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Abraham Elieser Adolph Schönberg (May 12, 1868 – August 12, 1949), known as Al Shean, was a comedian and vaudeville performer. Other sources give his birth name variously as Adolf Schönberg, Albert Schönberg, or Alfred Schönberg.
Al Shean was a German-born American performer who appeared in films such as The Blue Bird and Ziegfeld Girl. He was also a writer and a musician, and the brother of Minnie Marx and the uncle of Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo, and Zeppo Marx.
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Al Shean was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Shean started his acting career landing roles in such films as the Gloria Swanson drama "Music in the Air" (1934), the...
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Al Shean was born on 12 May 1868 in Dornum, Province of Hanover, Kingdom of Prussia [now Lower Saxony, Germany]. He was an actor and writer, known for The Blue Bird (1940), Ziegfeld Girl (1941) and Live, Love and Learn (1937). He was married to Johanna Davidson.
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Dec 15, 2019 · This original version of the duo’s famous Vaudeville routine was among the best-selling novelty recordings of the early 1920s. From 78rpm Victor 18941 (take 4) - Mister Gallagher and Mister ...
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Al Shean was a comedian and vaudeville performer, and the uncle of the Marx Brothers. He starred in several Broadway shows and films, such as San Francisco, The Blue Bird, and Ziegfeld Girl, and sang songs like "Too Hot to Handle".
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…the nephews of vaudeville headliner Al Shean of the popular team Gallagher and Shean. In 1904 Groucho became the first of the brothers to appear onstage, when he joined a singing trio. He was eventually joined by Gummo, Harpo, and Chico in what, after a long series of incarnations, evolved…