Director

Lenny Bruce

Acting

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 7

TMDB ID: 107605

IMDb ID: nm0115533

Known for: Acting

Born: October 13, 1925

Died: August 3, 1966

Age: 40

Place of birth: Mineola, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1953 - 2023

Years active: 71

Average TMDB rating: 5.83

Wikidata: Q460876

Also known as

Leonard Alfred Schneider

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Director (1)Writer (5)Screenplay (1)

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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.

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