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Al Shean (May 12, 1868, Dornum
Dornum

Dornum is a village and a municipality in the East Frisian Aurich , in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the North Sea coast, approx. 15 km east of Norden, Lower Saxony, and 20 km north of Aurich....
, then a part of Prussia
Kingdom of Prussia

The Kingdom of Prussia was a Germany monarchy from 1701 to 1918 and, from 1871, was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising almost two-thirds of the area of the empire....
, now Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 - August 12, 1949, New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
) was the stage name for comedian Albert Schönberg. He is most remembered for being half of the vaudeville team Gallagher and Shean
Gallagher and Shean

Gallagher & Shean was a highly successful double act on vaudeville and Broadway theatre in the 1910s and 1920s, consisting of Edward Gallagher and Al Shean ....
, and as the uncle of the Marx Brothers
Marx Brothers

The Marx Brothers were a popular team of sibling comedians who appeared in vaudeville, stage plays, film, and television....
.

Schönberg's father was a magician. His sister, Minnie
Minnie Marx

Minnie Sch?nberg Marx , born in Dornum, East Frisia, then a part of the Kingdom of Hanover, was the mother and manager for the Marx Brothers, wife of Sam Marx, and the sister of vaudeville star Al Shean....
, married Sam "Frenchie" Marx
Sam Marx

Samuel Marx, born Simon Marrix , was the husband of Minnie Marx, and father of the Marx Brothers.He was born in Alsace, and he died on May 10, 1933 in Los Angeles, California....
, whose children would become the Marx Brothers
Marx Brothers

The Marx Brothers were a popular team of sibling comedians who appeared in vaudeville, stage plays, film, and television....
. After making a name for himself in vaudeville
Vaudeville

Vaudeville was a genre of a variety show prevalent on the theatre in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. It developed from many sources, including the concert saloon, minstrel show, freak shows, dime museums, and literary burlesque....
, Shean teamed up with Edward Gallagher
Edward Gallagher

'Edward Gallagher' was a vaudeville actor and half of the act Gallagher and Shean. Their story was told in an animated movie Mr. Gallagher and Mr....
 to create the act Gallagher and Shean
Gallagher and Shean

Gallagher & Shean was a highly successful double act on vaudeville and Broadway theatre in the 1910s and 1920s, consisting of Edward Gallagher and Al Shean ....
.






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Al Shean (May 12, 1868, Dornum
Dornum

Dornum is a village and a municipality in the East Frisian Aurich , in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the North Sea coast, approx. 15 km east of Norden, Lower Saxony, and 20 km north of Aurich....
, then a part of Prussia
Kingdom of Prussia

The Kingdom of Prussia was a Germany monarchy from 1701 to 1918 and, from 1871, was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising almost two-thirds of the area of the empire....
, now Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 - August 12, 1949, New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
) was the stage name for comedian Albert Schönberg. He is most remembered for being half of the vaudeville team Gallagher and Shean
Gallagher and Shean

Gallagher & Shean was a highly successful double act on vaudeville and Broadway theatre in the 1910s and 1920s, consisting of Edward Gallagher and Al Shean ....
, and as the uncle of the Marx Brothers
Marx Brothers

The Marx Brothers were a popular team of sibling comedians who appeared in vaudeville, stage plays, film, and television....
.

Schönberg's father was a magician. His sister, Minnie
Minnie Marx

Minnie Sch?nberg Marx , born in Dornum, East Frisia, then a part of the Kingdom of Hanover, was the mother and manager for the Marx Brothers, wife of Sam Marx, and the sister of vaudeville star Al Shean....
, married Sam "Frenchie" Marx
Sam Marx

Samuel Marx, born Simon Marrix , was the husband of Minnie Marx, and father of the Marx Brothers.He was born in Alsace, and he died on May 10, 1933 in Los Angeles, California....
, whose children would become the Marx Brothers
Marx Brothers

The Marx Brothers were a popular team of sibling comedians who appeared in vaudeville, stage plays, film, and television....
. After making a name for himself in vaudeville
Vaudeville

Vaudeville was a genre of a variety show prevalent on the theatre in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. It developed from many sources, including the concert saloon, minstrel show, freak shows, dime museums, and literary burlesque....
, Shean teamed up with Edward Gallagher
Edward Gallagher

'Edward Gallagher' was a vaudeville actor and half of the act Gallagher and Shean. Their story was told in an animated movie Mr. Gallagher and Mr....
 to create the act Gallagher and Shean
Gallagher and Shean

Gallagher & Shean was a highly successful double act on vaudeville and Broadway theatre in the 1910s and 1920s, consisting of Edward Gallagher and Al Shean ....
. While the act was successful, the men apparently did not like each other much.

Shean went on to some solo roles, including portraying a priest in the film Hitler's Madman (1943) and as the grandfather in The Blue Bird
The Blue Bird (1940 film)

The Blue Bird is a 1940 in film film starring Shirley Temple, based on a classic play by Belgian dramatist Maurice Maeterlinck. Intended as Twentieth Century-Fox's answer to The Wizard of Oz , which had been released the previous year, it was filmed in Technicolor and directed by Walter Lang....
 (1940), and some three dozen other films. He and Gallagher also made an early sound film
Sound film

A sound film is a film with synchronization, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades would pass before reliable synchronization was made commercially practical....
 at the Theodore Case
Theodore Case

Theodore Willard Case known for the invention of the Movietone sound system sound-on-film sound film system, was born into a prominent family in Auburn, New York....
 studio in Auburn, New York
Auburn, New York

Auburn is a city in Cayuga County, New York, New York, United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 28,574. It is the county seat of Cayuga County, New York....
 in 1925.

Shean's son, also named Al Shean, worked on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show

The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show is the collective name for two separate United States television animated series: Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show ....
.

See also

  • Gallagher and Shean
    Gallagher and Shean

    Gallagher & Shean was a highly successful double act on vaudeville and Broadway theatre in the 1910s and 1920s, consisting of Edward Gallagher and Al Shean ....


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