Birth Name: Leonard Alfred Schneider
Place of Birth: Mineola, New York, United States
Date of Birth: October 13, 1925
Place of Death: Hollywood, California, United States
Date of Death: August 3, 1966
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Lenny Bruce was an American comedian, social critic, satirist, and screenwriter.
Lenny was the son of Sally Marr (Sadie Kitchenberg), a comedian and actress, Myron “Mickey” Schneider. His father was an English Jew, from London. His mother was born in New York, to Polish Jewish parents.
Lenny’s maternal grandparents Chill/Cheil Kitchenberg (the son of Julius Kitchenberg and Rose Cohen) and Annie.
Source: Lenny Bruce on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4YC-6WW
Death record of Lenny’s maternal grandfather – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WB3-RDL