Fania Borach (October 29, 1891 â€" 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 is known as the creator
and star of the top-rated radio comedy series The Baby Snooks
Show.Thirteen years after her death, Brice was portrayed on the
Broadway stage by Barbra Streisand in the 1964 musicalFunny Girl;
Streisand also starred in its 1968 film adaptation, for which she won
an Oscar, and in the 1975 sequel, Funny Lady.Fania Borach was born in
Manhattan, New York City, the third child of Rose (née Stern
1867-1941), a Hungarian-Jewish woman who emigrated to America at age
ten, and Alsatian immigrant Charles Borach. The Borachs were saloon
owners and had four children: Phillip, born in 1887; Carrie, born in
1889; Fania, born in 1891; and Louis, born in 1893. Under the name Lew
Brice, her younger brother also became an entertainer and was the
first husband of actress Mae Clarke. 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
1910 and 1911. She was hired again in 1921 and performed in the
Follies into the 1930s. In the 1921 Follies, she was featured singing
"My Man", which became both a big hit and her signature song. She made
a popular recording of it for the Victor Talking Machine Company. The
second song most associated with Brice is "Second Hand Rose", which
she also introduced in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1921.
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 is known as the creator
and star of the top-rated radio comedy series The Baby Snooks
Show.Thirteen years after her death, Brice was portrayed on the
Broadway stage by Barbra Streisand in the 1964 musicalFunny Girl;
Streisand also starred in its 1968 film adaptation, for which she won
an Oscar, and in the 1975 sequel, Funny Lady.Fania Borach was born in
Manhattan, New York City, the third child of Rose (née Stern
1867-1941), a Hungarian-Jewish woman who emigrated to America at age
ten, and Alsatian immigrant Charles Borach. The Borachs were saloon
owners and had four children: Phillip, born in 1887; Carrie, born in
1889; Fania, born in 1891; and Louis, born in 1893. Under the name Lew
Brice, her younger brother also became an entertainer and was the
first husband of actress Mae Clarke. 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
1910 and 1911. She was hired again in 1921 and performed in the
Follies into the 1930s. In the 1921 Follies, she was featured singing
"My Man", which became both a big hit and her signature song. She made
a popular recording of it for the Victor Talking Machine Company. The
second song most associated with Brice is "Second Hand Rose", which
she also introduced in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1921.
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