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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 ...
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.
His mother, Sally Marr (legal name Sadie Schneider, born Sadie Kitchenberg), was a stage performer and dancer [8] who had an enormous influence on his career. [9] Bruce grew up in Bellmore, New York , and attended Wellington C. Mepham High School . [ 10 ]
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]
Arlington West: The Film is a 2006 documentary about the Iraq War by Peter Dudar and Sally Marr.The title refers to Arlington West, the "temporary cemeteries" in Santa Barbara and Santa Monica, California which serve as memorials to those who have been killed in Iraq.
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 ...
Sarah McBride’s parents, Sally and Dave, at home in Wilmington, Del., on Sept. 10. For her part, McBride, a Democrat, said becoming a historic first wouldn’t be enough — she wants to ensure ...
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