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Bert Lahr

Bert Lahr, American actor (died 1967)

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Born
August 13, 1895
Died
December 4, 1967
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1895

About Bert Lahr

Irving Lahrheim, known professionally as Bert Lahr, was an American actor and comedian. He was best known for his role as the Cowardly Lion, as well as his counterpart Kansas farmworker "Zeke", in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer adaptation of The Wizard of Oz (1939). He was well known for his quick-witted humor and his work in burlesque and vaudeville and on Broadway. Lahr was born as Irving Lahrheim on August 13, 1895, at First Avenue and 81st Street, in the Yorkville section of Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. Lahr's first major success in a stage musical was playing the prizefighter hero of Hold Everything! (1928–29).

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Bert Lahr timeline

  1. Lahr was born as Irving Lahrheim on August 13, 1895, at First Avenue and 81st Street, in the Yorkville section of Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City.
  2. Lahr's first major success in a stage musical was playing the prizefighter hero of Hold Everything! (1928–29).

The world when Bert Lahr was born

Bert Lahr was born in 1895. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1895

  • Top movieWorkers Leaving the Lumière Factory (first public film)

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineCuban War of Independence begins
  • Technology milestoneLumière brothers hold first public film screening
  • World population~1.55B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population68.0M

1895 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Bert Lahr's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18952026
Population68.0M341 million

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