born june known professionally american stage screen comic actor screenwriter author began career stage screen debut series armstrong circle theatre film role portraying hostage motion picture clyde major role film producers nominated series collaborations writer director including wrote garnering pair academy_award nomination known portrayal chocolate factory films silver streak evil hear evil directed written films including woman red wife actress starred films death cancer led active involvement promoting cancer awareness treatment helping found cancer detection center los_angeles founding club recent contribution acting turned attention writing produced memoir kiss like stranger search love art collection stories thing called love novels french woman wouldn remember early life education born milwaukee wisconsin june son adopted professional age later explaining liked gene character look angel time river great admirer interested acting age mother diagnosed fever doctor told try laugh age saw sister studying acting performing onstage experience asked teacher student teacher said interested age student day turned called teacher accepted studied years felt son potential fully realized wisconsin sent military institute hollywood wrote bullied sexually assaulted primarily jewish boy school unsuccessful short stay returned home increasingly involved local theatre community age performed time paying audience romeo production shakespeare romeo juliet graduated milwaukee raised jewish holds philosophy described jewish buddhist interview published acting career early starts old army studied member alpha fraternity following graduation iowa accepted bristol old theatre school bristol england months studying fencing freshman win study system returned living sister family queens enrolled studio drafted army september end recruit training assigned medical corps sent fort sam houston training given opportunity choose post open wanting stay near new_york_city attend acting classes chose serve pennsylvania november mother died cancer discharged army year later returned new_york scholarship allowed time student living unemployment insurance savings later supported odd jobs driver fencing instructor professional acting job cambridge massachusetts played second officer production twelfth night served fencing choreographer years study told method acting persuaded leave studio begin studying private class months later accepted feeling right ring adopted stage chose reminded town author gene came novel angel liked gene boy impressed distant relative world war bomber navigator handsome looked great leather flight jacket later said playing joining slowly began noticed broadway scene thanks performances sir roots received award best performance actor cast leading role mother courage children production starring introduced boyfriend months later brooks mentioned working screenplay called hitler thought perfect role brooks promise check making long term commitments months went toured country different theatre productions participated televised cbs presentation cast role film minor role clyde years hearing brooks called reading star hitler approval star approved cast leading role feature film producers producers eventually cult comedy classic winning academy award best original screenplay nominated brooks directorial effort box office received critics new_york_times critic reviewed film described black college humor relocated paris accepting leading role start revolution comedy took place french revolution shooting ended returned new_york read script immediately called produced producers men began searching perfect director film candidate able film year british indian director hired young auditioned play film adaptation charlie chocolate factory reciting lines prepared leave auditioning station fan ran offering role immediately initially hesitant learned role finally accepted role condition entrance like come door carrying cane walk crowd crowd sees quiet walk cane walking stands straight walking realize longer cane start fall forward hit ground beautiful forward bounce great applause stuart asked replied time know lying telling truth films producers box office failures start revolution audiences poor copies films commercial success parents moral story cruel children understand failing attract family audiences gain cult following oscar nomination award nomination offered role segment wanted know sex afraid ask accepted hoping hit end series hit grossing million united_states million budget wanted know sex afraid ask began working script called young wrote page scenario called told like cute idea showed little interest months later received agent asked include new clients having seen television inspired write scene takes place frederick meet time scene later included film liked idea called brooks asking direct brooks convinced having spent years working box office failures decided accept working young script offered fox musical film adaptation classic book little prince filming begin london received urgent brooks filming offering role kid dropped minute gig young ill continue shot scenes immediately filmed little prince written rights sold having trouble agreeing budget brooks producer went 20th brooks sign year contracts commercial success brooks receiving best adapted screenplay nominations losing mario adaptation godfather filming idea romantic musical comedy brother agreed participate project began writing directorial début adventure holmes brother agent sent script film called super chief accepted told film producers thought person film offensive accepted role film renamed film team filming began working script world inspired white wrote produced directed world critical failure project film star dropped executives tried dissuade charging studio usual million fee wayne ill years died june coming actor hired role producer persuaded film wrote script directing struggling severe cocaine addiction filming difficult film premiered international success new_york magazine listed skip number list dynamic pop culture history film appeared best comedy lists rankings friends pair working script called traces film met remainder decade worked projects directed film woman red starred received critics project haunted honeymoon failed attract audiences woman red win academy award best original song wonder song called love wanted produce film starring agreed evil hear evil allowed rewrite script studio agreed evil hear evil premiered negative reviews critics praised performance agreed script terrible roger_ebert called real morning news described film stupid script contrived story juvenile gags called far successful starring vehicle acknowledging elegant movie making gags equally clever 1990s 2000s starring political cartoonist falls love film funny love final movie feature physical deterioration multiple clearly noticeable starring role film appeared cameos death marked appearance date feature film movies financially successful remaining work consisted television movies guest appearances shows starred nbc sitcom received poor reviews lasted season went small screen appearing television movies nbc adaptation alice wonderland murder small town lady question mystery movies played theatre director turned amateur detective years later guest starred episodes nbc winning primetime emmy award outstanding guest actor comedy series role boss personal life relationships met wife studying new_york couple long married july spent long periods time apart eventually months later began dating friend sister daughter previous marriage started calling decided felt right thing marrying october adopting year separated seven years marriage thinking having affair young star divorce briefly dated star eventually estranged met saturday night live actress august filming married guitarist time friends filming ended found missing called relationship grew eventually divorced smith moved couple married september south france couple wanted children suffered doctors determine problem experiencing severe fatigue suffering pain upper legs set sought medical treatment following number false found cancer october year half battled disease receiving treatments disease finally went giving pair respite time filmed evil hear evil cancer returned died later stated thought pull following death active promoting cancer awareness treatment helping found cancer detection center los_angeles founding club support group raise awareness cancer began new_york_city branches country preparing role deaf man evil hear evil met née clinical supervisor coached lip reading following death september married live connecticut colonial home shared political views supporter democratic_party opposed actions vietnam war iraq war supported presidential election terms politically active stated quietly political don like advertising giving money support getting don want run president write book instead authorship spend time painting writing participating charitable efforts collaborated book disease sharing personal experiences struggle cancer hospitalized non confirmed march cancer complete following stem cell october read charlie chocolate factory special benefit performance held aid families affected september attacks donated collection scripts documents photographs images march released highly personal memoir kiss like stranger search love art account life covering childhood death years later march released novel set world war second novel woman wouldn released march turner classic movies special role model alec_baldwin interviewed career said basically retired acting good don like business realized explained like don like business released collection stories called thing called love novel remember romance released april asked time new_york magazine interview act suitable film project came way responded tired watching bombing shooting killing swearing movies year sent maybe good ones went writing wouldn act script wonderful don like work film television voice segment episodes grace episodes parked place sex stage broadway mother courage children broadway flew nest broadway white_house broadway laughter 23rd floor london documentaries expo magic white city publications disease sharing personal experiences medical perspective cancer isbn gene kiss like stranger search love art martin press isbn gene french martin press isbn gene woman wouldn martin isbn gene thing called love martin press isbn gene remember martin press isbn
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