Fanny Brice

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Fanny Brice was a popular and influential American comedienne, singer, theatre and film actress, who made many stage, radio and film appearances but is best remembered as the creator and star of the top-rated radio comedy series, The Baby Snooks Show. Thirteen years after her death, she was portrayed on the Broadway stage by Barbra Streisand in ... See full bio »

Born:

October 29, 1891 in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

May 29, 1951 (age 59) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

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Be Yourself! Fannie Field

(1930)

The Great Ziegfeld Fannie Brice

(1936)

Everybody Sing Olga Chekaloff

(1938)

Ziegfeld Follies Norma Edelman ('A Sweepstakes Ticket')

(1945)

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Actress (7 credits)

1945 Ziegfeld Follies
Norma Edelman ('A Sweepstakes Ticket')

1938 Everybody Sing
Olga Chekaloff

1936 The Great Ziegfeld
Fannie Brice (as Fannie Brice)

1934 Crime Without Passion
Extra in hotel lobby (uncredited)

1930 The Man from Blankley's

1930 Be Yourself!
Fannie Field (as Fannie Brice)

1928 My Man
Fannie Brand (as Fannie Brice)

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Soundtrack (7 credits)

2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (Video documentary) (performer: "Unidentified Song" (uncredited), "My Man" (Mon Homme))

2006 Cold Case (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Beautiful Little Fool (2006) ... (performer: "Second Hand Rose")

1997 American Masters (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)

- Vaudeville (1997) ... (performer: "I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling" - uncredited)

1938 Everybody Sing (performer: "Quainty, Dainty Me" (1937), "Snooks (Why? - Because!)" (1937), "Finale" (uncredited))

1936 The Great Ziegfeld (performer: "Yiddle on Your Fiddle" (1910) (uncredited), "Queen of the Jungle" (1936) (uncredited), "My Man" (Mon Homme))

1930 Be Yourself! (performer: "When a Man Loves a Woman" (1930), "Cookin' Breakfast for the One I Love" (1930), "Is There Something the Matter with Otto Kahn?" (1930), "Kickin a Hole in the Sky" (1930), "It's Gorgeous to Be Graceful" (1930) - uncredited)

1928 My Man (performer: "I'd Rather Be Blue Over You", "My Man" (Mon Homme), "Second Hand Rose", "If You Want the Rainbow (You Must Have the Rain)", "I'm an Indian", "I Was a Floradora Baby" - uncredited)

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Self (3 credits)

1950 The Popsicle Parade of Stars (TV Series)
Self - Baby Snooks

- Fanny Brice (1950) ... Self - Baby Snooks

1938 Hollywood Goes to Town (Short documentary)
Self

1929/I Night Club (Short)
Self

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Archive footage (20 credits)

2017 The History of Comedy (TV Series documentary)
Self

- The Funnier Sex (2017) ... Self

2009 The Panic Is On: The Great American Depression As Seen By The Common Man (Documentary)
Self - Singer (segment "Knitting Sweaters for the Unemployed")

2007 Making Trouble (Documentary)
Self

2003-2005 Great Performances (TV Series)
Self

- From Shtetl to Swing (2005) ... Self

- The Great American Songbook (2003) ... Self

2005 The Great Man: W.C. Fields (Video documentary)
Self

2004 Broadway: The American Musical (TV Mini-Series documentary)

- Syncopated City: 1919-1933 (2004)

- Give My Regards to Broadway: 1893-1927 (2004)

1999 Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! (Video)

1997 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Vaudeville (1997) ... Self

1984 The Great Standups (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1984 Almonds and Raisins (Documentary)
Self

1983 Zelig
Self (uncredited)

1976 Bob Hope's World of Comedy (TV Special)
Tribute Montage

1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (Documentary)
Self

1972 The Great Radio Comedians (TV Movie documentary)
Fanny Brice

1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (Documentary)
Self

1961 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV Series)
Self

- The Ziegfeld Touch (1961) ... Self

1961 The Twentieth Century (TV Series documentary)
Self

- New York in the Twenties (1961) ... Self

1956 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Small Fry (Short)
Self (as Baby Snooks)

1952 The Story of Will Rogers
Fanny Brice (uncredited)

1935 Broadway Highlights No. 1 (Short)
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Stage: Appeared in "Sweet and Low" on Broadway. Musical revue. See more »

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3 Biographical Movies | 2 Print Biographies | 4 Portrayals | 9 Articles | See more »

Alternate Names:

Fannie Brice | Baby Snooks

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)

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[summing up her career] Listen, kid. I've done everything in theatre except marry a property man. I've been a soubrette in burlesque and I've accompanied stereopticon slides. I've acted for Belasco [David Belasco] and I've laid 'em out in rows at the Palace. I've doubled as an alligator; I've worked for the Schuberts; and I've been joined to Billy Rose in the holy bonds. I've painted the house ... See more »

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Following the death of her daughter Frances, she was reinterred at Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio

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