Biography
Fania Borach (October 29, 1891 – 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 was famously portrayed by Barbra Streisand in the musical Funny Girl.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
2007
as Self (archive footage)
A documentary film about three generations of female Jewish comedians and the complexity and challenges of their relationship to comedy, Judaism, and ...
Almonds and Raisins
1985
This documentary examines the dozens of Yiddish-language talking films made in the United States and Europe between the release of The Jazz Singer in ...
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
The Great Radio Comedians
1971
Documentary about radio comedies primarily focused on Burns & Allen, Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy, The Jack Benny Program, Fibber McGee & Molly, Th...
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
as Norma Edelman (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938
as Self
This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which h...
Everybody Sing
1938
as Olga Chekaloff
Boisterous teen Judy Bellaire is expelled from her all-female boarding school for convincing her fellow school chorus members to sing a classical piec...
The Great Ziegfeld
1936
as Fannie Brice
At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Florenz Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more-successful neighbor Billings, and also steals his girl...
Crime Without Passion
1934
as Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Caddish lawyer Lee Gentry is going out with Katy Costello, but carrying on an affair with dancer Carmen Brown. When he wants to end the dalliance with...
The Man from Blankley's
1930
When a nobleman loses his way in the fog and enters a house where there's a party going on, he's mistaken for a hired butler.
Be Yourself!
1930
as Fannie Field (as Fannie Brice)
Ethnic comedy of a nightclub entertainer trying to train a boxer.
Night Club
1929
as Self
"When the Paramount movie people decided to make "Night Club"...they took a lot of stage names, let some of them do their specialties, wound a thin, u...
My Man
1928
as Fannie Brand
Fannie Brand, an industrious girl who supports her brother and sister by working in a theatrical costume house, falls in love with Joe Halsey, a young...