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Lonnie Burr

LONNIE BURR, author of TWO FOR THE SHOW: Great Comedy Teams*, was born in Dayton, KY in 1943. At five (1948) he became a professional actor/singer/dancer in live performance, radio, TV, films, Theatre including Broadway, nightclubs and even once in a circus. He became famous as Mouseketeer Lonnie, 1 of 4 boys (of 39 kids) who starred on the original MICKEY MOUSE CLUB (1955-59) which also hit 18+ countries, today still rerunning since the '80s in Russia, and was translated into 5 langugages. In the U.S. the show reran in every decade since, last 1995-2002 on "Vault Disney" the Disney Channel and prompted two update series.

Lonnie's 60+ years career as an actor, choreographer/dancer, singer and 40 year career as an author - books, plays, poetry, newspapers (own column)-magazines-ezines: essays, humor, film & theatre criticism, star bios, etcetera leaves him a member of acting unions SAG, AEA, AFTRA, AGVA and writing unions Authors Guild, Dramatists Guild and WGAw Emeritus.

*TWO FOR THE SHOW: Great Comedy Teams (1979, hard cover - 3 editions) and updated and published as a paperback - TWO FOR THE SHOW: Great 20th Century Comedy Teams in 2000 - covers team comedy from vaudeville (1898) through radio, film, TV, records, tapes, CDs and DVDs through the break up of the least talented but LAST team, Cheech y Chong, in 1985 and the status of all teams for the next 15 years.

CONFESSIONS OF AN ACCIDENTAL MOUSEKETEER, Burr's memoir published in 2009, covers his performing in all media: live, radio, TV, film, theatre/Broadway, nightclubs and even once in a circus through January, 2009.

For more info about Burr's writing and acting, as well as choreography, directing and forays as an educator, go to: www.mouseketeerlonnieburr.com, YouTube, Wikipedia, Google, IMDB and other search engines.

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July 9, 2010 Edited by 207.200.116.13 Added bio for author, described book TWO FOR T HE SHOW and editiions, added book CONFESSIONS OF AN ACCIDENTAL MOUSEKETEER - memori, 2009.
August 26, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import