    
Title: Fanny Brice Description: Fanny Brice (Fania Borach; AKA: Fannie Brice; 1891-1951), shown in 1911 when she was a headliner in the Ziegfeld Follies; American actress and comedian; she was considered the funniest comedienne of her day, although she could evoke deeply emotional responses from audiences when singing her hallmark song My Man, a plaintive tune everyone associated with her errant lover and husband, gambler Nicky Arnstein; her life was profiled in the 1964 Broadway production Funny Girl, with Barbra Streisand enacting the role of Brice; Streisand reprised that role for the 1968 film version of the play and for which she won an Academy Award as Best Actress, and then appeared in the same role in the 1975 film sequel, Funny Lady; actors; comedians; Category: Authors Keywords: performing arts, stage productions, theater productions, Ziegfeld Follies Orientation: Vertical Dimensions: 1200 x 3792 (4.55 MPixels) (3.16) Print Size: 10.2 x 32.1 cm; 4.0 x 12.6 inches File Size: 13.03 MB (13,666,594 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000056335 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
