Funny Woman

by Barbara Wallace Grossman

Book Overview

Fanny Brice (1891-1951) was a truly popular entertainer, with a career that spanned four decades. She was a hit in almost every branch of American show business--burlesque and vaudeville, drama and musical revues (including nine Ziegfeld Follies), film and radio. She is most often remembered for her characterization of the radio brat Baby Snooks, yet Snooks was not Brice's best role. A brilliant comic, Fanny Brice had a significant impact...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253207622
• ISBN13: 9780253207623
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"

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Will The Real Fanny Brice Please Stand Up?

This is a satisfying,well reasearched, and enlightening look into the real truths behind famed comic and Ziegfield star Fanny Brice. With harsh facts yet obvious respect for her subject author Barbara W. Grossman peels away the myths propagated by the Streisand films and gets to the facts and the core of the real Fanny Brice. This is a very entertaining biography and may also be used as a great tool to research the early days of Vaudeville, Burlesque, and the Ziegfield Follies.