Gene Wilder co-star curse
Gene Wilder co-star curse
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#1Gene Wilder co-star curse
Posted: 12/14/06 at 8:35am
The death of Peter Boyle got me thinking of all the actors who have appeared opposite Gene Wilder who died before their time:
Zero Mostel
Dick Shawn
Madeline Kahn
Cleavon Little
Marty Feldman
Richard Pryor
Gilda Radner
And Teri Garr is battling Multiple Sclerosis.
Meanwhile, Cloris Leachman seems to be defying the odds. She is 80 and headed to Broadway.
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#1re: Gene Wilder co-star curse
Posted: 12/14/06 at 8:56am
They were are all old.
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#2re: Gene Wilder co-star curse
Posted: 12/14/06 at 9:02am
NLS - where do you get your info?
Mostel - 62
Shawn - 63
Kahn - 57
Little - 53
Feldman - 49
Pryor - 65
Radner - 44
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Updated On: 12/14/06 at 09:02 AM
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#3re: Gene Wilder co-star curse
Posted: 12/14/06 at 9:25am
Well they weren't in their 100s but they were still older. It's not a rare thing that a 71 or 62 or even a 44 year old pass.
Boyle - 71
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#4re: Gene Wilder co-star curse
Posted: 12/14/06 at 9:26amGo to your room.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#5re: Gene Wilder co-star curse
Posted: 12/14/06 at 9:26amThe current life expectancy in the US is 76. They were YOUNG!
#6re: Gene Wilder co-star curse
Posted: 12/14/06 at 9:32amYou could say the same about Mel Brooks with those folks tho too.. He's worked with them all
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
wexy
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/05
#7re: Gene Wilder co-star curse
Posted: 12/14/06 at 9:46amNLS probably thinks that 30 is on the upper end of middle age.
'Take me out tonight where's there's music and there's people and they're young and alive.'
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#8re: Gene Wilder co-star curse
Posted: 12/14/06 at 10:16amNo I don't.
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#9re: Gene Wilder co-star curse
Posted: 12/14/06 at 10:42am
44 hasn't been "old" since the 1300s.
Where the hell have you been?
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#10re: Gene Wilder co-star curse
Posted: 12/14/06 at 10:49amNLS spends too much time watching telivision shows for toddlers.
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>>
“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
-whatever2
#11re: Gene Wilder co-star curse
Posted: 12/14/06 at 10:50amEither that, or Logan's Run.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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