Lenny Bruce
Sign in to saveAmerican comedian and social critic (1925–1966)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1925-10-13
- Died
- 1966-08-03
- Works
- 15
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Mineola, New York, USA
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…
Known for
- Dead Neon: The Many Faces of Lenny Bruce on Film — Himself (archival footage)2023
- The Fabulous Allan Carr — Self (archive)2017
- The Last Laugh — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2016
- From Straight to Bizarre — Self2012
- Looking for Lenny — Self (archive footage)2011
- The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts — Self (archive footage)2009
- Starz Inside: In the Gutter — Self (archive)2008
- Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth — Self (archive footage)1998
- But... Seriously — Self (archive footage)1994
- Death Scenes 2 — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1992
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 26,754
- Total plays
- 233,274
Tags
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Lenny Bruce (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), born Leonard Alfred Schneider in Mineola, New York, was an extremely influential and controversial American stand-up comedian, writer, social critic and satirist of the 1950s and 1960s, whose comedy revolved heavily around the social stigmas and taboos of the era in which he lived. His 1964 conviction in an obscenity trial was followed by a posthumous pardon, the first in New York state history. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Lenny+Bruce">Rea
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome
· 2011 · cited 19,129x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,495x
- Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data
· 2012 · cited 17,678x
- The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital
· 1997 · cited 15,989x
- Accurate normalization of real-time quantitative RT-PCR data by geometric averaging of multiple internal control genes
· 2002 · cited 15,893x
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Key facts
- Born
- Leonard Alfred Schneider , ( 1925-10-13 ) October 13, 1925, Mineola, New York , U.S.
- Died
- August 3, 1966 (1966-08-03) (aged 40), Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Resting place
- Eden Memorial Park Cemetery
- Occupations
- Comedian satirist social critic
- Years active
- 1947–1966
- Spouse
- Honey Bruce ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1951 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1957 )
- Relatives
- Sally Marr (mother)
- Notable work
- The Lenny Bruce Originals The Carnegie Hall Concert Let the Buyer Beware How to Talk Dirty and Influence People
- Medium
- Stand-up television books
- Genres
- Satire political satire black comedy blue comedy
- Subjects
- American culture American politics race relations religion sexuality obscenity
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 13 October 1925
- Died
- 3 August 1966
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Bruce
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Mineola
- Place of death
- Hollywood
- Occupation
- satirist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
Article
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 that combined satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity. His 1964 conviction in an obscenity trial was followed by a posthumous pardon in 2003.
Bruce forged new paths in comedy and counterculture. His trial for obscenity was a landmark of freedom of speech in the United States. In 2017, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Bruce third, behind Richard Pryor and George Carlin, on its list of the 50 best stand-up comics of all time.
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