Fanny Brice

A biography of the comedienne who inspired the film Funny Girl spans Brice's entire career, from her early days on the vaudeville-burlesque circuit to her eventual triumph as radio's "Baby Snooks"

'Fascinating account of the Funny Girl's career.' Peter Hepple, Stage & Television Today

Autorentext
Herbert G. Goldman is the author of Jolson: The Legend Comes to Life (OUP/USA, 1988).

Klappentext
In this luminous volume, the acclaimed biographer of Al Jolson illuminates the life of the woman who inspired the spectacularly successful Broadway show and movie Funny Girl--the vehicle that catapulted Barbara Streisand to stardom. 25 photos.

Zusammenfassung
Fanny Brice was arguably the greatest American stage comedienne and the first truly great torch singer. Best known today through the Broadway and Hollywood versions of Funny Girl, the vehicle that catapulted Barbara Streisand to super-stardom, her most famous role was as `Baby Snooks' the `incorrigible tot of network radio from 1936 to 1951'. This meticulously researched biography chronicles her entire stage career from childhood amateur shows to national fame. Full of colourful anecdote, it covers her personal life, including three broken marriages - one two a notorious gangster - and also includes four appendices detailing every aspect of her stage, film, radio, and recording careers.

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