Lenny Bruce

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American Jew actor human social satirist stand-up comedian writer

Lenny Bruce was a groundbreaking American stand-up comedian and social satirist known for his provocative, taboo-challenging routines that reshaped modern comedy and free-speech in performance.

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instanceOf American Jew ⓘ
actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
social satirist ⓘ
stand-up comedian ⓘ
writer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1966 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940s ⓘ
causeOfDeath drug overdose ⓘ
child Kitty Bruce ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1925-10-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1966-08-03 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish American ⓘ
fullName Leonard Alfred Schneider ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre observational comedy ⓘ
political satire ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
stand-up comedy ⓘ
influenced Bill Hicks ⓘ
Bill Maher ⓘ
David Cross ⓘ
George Carlin ⓘ
Joan Rivers ⓘ
Jon Stewart ⓘ
Lewis Black ⓘ
Mort Sahl ⓘ
Richard Pryor ⓘ
Robin Williams ⓘ
Sarah Silverman ⓘ
knownFor challenging obscenity laws in the United States ⓘ
influencing modern free-speech in comedy ⓘ
pioneering controversial stand-up comedy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalIssue obscenity prosecutions in the 1960s ⓘ
mother Sally Marr ⓘ
movement counterculture of the 1960s ⓘ
notableWork American ⓘ
How to Talk Dirty and Influence People ⓘ
The Lenny Bruce Originals ⓘ
Togetherness ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
satirist ⓘ
social critic ⓘ
stand-up comedian ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Mineola, New York ⓘ
surface form: Mineola, New York, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
posthumousRecognition posthumous pardon for 1964 New York obscenity conviction ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
spouse Honey Harlow ⓘ
stageName Lenny Bruce self-link ⓘ
subjectOf Lenny (1974 film) ⓘ
Lenny Bruce on Trial ⓘ
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth ⓘ

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Mort Sahl → influenced → Lenny Bruce ⓘ
George Carlin → influencedBy → Lenny Bruce ⓘ
Richard Pryor → influencedBy → Lenny Bruce ⓘ
Lenny Bruce → stageName → Lenny Bruce self-link ⓘ