In 2003, she was one of the many people who signed a petition
requesting New York Gov. George Pataki to give Lenny Bruce a posthumous
pardon for obscenity.
As a teenager, was incarcerated at Florida's Raiford Prison. At the
time, she was the youngest white woman ever sentenced to do time there.
Her former husband Lenny Bruce tried to reform her and turn her into a
respectable singer under the name of "The Singing Southern Belle, Honey
Michelle".
Portrayed by Valerie Perrine in the 1974 movie "Lenny," starring Dustin
Hoffman in the title role.
Onetime nightclub singer who was working as a stripper under the name
Honey Harlowe when she met Lenny Bruce, then a fledgling comic, in a
Baltimore hotel coffee shop. They were married in 1951.
He became known as a First Amendment martyr for his legal problems over
onstage language, and later referred to his wife in his act as the
"beautiful mama with the long red hair."
One time nightclub singer and stripper.
Survived by a daughter
Friedman was working as a stripper under the name Honey Harlowe (a.k.a.
Hot Honey Harlowe) when she met Lenny Bruce, then a fledgling comic, in
a Baltimore hotel coffee shop.
At 17, after falling into disreputable company, she was serving a year
in a state prison.
Valerie Perrine played her in the movie "Lenny".
Author of the autobiography, "Honey, The Lives and loves of Lenny's
Shady Lady".