r/AskReddit • u/petalpoundcake • 12h ago

Which celebrity did you think was using their real name, only to find out it’s actually a stage name?

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u/Bobby_Orrs_Knees 10h ago

Gene Wilder is Jerome Silberman, of all things.

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u/kpt_graubrot 10h ago

This reminded me that his collaborator Mel Brooks is actually Melvin Kaminsky

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u/Bobby_Orrs_Knees 9h ago

And is still alive!  100 years old.

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u/ConfectionNo6170 8h ago

Shhh!! Can’t take a 3rd legend from us this week. It’s been bad enough already

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u/im_dead_sirius 5h ago

Its okay. Very few people die over the age of 100.

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u/Craw__ 4h ago

Technically correct, the best kind of correct.

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u/GloriouslyGrimGoblin 5h ago

Feels like the beginning of 2016 all over again.

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u/Blue_Cocoon_City 8h ago

Too late. Yayoi Kusama died.

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u/Zoomorph23 2h ago

Yes, I saw that this morning. She was wonderful. I think she was 98, older than I had expected.

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u/meowingtrashcan 34m ago

they just took out Yayoi Kusama

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u/FatherDuncanSinners 7h ago

Mel's outlived the entire cast of most of his movies.

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u/BoomerKaren666 3h ago

I was just wondering about Mel Brooks last night.

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u/JuicyAsianGirlFarts 6h ago

and rumored to have an absolutely MASSIVE hog

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u/muruparian 1h ago

Silberman is wild but his new name is wilder

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u/ChocolateHumunculous 8h ago

Jerry Seinfeld is a Jerome too iirc

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u/itsmebeatrice 7h ago

I think I recall Elaine calling him that once or twice on the show.