film Festival is moving to Los Angeles with its next edition

Grodin persuaded him to leave the studio and begin studying with Strasberg in his private class. Several months later, Wilder was accepted into the Actors Studio. He also liked "Gene" because as a boy, he was impressed by a distant relative, a World War II bomber navigator who was "handsome and looked great in his leather flight jacket".[15][16][a] He later said that he could not see Gene Wilder playing Macbeth, either. Growing up, Mr. Wilder was part of the movies and shows that made us laugh and enjoy family time together. He was a good actor, but the character I enjoyed the most was Willy Wonka.

For Anne Hathaway, going five years without booze is a bigger milestone than ‘middle age’

Walker-Pearlman recently shared with The Wall Street Journal that his purchase of his late uncle’s home from Musk had been a rather unique experience. The filmmaker stated that he actually spent summers in the Bel-Air home with his uncle, and his experiences in the house made him intimately familiar with the property. Wilder’s first two marriages, to Mary Mercier and Mary Joan Schutz, ended in divorce. While making the comedy “Hanky Panky” in 1982, he met former “Saturday Night Live” star and actor Gilda Radner. The two married in 1984 and remained together until Radner’s death from ovarian cancer in 1989.

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Wonka and Wilder’s own creation of Young Frankenstein‘s Victor Frankenstein are iconic for how they spill over from equanimity to explosions of pure wrath. (As Brooks says, “He’s sweet, simple and honest — but when he got excited he was a volcano”). Together these roles are the apogee of Wilder’s creative genius, but the documentary, directed by Ron Frank, takes a more holistic approach. Wilder died from complications of Alzheimer’s disease on August 28, 2016, in Stamford, Connecticut.

Director Jordan Walker-Pearlman bought the house from Musk in October 2020

Just off an Oscar nomination for Hester Street, she was waiting for the phone to ring; Wilder was astute enough to see that Kane could be funny and the world is better for it. The marvel of the film, which elides Wilder’s first two marriages and anything untidy about his personal life, is in how it makes you appreciate even some of his career lowlights. After graduating from high school, Wilder studied communication and theater arts at the University of Iowa, following that with a year studying theater and fencing at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol, United Kingdom.

Elon Musk Sells Former Home of Gene Wilder to Wilder's Nephew With One Catch - SM Mirror - Santa Monica Mirror

Elon Musk Sells Former Home of Gene Wilder to Wilder's Nephew With One Catch - SM Mirror.

Posted: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 07:00:00 GMT [source]

You were such a bright light in what can sometimes feel like a very dark world. My deepest condolences to your family, and May your light continue to shine upon your family and loved ones guiding them along the way and bringing them a smile as only Gene Wilder can do. Famous Actor's such as Gene Wilder will be missed by many who loved him as a family member, a friend, and a great actor. Heaven has recieved Gene Wilder to always bring smiles and laughter with his great sence of humour. When the film was done, Wilder answered a few questions with his wife, Karen, about how he got the role, about his love for Madeline Kahn, and about his friend Richard Pryor.

HUGE loss to the entertainment industry! May God be with his family and friends and provide genuine comfort to get through this difficult time. Radner divorced Smith, and she and Wilder were wed on Sept. 14, 1984, in the south of France. They appeared together in The Woman in Red (1984) and Haunted Honeymoon (1986) before she was found to have stage 4 ovarian cancer in October 1986.

Now records reveal he’s unloaded a second house, the former Gene Wilder estate, for exactly $7 million in another off-market deal. That’s $250,000 more than he paid for the property in 2013, a profit that quickly evaporates once taxes and seven years of upkeep costs are factored into the equation. Back in 2020, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that he would be offloading all his residential properties in California as a way to trim down his possessions. Musk, who owned Wilder’s house, noted that whoever purchases the late actor’s home would have to preserve it. Musk did make improvements to the home like a Tesla Solar Roof installation and Powerwall batteries, but for the most part, the property still retained the spirit it had when Wilder was still living in it. The Wilder estate was built in 1951 and spans 2,756 square feet.

1964: Theatre roles

Although he smiled as he entered the athletic event, his frail appearance and thin white hair ledsome media outlets to speculate that Wilder’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma had returned, according to Page Six. The actor had been diagnosed with the cancer in 1997, but he told CNN in 2002 that he was in complete remission. Gene Wilder was an actor, comedian, and filmmaker. We will always remember him for playing the role Willy Wonka on Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Blazing Saddles was a western like no other, and it set out to offend every viewer equally, becoming a cult classic.

But, as he explained to The Times in 1977, what saved him from his darkest self was his unfailing ability to tap into an imaginative streak of comic insanity that also ran deep inside him. Wilder is survived by his fourth wife, Karen, whom he married in 1991, and other relatives. Born Jerome Silberman in Milwaukee on June 11, 1933, Wilder began performing at a young age, eventually studying at the Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol, England, in the mid-1950s. Returning stateside, in 1956 he was inducted into the Army for a brief stint. In 1961 he became a member of the Actors Studio in New York, studying with Lee Strasberg, and adopted the stage name Gene Wilder. Wilder poses in France with his wife, comedian Gilda Radner, during the 10th American Film Festival of Deauville on Sept. 7, 1984.

The two had great affection for each other, though Wilder later recalled being frustrated by her neediness. While trying to become pregnant, Radner was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and passed away in 1989. To honor her memory, Wilder started Gilda's Club, a support group for cancer patients. As it is with many stories involving Musk, Walker-Pearlman’s journey into acquiring his late uncle’s home started with a dose of misinformation. According to the late actor’s nephew, he was initially told that the home had been demolished, which made him mourn the house.

Elon Musk has made good on his promise to sell the former estate of Gene Wilder — and the buyer is Wilder's nephew, according to Variety's James McClain.