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Leonard Alfred Schneider (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), 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-wheeling, and critical style of comedy which contained satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity. [2]
Leonard Alfred Schneider (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), better known by his stage name Lenny Bruce, was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and screenwriter. He was renowned for his open, free-style and critical form of comedy which integrated satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity.
Jun 21, 2024 · Lenny Bruce was an American stand-up comic and social satirist during the 1950s and early ’60s. Although public authorities increasingly denounced his performances as dirty and sick and courts across the United States tried him for obscenity, Bruce was widely esteemed by artists and intellectuals.
Jan 23, 2023 · The comedian known as Lenny Bruce has recently come back into the spotlight since his portrayal on the hit Amazon Prime show The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Though Miriam Maisel may be a fictional comic, Lenny Bruce was a very real and popular, if not controversial, figure through the '50s and early '60s.
Aug 13, 2012 · Home of the Lenny Bruce Memorial Foundation, LennyBruce.org is the only site recognized by Lenny's daughter, Kitty Bruce
Jul 28, 2016 · The groundbreaking comedian died on Aug. 3, 1966 from an overdose of morphine while his New York obscenity conviction was still on appeal. On that same day he received a foreclosure...
Lenny Bruce. Writer: Dance Hall Racket. Lenny Bruce was born Leonard Alfred Schneider on October 13, 1925, in Mineola, Long Island, New York. His British-born father, Myron, was a shoe clerk, his mother, Sadie, was a dancer. Lenny's parents were divorced when he was a child.
Sep 27, 2018 · The comic Lenny Bruce was brilliant, profane and self-destructive. After Bruce's death at age 40, his widow and their daughter started archiving all that he had left behind.
Oct 13, 2018 · The comedian Lenny Bruce tested the boundaries of what was considered free speech in the 1960s. He is having a resurgence. Dove/Getty Images. By Laura M. Holson. Oct. 13, 2018. Ronnie Marmo...
Aug 5, 2020 · Watch the legendary comedian Lenny Bruce perform at Carnegie Hall in 1961, in this full video of his hilarious and controversial act. Lenny Bruce was one of the most influential and daring stand ...
