Fanny Brice
Fanny Brice (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951) was an American singer, comedian, theater and movie actress. She appeared in many Broadway plays. She also appeared on television and radio. On radio, she played Snooks in The Baby Snooks Show.[1] In the movie Everybody Sing, she played Olga.
Fanny Brice | |
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| File:Fannybricebain.jpg Undated publicity photo | |
| Born | Fania Borach October 29, 1891 |
| Died | May 29, 1951 (aged 59) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Frank White
(m. 1910–1913) |
| Children | Frances (1919–1992) William (1921–2008) |
Brice was born in New York City. She died in Hollywood, California from a cerebral hemorrhage. She was 59.[2]
Fanny Brice Media
Brice c. 1910s or early 1920s publicity photo
Brice in the role of Baby Snooks, 1940
Brice c. late 1910s
Judge Otto Kerner Sr. (left) of the Circuit Court of Cook County granting Brice (center) a divorce decree in September 1927 (Brice's attorney, Benjamin H. Ehrlich, is in the far-right of the photograph)
Fanny Brice grave at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Brentwood, California. December 2011.
Cover of sheet music for Brice's "My Man"
From the trailer for the film The Great Ziegfeld (1936) in which Brice appeared as herself
References
- ↑ "Fanny Brice Dies at Age 59". The New York Times. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
- ↑ "Not funny: Billy Rose and Fanny Brice divorce". Haaretz.com. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
