Gene Wilder Gene Wilder Jerome Silberman (June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016), known professionally as Gene Wilder, was an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, singer-songwriter and author. Wilder began his career on stage, and made his screen debut in an episode of the TV series "The Play of the Week" in 1961. Although his first film role was portraying a hostage in the 1967 motion picture "Bonnie and Clyde", Wilder's first major role was as Leopold Bloom in the 1967 film "The Producers" for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. This was the first in
Vanessa Silberman finalists out of 150,000 entries submitted in the The United States_Postal Service contest for youngsters to design a new environmental postage stamps. In the span of nearly 3 years (between 2015 and 2018) "Silberman" toured the country over 15 times and played well over 550 shows. "Audiofemme.com" named Vanessa one of the hardest working DIY bands of 2017 as she played over 200 shows. Oct. 12th 2014 Silberman played solo and opened up for Alkaline Trio at the Troubadour as part of their "Past Live" tour. On July 21, 2015 Silberman released her first solo single 'Think Tank (Feat. Derek