Bert Lahr was born on August 13, 1895 in New York, New York.
Lahr passed away on December 4, 1967 in New York , New York
from hemorrhage and pneumonia.
Bert Lahr's birth name was Irving Lahrheim.
Lahr was best known as the cowardly lion in THE WIZARD OF
OZ (1939).Bert Lahr's son, John Lahr, is now a drama critic with The
New Yorker. In 1975 John (Bert's son) wrote his biography,
NOTES ON A COWARDLY LION.
In the 1930s Bert also appeared in a handful of two-reel
comedy shorts for Educational Pictures (HENRY THE ACHE, NO
MORE WEST, OFF THE HORSES).Lahr won Broadway's 1964 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical)
for FOXY. Bert Lahr also had a Tony nomination the previous
year as Best Actor (Dramatic) for THE BEAUTY PART.
When Judy Garland heard of Lahr's death as she was about
to go on stage in Las Vegas. At her performance that night,
Judy dedicated OVER THE RAINBOW to the memory of Lahr, or,
as she referred to him on that occasion, "my beloved Cowardly
Lion."
Bert Lahr's other notable credits include...
