Lenny Bruce
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1925-10-13
Deathday 1966-08-03 (40 years old)
Place of Birth Mineola, New York, USA
Also Known As Leonard Alfred Schneider
Lenny Bruce
Biography
Leonard Alfred Schneider, better known by his stage name Lenny Bruce, was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist. He was renowned for his open, free-style and critical form of comedy which integrated satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity. Branded a "sick comic", Bruce was essentially blacklisted from television, and when he did appear these performances was facilitated by fans like Hugh Hefner and Steve Allen. In 1951, Bruce met Honey Harlow, a stripper from Manila, Arkansas. They were married that same year, and Bruce was determined she would end her work as a stripper. Throughout the final decade of his life, Bruce was beset by severe drug addiction.
Known For
Actor
as Himself (archival footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Himself (archive footage)
as The Lone Ranger / Various (voice)
as Himself
as Self
as Self
as Self - Comedian
as Willie / The Foreign Chef
as Vincent
Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Screenplay
Director
as Director