Brother Theodore
Brother Theodore | |
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1946 advertisement for theatrical performance by Brother Theodore | |
| Born | Theodore Gottlieb November 11, 1906 |
| Died | April 5, 2001 (aged 94) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Years active | 1946–2001 |
| Children | 1 |
Theodore Isidore Gottlieb (November 11, 1906 – April 5, 2001), mostly known as Brother Theodore, was a German-born American actor and comedian known for rambling, stream-of-consciousness monologues which he called "stand-up tragedy". His style is similar to Diseuse or Kabarett, which was popular in Western Germany during the 1920s and '30s. He was described as "Boris Karloff, surrealist Salvador Dalí, Nijinsky and Red Skelton…simultaneously".