Lonnie Burr is an American actor, dancer/choreographer, singer, director and author, best known for having been a star on the original Mickey Mouse Club television show from 1955 to 1959.
Actor, Dancer, Choreographer, Singer, Theatre Director, Television Director, Author
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Diane Coleridge Dickey (m. 1970)
Parents
Dorothy Burr, Howard Babin
Nicknames
Leonard Burr Babin , Lonny Burr , Lonnie , Mouseketeer , The Velvet Smog
Movies
, The Mickey Mouse Club, The Range Rider, A Yank in Korea
TV Shows
The Mickey Mouse Club, The Range Rider
Star Sign
Gemini
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Fact
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Memoir, "Confessions of an Accidental Mouseketeer" was published by www.bearmanormedia.com in February, 2009. [March 2009]
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Working on his memoir, "Confessions of an Accidental Mouseketeer". [February 2009]
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Currently resides in Maryland with his wife Diane. [2002]
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Lonnie & Diane moved to San Clemente, California in July, 2005 and still reside there in 2008. [June 2005]
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After The Mickey Mouse Club (1955) stopped filming in 1958, he finished high school, turning fifteen a few days before getting his diploma, and achieved a B.A. and M.A. in Theatre Arts from UCLA by age twenty. He then completed a year towards a Ph.D. in English Literature. He resumed performing in the 1960s in plays and musicals including Broadway, films, television, commercials and industrial films.
He claims that Walt Disney could never remember his name, even when he was wearing his Mouseketeer shirt which had "Lonnie" printed in large letters across the front.
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He claims that he only met Walt Disney about four times in three years.
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Son of Howard Babin and Dorothy Burr, who were better known as the vaudeville dance team, Dot & Dash.
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He, together with his wife Diane, is a godparent to fellow Mouseketeer Tommy Cole's son Casey.
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One of only nine original Mouseketeers to last the entire duration of The Mickey Mouse Club (1955) from 1955 to 1959.
$500 Thousand
