When Gene Wilder was 8 years old, his mother was diagnosed with Rheumatic Fever.
Her doctor told Gene to "try to make her laugh."
The start of his career.
Half a Sixpence
John Cleese and Terry Gilliam met while appearing in a West End production of the musical Half a Sixpence, starring Tommy Steele. It was in the same production that Cleese met his future wife Connie Booth. The book for Half a Sixpence was written by Beverley Cross, later married to Maggie Smith.
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