Brother Theodore

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Brother Theodore
1946 advertisement for theatrical performance by Brother Theodore
Born	Theodore Gottlieb (1906-11-11)November 11, 1906 Düsseldorf, Rhine Province, German Empire
Died	April 5, 2001(2001-04-05) (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's. He was described as "Boris Karloff, surrealist Salvador Dalí, Nijinsky and Red Skelton…simultaneously".^[1]