Fanny Brice (October 29 1891 – May 29 1951) was a popular and influential American comedian, singer, theatre and film actress and entertainer, remembered best for her many stage, radio and film appearances and her recordings. She was the creator and star of the top-rated radio comedy series, The Baby Snooks Show.
In the decade following her death, she was portrayed on stage and film by Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl.
Starred in every Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway from 1911 until 1923.
Starred in the widely popular 1940s' US radio comedy series as its title character, "Baby Snooks".
Pictured on one of five 29¢ US commemorative postage stamps celebrating famous comedians, issued in booklet form 29 August 1991. The stamp designs were drawn by caricaturist Al Hirschfeld. The other comedians honored in the set are Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy; Edgar Bergen (with alter ego Charlie McCarthy); Jack Benny; and Bud Abbott and Lou Costello (I).
Believed that pearls shouldn't be taken off and needed to be lived in and so she would sleep in hers at night.
Barbra Streisand played her in the 1968 musical Funny Girl (1968) and the sequel, Funny Lady (1975).
Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 60-61. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
Children with Arnstein: Frances (12 August 1919 - 31 May 1992) and William. Mother-in-law of Ray Stark.
Interred at Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles.
Dropped out of school after the 8th grade.
The birth name of her second husband, known as Nick Arnstein, was actually Jules W. Arndt Stein.
Starred in 11 Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway from 1910 until 1936.
