Fittingly known to be a Leo for his horoscope, Bert Lahr is always remembered as the Cowardly Lion in (and the farmer Zeke) The Wizard of Oz (1939). But during his acting career, he has been known for being in burlesque, vaudeville, and Broadway.Dropped out of high school at the age of fifteen for a juvenile vaudeville act, Lahr worked his way up to the top billing of the Columbia Burlesque Circuit. When in Broadway, Lahr usually plays a comic actor in plays which he starred in such as the c ...[Read Story]
It Pays to Be Funny
(1947)
