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Kitty Bruce. Actress: Switchblade Sisters. Granddaughter of Sally Marr and daughter of comedian Lenny Bruce, Kitty made her film debut as a plump teenager in the girl-gang film The Jezebels aka Switchblade Sisters (1975), directed by 'Jack Hill (I)', playing well the role of a buxom yet frail-character girl who would do anything to be accepted ...
- January 1, 1
- Actress, Additional Crew
- Miami, Florida, USA
- Kitty Bruce
- Kitty Bruce Wished Her Dad Was A Plumber
- Lenny’s Comedy Made Life Difficult For His Daughter
- She Honors His Life by Helping Others
Lenny’s feelings about family life spilled over to his child. Kitty wished her father wasn’t in the entertainment business and had a regular job. “I wanted my father to be like the fathers of other kids in school,” she told The Morning Callin 2004. “I even said to him, “Why can’t you be … a plumber?”‘ In 1951, Lenny marriedHoney Harlow, who was a s...
Lenny’s comedy was extremely controversial, which impacted his daughter. “Kids were not allowed to play with me,” she said. Kids would say, “‘Your daddy’s a bad man. He says bad things.’ It was awful. It wasn’t a popular thing to be Lenny Bruce’s daughter.” And while her father’s career made life harder, she said Lenny was a loving father. “He was ...
After Lenny’s death and later in life, Kitty grew to admire and respect her father’s work. She also wanted to honor his memory by helping others who face drug and alcohol addiction. An addiction that ultimately killed Lenny in 1966. “I want to honor my father by changing lives — something that was for the common good. To help — my father was all ab...
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Nov 3, 2016 · A campaign to overturn the 1964 obscenity conviction, led by Ron Collins and David Skover (authors of The Trials of Lenny Bruce), Kitty and her late mother (Honey died in 2006) inspired then New York Governor George E. Pataki to pardon Lenny in 2003.
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May 26, 2023 · (The credits included a “special thanks” to Kitty Bruce, the comic’s daughter.) The emphasis on Midge achieving stardom – and the serialized view of the fallout from that, including her...
May 26, 2023 · After Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino’s comedy-drama premiered the critically-acclaimed, albeit controversial comedian’s real-life daughter, Kitty Bruce — who received special thanks...
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Sep 28, 2004 · Kitty Bruce talks about her infamous dad, Lenny. By Morning Call | Staff Report. PUBLISHED: September 28, 2004 at 4:00 a.m. | UPDATED: October 5, 2021 at 5:07 a.m. All Kitty Bruce wanted...
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