Fanny Brice
Birthday: 1891-10-29
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Biography: Fania Borach (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951), known professionally as Fanny Brice or Fannie Brice, was an American comedienne, illustrated song model, singer, and theater and film actress who made many stage, radio, and film appearances. She was famously portrayed by Barbra Streisand in the musical Funny Girl.
Movies
The Great Ziegfeld
At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Florenz Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more-succ...
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Ziegfeld Follies
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his gr...
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Everybody Sing
Boisterous teen Judy Bellaire is expelled from her all-female boarding school for convincing her fel...
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The Great Radio Comedians
Documentary about radio comedies primarily focused on Burns & Allen, Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy...
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Night Club
"When the Paramount movie people decided to make "Night Club"...they took a lot of stage names, let ...
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Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
A documentary film about three generations of female Jewish comedians and the complexity and challen...
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My Man
Fannie Brand, an industrious girl who supports her brother and sister by working in a theatrical cos...
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American ent...
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Hollywood Goes to Town
This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film c...
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The Man from Blankley's
When a nobleman loses his way in the fog and enters a house where there's a party going on, he's mis...
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Crime Without Passion
Caddish lawyer Lee Gentry is going out with Katy Costello, but carrying on an affair with dancer Car...
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Almonds and Raisins
This documentary examines the dozens of Yiddish-language talking films made in the United States and...
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