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Andre Brandon deWilde (April 9, 1942 – July 6, 1972) was an American theater, film, and television actor. Born into a theatrical family in Brooklyn, he debuted on Broadway at the age of seven and became a national phenomenon by the time he completed his 492 performances for The Member of the Wedding.
Brandon De Wilde was a child actor who starred in Shane, The Member of the Wedding, and Hud. He died in a car accident in 1972 at age 30, after a career in theater and TV.
- January 1, 1
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- January 1, 1
- Denver, Colorado, USA
Jul 7, 1972 · LAKEWOOD, Colo. July 6 (AP)—Brandon de Wilde, the former child actor, died this evening as a result of injuries suffered earlier in a traffic acci dent in this Denver suburb. He was 30 years old.
Actor: Shane. Brandon De Wilde was born into a theatrical family and made a much-acclaimed Broadway debut in "The Member of the Wedding" at age 9. He was the first child actor to win the Donaldson Award, and went on to repeat his role in the film version, directed by Fred Zinnemann in 1952.
- April 9, 1942
- July 6, 1972
All Fall Down, The Brandon deWilde Story covers mostly chronologically the life of Brooklyn-born Andre Brandon deWilde, growing up in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York, then moving to Manhattan with his parents after a series of events catapulted him from a typical seven-year-old American school boy to a national phenomenon as a child ...
Andre Brandon deWilde (April 9, 1942 – July 6, 1972) was an American theatre and film actor. He was born into a theatrical family in Brooklyn. Debuting on Broadway at the age of 7, De Wilde became a national phenomenon by the time he completed his 492 performances for The Member of the Wedding and was considered a child prodigy.
Jun 14, 2024 · As a boy in the early 1960s, I feared I might never become a man. I had a very fixed idea of what a man should be, and my father didn’t fit the bill. I wanted to be Brandon deWilde looking up...
