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Sally Marr (December 30, 1906 – December 14, 1997) was an American stand-up comic, dancer and actress who is best known as being the mother of comic Lenny Bruce, whose act she influenced. [ 1 ] Born Sadie Kitchenberg in Jamaica, Queens , New York, Marr married Bruce's father, the British-born Myron (Mickey) Schneider, who was a shoe clerk ...
Influenced by the stand-up comedy of Lenny Bruce, Rivers co-wrote and starred in a play about Bruce's mother Sally Marr, who was also a comic and influenced her son's development as a comic. After 27 previews, Sally Marr ... and Her Escorts, a play "suggested by the life of Sally Marr" ran on Broadway for 50 performances in May and June 1994. [75]
The film was narrated by Robert De Niro. [7] [8] It featured interviews include Lenny's ex-wife Honey, mother Sally Marr and former TV host Steve Allen, [9] who had Bruce on his show a few times albeit clean unlike his nightclub stand-up jokes.
It premiered on April 27, 2012, at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and won the Best Documentary award at the San Diego Comic-Con Film Festival. In 2017 after a few years of working with writers Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch , GLOW – a scripted comedy-drama series based on the actual wrestling promotion – was picked ...
Miner played Lenny Bruce's mother, Sally Marr, in the Bob Fosse film Lenny (1974) with Dustin Hoffman as Lenny Bruce and Valerie Perrine as Honey Bruce. She also appeared in The Swimmer (1968), Willie & Phil (1980), Endless Love (1981), and as the Mother Superior in Mermaids (1990). Her latter-day work in television included an episode of Law ...
A gangster who operates a sleazy dance hall uses a sadistic bodyguard to keep his girls afraid and his customers in line. A merchant marine seaman is found murdered at the place and suspicion quickly falls upon the operator of a dime-a-dance honky tonk joint.
Robert Marr, English professional footballer who played as an inside forward; Robert Hardin Marr (1819–1892), Louisiana Supreme Court Justice; Ruairidh Erskine of Marr (1869–1960), Scottish nationalist and aristocrat; Sally Marr (1906–1997), American stand-up comic, dancer, actress and talent spotter; Scott Marr, American lacrosse coach
Hot in Cleveland: Anka 2 episodes: "Bye George, I Think He's Got It! ... Sally Marr, original play written and performed Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway 2002–04