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Bert Lahr Biography
Bert Lahr is one of the famous Movie Actor, who was born on the memorable day of August 13 in the year 1895. Bert Lahr is a proud citizen of United States.
He gave a memorable performance as the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz. His roles in Foxy, The Birds, and Waiting for Godot brought him additional fame.
Over the years, not only have skills been honed, but a significant impact has also been made in the professional field. Whether it's through work, public appearances, or contributions to the community, Bert Lahr continues to be an inspiration for many.
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First Name
Bert
Last Name
Lahr
Death Date
1967-12-04
Death Day
December 04
Death Year
1967
Cause of Death
Natural Causes
Manner of Death
Pneumonia
Place of Death
New York, NY
Place of Burial
Union Field Cemetery
Family
He had difficulty divorcing his first wife due to the fact that she was hospitalized with a severe mental health problem. He was married to his second wife, Mildred Schoroeder, from 1940 to 1967.
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He co-starred with Judy Garland in the classic film The Wizard of Oz.
Career
He dropped out of school at age fifteen to join a juvenile Vaudeville act.
Trivia
He made his Broadway debut in a 1927 production titled Delmar’s Revels. His first film was the 1931 movie musical Flying High.
Net Worth & Salary
Bert Lahr net worth is $5 Million (2022).
Bert Lahr Timeline
1871
He was the son of Augusta (1871–1932) and Jacob Lahrheim (1870–1947), an upholsterer.
1927
In 1927, he debuted on Broadway in Harry Delmar's Revels on November 28, 1927.
1928
Lahr's first major success in a stage musical was playing the prizefighter hero of Hold Everything! (1928–29).
1930
Other musicals followed, notably Flying High (1930), Florenz Ziegfeld's Hot-Cha! (1932), and The Show is On (1936) in which he co-starred with Beatrice Lillie.
1931
Lahr made his feature film debut in 1931's Flying High, playing the oddball aviator he had played on stage.
1938
He played to packed houses, performing classic routines such as "The Song of the Woodman" (which he reprised in the film Merry-Go-Round of 1938).
1939
He was best known for his role as the Cowardly Lion, as well as his counterpart Kansas farmworker "Zeke", in the MGM adaptation of The Wizard of Oz (1939).
1944
In the 1944 musical comedy film Meet the People, Lahr uttered the phrase "Heavens to Murgatroyd!" later popularized by Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Snagglepuss.
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1946
Among his numerous Broadway roles, Lahr starred as Skid in the Broadway revival of Burlesque from 1946 to 1948 and played several roles, including Queen Victoria, in the original Broadway musical Two on the Aisle from 1951 to 1952.
1950
Later performances included Hotel Paradiso on Broadway and A Midsummer Night's Dream with a touring company in the 1950s.
1952
A staunch Democrat, he supported Adlai Stevenson's campaign in the 1952 presidential election.
1954
Lahr occasionally appeared on television, including NBC's live version of the Cole Porter musical Let's Face It (1954), the 1964 Hallmark Hall of Fame production of The Fantasticks, and occasional appearances as the mystery guest on What's My Line? (for example, December 30, 1956).
1956
He co-starred in the US premiere of Waiting for Godot in 1956 at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami, Florida, playing Estragon to Tom Ewell's Vladimir.
1960
At the American Shakespeare Festival he played Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1960), for which he received the Best Shakespearean Actor of the Year Award.
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1962
In 1962 he returned to Broadway, in S.
1963
In 1963, he appeared as Go-Go Garrity in the episode "Is Mr.
1964
In 1964, Lahr won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his role in the musical Foxy.
1967
Lahr died on December 4, 1967, at the age of 72.
2000
John Lahr is a London-based drama critic who married the actress and comedian turned psychotherapist Connie Booth (Fawlty Towers) in 2000; she was previously married to British actor/comedian John Cleese.
2013
In June 2013, Lahr's original reading script for The Wizard of Oz, bequeathed to his great-grandson, was appraised with an insurance value of $150,000 on PBS's Antiques Roadshow in an episode filmed in Detroit, Michigan.
