Dornum, Province of Hanover, Kingdom of Prussia, North German Confederation
Died
August 12, 1949(1949-08-12) (aged 81)
Manhattan, New York City, NY, U.S.
Other names
Adolf Schönberg Alfred Schönberg Albert Schönberg
Occupation(s)
Comedian, vaudevillian
Years active
1912–1944
Spouse
Johanna Davidson
Children
1
Relatives
Minnie Schönberg (sister) The Marx Brothers (nephews)
Abraham Elieser Adolph Schönberg[1][2][3][4][5] (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.[6] He is most remembered for being half of the vaudeville team Gallagher and Shean, and as the uncle of the Marx Brothers (Leonard Joseph "Chico" Marx, Adolph (Arthur) "Harpo" Marx, Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx, Milton "Gummo" Marx and Herbert Manfred "Zeppo" Marx).[7]
^Mitchell, Glenn (2003). The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia. Reynolds & Hearn. p. 258. ISBN 1-905287-11-9.
^"The Marx Brothers Family". Retrieved January 6, 2010.
^"Abraham Elieser Adolf SCHONBERG". FamilySearch International Genealogical. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
^Vaudeville, old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performers. Frank Cullen,Florence Hackman,Donald McNeilly. 2007. ISBN 9780415938532. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
^Louvish, Simon (2000). Monkey Business.The Lives and Legends of the Marx Brothers. St. Martin's Press. p. 471. ISBN 0-312-25292-7.
^Mitchell, Glenn (2003). The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia. London: Reynolds & Hearn. p. 258. ISBN 1-905287-11-9.
^"Al Shean, Old Vaudeville Star, Is 80. 'Absolutely, Mr. Gallagher,' He's Doing Fine". The New York Times. May 12, 1948. Retrieved November 29, 2014. Al Shean of Gallagher Shean fame, will celebrate his eightieth birthday today, but -- "absolutely, Mr. Gallagher" -- he does not consider it a noteworthy event.
Abraham Elieser Adolph Schönberg (May 12, 1868 – August 12, 1949), known as AlShean, was a comedian and vaudeville performer. Other sources give his birth...
1910s and 1920s, consisting of Ed Gallagher (1873–1929) and AlShean (1868–1949); Shean was the maternal uncle of the Marx Brothers. Both comedians were...
Shean or shean in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shean is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname AlShean (1868–1949)...
finally, film stars. She was also the sister of comedian and vaudeville star AlShean. Marx was born Miene Schönberg in Dornum, Kingdom of Hanover. Her parents...
pretending to be a dummy in an act with his uncle Henry Shean (né Heinemann Schoenberg), the brother of AlShean, in 1899. Milton was put into a costume with a...
vaudeville, where their uncle Albert Schönberg performed as AlShean of Gallagher and Shean. Groucho's debut was in 1905, mainly as a singer. By 1907,...
both Jewish. Minnie's brother was AlShean, who later gained fame as half of the vaudeville team Gallagher and Shean. His mother was from East Frisia in...
Gallagher and Mister Shean" is one of the most famous songs to come from vaudeville. First performed by the duo of Gallagher and Shean in the early 1920s...
Marx. Minnie's brother was vaudeville comedian AlShean, best known as one half of Gallagher and Shean. The Marx family was Franco-German Jewish. His...
Minnie's brother was Al Schoenberg, who shortened his name to AlShean when he went into show business as half of Gallagher and Shean, a noted vaudeville...
the Gallagher and Shean comedy team. She had been a Ziegfeld Girl until the mid-1920s and the wife of Ed Gallagher, who with AlShean made up the comedy...
wife, Minnie Schoenberg Marx, sister of comedian and Vaudeville performer AlShean. Marx's family was Jewish. His mother was from East Frisia, Germany, and...
with Gallagher's real-life partner, AlShean to recreate the duo's famous song "Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean". According to modern sources, Turner's...
due to kidney failure, aged 73. He was survived by his brother-in-law AlShean, sons Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo and Zeppo Marx and grandchildren Maxine...
McKuen and John Scott Trotter; Lyrics by Rod McKuen, Bill Melendez, and AlShean; Adapted by Vince Guaraldi Darling Lili – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics...
Harry DeCosta & M. K. Jerome "Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean" w.m. Ed Gallagher & AlShean "My Buddy" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson "My Honey's Loving...
Livingstone was related to the Marx Brothers or their uncle AlShean of Gallagher and Shean are unfounded. "Sadie Marks Historical Marker". Historical...
Business of America. The title of the show was parodied in the 1989 Weird Al Yankovic film UHF, on the U62 Fall Schedule as You Bet Your Pink Slip. A Bugs...
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