2001Nominee
Best Performance
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Ed Gein
Actor
La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
August 27, 1906
Biography
Edward Theodore Gein (August 27, 1906 – July 26, 1984), also known as the Butcher of Plainfield and the Plainfield Ghoul, was an American murderer and body snatcher. His crimes, committed around his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, gathered widespread notoriety in 1957 after authorities discovered that he stole corpses from local graveyards and fashioned keepsakes from their bones and skin. He also confessed to killing two women: tavern owner Mary Hogan in 1954 and hardware store owner Bernice Worden in 1957.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2021Nominee
Best Performance
Ed Gein: The Real Psycho
2012Nominee
Best Performance
Serious Serial Killers
Career Highlights
1993Highlight
Best Performance
Ed Gein: American Maniac
2004Highlight
Best Performance
Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield
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Ed Gein: American Maniac
Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield