Lester Allen (November 17, 1891 – November 6, 1949) was a screen, stage, vaudeville, circus actor, and film director. In
vaudeville
Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic compositio ...
, he appeared in a double act with
Nellie Breen
Nellie Breen (April 3, 1897''Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915'1900 United States Federal Census'' – April 26, 1986)''California, Death Index, 1940-1997'' was an American comedian and dancer. In vaudeville, she appeared in a double act ...
and also emceed at the
Palace Theatre.
[Laurie, Joe, Jr. ''Vaudeville: From the Honky-tonks to the Palace.'' New York: Henry Holt, 1953. p. 230, 489.]
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1891 births
1949 deaths
American male stage actors
American male film actors
American film directors
Jewish American male actors
Burials at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Male actors from New York (state)
Vaudeville performers
20th-century American male actors
20th-century American Jews
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