Lew Bloom, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lew Bloom

American actor and art collector

Date of Birth: 08-Aug-1859

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 12-Dec-1929

Profession: actor, art dealer, horse trainer, jockey, stage actor, art collector, circus performer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Lew Bloom (August 8, 1859 – December 12, 1929) was an American vaudeville performer and stage actor who popularized the comical tramp character.
After retiring from the stage in the 1910s, he became a prolific art collector and dealer and also painted his own original works. Decades after his death, art conservators discovered that Bloom was the perpetrator of an art forgery involving an oil portrait that he claimed depicted First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln.