Acting
Al Shean
- Born
- May 12, 1868 · Aged 81
- Died
- Aug 12, 1949
- Place of birth
- Dornum, Germany
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 27
- TV credits
- 0
Also known as (2)
- Abraham Elieser Adolph Schoenberg
- Al Shearer
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…
