Harry Wolff (1890 – August 21, 1934), known professionally in the theater business as Harry Lorraine, was a

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for

theater Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actor, actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The p ...

and

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performers in the early 20th century. Wolff was born in

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during 1890. He spent most of his professional career working for the firm Fally and Marcus as a booking agent for vaudeville entertainers, before creating his own agency in 1931. He was noted for supplying talent for dinners of the

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and their department associations. He lived in Astoria,

Queens Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...

, and died at his home unexpectedly, on August 21, 1934. He was buried in Bayside Cemetery in

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, Queens. An American film actor whose career overlapped also used the name Harry Lorraine, and there was also a British film actor named Harry Lorraine who appeared in some American films.

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