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Al Shean‌

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Al Shean

Dornum, Germany

Al Shean

Dornum, Germany

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1868-05-12

Popularity

star0.5

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Abraham Elieser Adolph Schönberg (12 May 1868 – 12 August 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.[6] He is most remembered for being half of the vaudeville team Gallagher and Shean, and as the uncle of the Marx Brothers. Shean was born in Dornum, Germany, on 12 May 1868, the son of Fanny and Levi or Louis Schoenberg. His father was a magician. His sister, Minnie, married Sam "Frenchie" Marx; their children would become the Marx Brothers. After making a name for himself in vaudeville, Shean teamed up with Edward Gallagher to create the act Gallagher and Shean in the 1920s. While the act was successful, the men apparently did not like each other much. After their act's final Ziegfeld Follies pairing, Shean went on to perform solo in eight Broadway shows, even playing the title character in Father Malachy's Miracle. Shean had some solo film roles: as the piano player, known as "The Professor" in San Francisco (1936), as a priest in Hitler's Madman (1943), as grandfather in The Blue Bird (1940), and in some three dozen other films. He and Gallagher also made an early sound film at the Theodore Case studio in Auburn, New York, in 1925. He died on 12 August 1949.

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The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady‌
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calendar 1942

Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean

Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean‌
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calendar 1931

Broadway Serenade

Broadway Serenade‌
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calendar 1939

Sweet Music

Sweet Music‌
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calendar 1935

Symphony of Living

Symphony of Living‌
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calendar 1935

Too Hot to Handle

Too Hot to Handle‌
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calendar 1938

Ziegfeld Girl

Ziegfeld Girl‌
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calendar 1941

The Great Waltz

The Great Waltz‌
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calendar 1938

At Sea Ashore

At Sea Ashore‌
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calendar 1936

Live, Love and Learn

Live, Love and Learn‌
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calendar 1937

Tim Tyler's Luck

Tim Tyler's Luck‌
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calendar 1937

Page Miss Glory

Page Miss Glory‌
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calendar 1935

Traveling Saleslady

Traveling Saleslady‌
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calendar 1935

The Blue Bird

The Blue Bird‌
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calendar 1940

Chills and Fever

Chills and Fever‌
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calendar 1930

It's in the Air

It's in the Air‌
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calendar 1935

Friendly Neighbors

Friendly Neighbors‌
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calendar 1940

Hitch Hike To Heaven

Hitch Hike To Heaven‌
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calendar 1936

Atlantic City

Atlantic City‌
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calendar 1944

Crime Doctor

Crime Doctor‌
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calendar 1943

Hitler's Madman

Hitler's Madman‌
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calendar 1943

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II‌
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calendar 1976

Music in the Air

Music in the Air‌
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calendar 1934

It Could Happen to You

It Could Happen to You‌
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calendar 1937

San Francisco

San Francisco‌
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calendar 1936

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President‌
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calendar 1939

The Road Back

The Road Back‌
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calendar 1937

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