Fanny Brice (born October 29, 1891) was an American illustrated song model, comedian, singer, theater and film actress.
Birth Name: Fania Borach
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5' 6"
Quote: "I've done everything in theatre except marry a property man."
In 1908, Brice dropped out of school to work in a burlesque revue, "The Girls from Happy Land Starring Sliding Billy Watson". Two years later she began her association with Florenz Ziegfeld, headlining his Ziegfeld Follies.
In the 1921 Follies, she was featured singing "My Man", which became both a big hit and her signature song. She recorded nearly two dozen record sides for Victor and also cut several for Columbia. She is a posthumous recipient of a Grammy Hall of Fame Award for her 1921 recording of "My Man".
Her films include My Man (1928), Be Yourself! (1930) and Everybody Sing (1938) with Judy Garland. Brice, Ray Bolger and Harriet Hoctor were the only original Ziegfeld performers to portray themselves in The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and Ziegfeld Follies (1946).
From the 1930s until her death in 1951, Fanny made a radio presence as a bratty toddler named Snooks. Brice was so meticulous about the program and the title character that she was known to perform in costume as a toddler girl even though she was seen only by the radio studio audience. She was 45 years old when the character began her long radio life.
Brice died at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Hollywood on May 29, 1951, from a cerebral hemorrhage at 11:15 a.m., she was 59.
Thirteen years after her death, she was portrayed on the Broadway stage by Barbra Streisand in the musical Funny Girl and its 1968 film adaptation, for which Streisand won an Oscar.
Birth Name: Fania Borach
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5' 6"
Quote: "I've done everything in theatre except marry a property man."
In 1908, Brice dropped out of school to work in a burlesque revue, "The Girls from Happy Land Starring Sliding Billy Watson". Two years later she began her association with Florenz Ziegfeld, headlining his Ziegfeld Follies.
In the 1921 Follies, she was featured singing "My Man", which became both a big hit and her signature song. She recorded nearly two dozen record sides for Victor and also cut several for Columbia. She is a posthumous recipient of a Grammy Hall of Fame Award for her 1921 recording of "My Man".
Her films include My Man (1928), Be Yourself! (1930) and Everybody Sing (1938) with Judy Garland. Brice, Ray Bolger and Harriet Hoctor were the only original Ziegfeld performers to portray themselves in The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and Ziegfeld Follies (1946).
From the 1930s until her death in 1951, Fanny made a radio presence as a bratty toddler named Snooks. Brice was so meticulous about the program and the title character that she was known to perform in costume as a toddler girl even though she was seen only by the radio studio audience. She was 45 years old when the character began her long radio life.
Brice died at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Hollywood on May 29, 1951, from a cerebral hemorrhage at 11:15 a.m., she was 59.
Thirteen years after her death, she was portrayed on the Broadway stage by Barbra Streisand in the musical Funny Girl and its 1968 film adaptation, for which Streisand won an Oscar.
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