[1] Born Sadie Kitchenberg in Jamaica, Queens, New York, Marr married Bruce's father, the British-born Myron (Mickey) Schneider, who was a shoe clerk, when she was 17 years old.
Marr started out in show business as a dancer, necessitating that Lenny had to be brought up by relatives when he was young.
Marr started her career in comedy by doing stand-up and impressions of famous movie stars such as James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart.
[3] In describing her own act, Marr said she was a "clown,"[4] she stayed away from profanity and was over the top in her comedy, often going on stage 'naked' or without written material.
"[4] After moving to Los Angeles later in her career, she stayed in the show biz industry, while also running a strip tease academy.
[5] Joan Rivers, who was influenced by the comedy of Lenny Bruce, co-wrote and starred in the play Sally Marr...and Her Escorts, a play "suggested by the life of Sally Marr" and featuring the "Voice of Young Lenny".
She is credited with being his main comedic inspiration, as well as the one who initially gave Bruce material and convinced him to go into comedy.