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Fanny Brice (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951) was a popular and influential American illustrated song model, comedian, singer, and theater and film actress who made many stage, radio and film appearances and is known as the creator and star of the top-rated radio comedy series ''The Baby Snooks Show''.〔 Thirteen years after her death, she was portrayed on the Broadway stage by Barbra Streisand in the musical'' Funny Girl'' and its 1968 film adaptation, for which Streisand won an Oscar. ==Early life== Fania Borach was born in 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 Boraches 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'' from 1910 to 1911. She was hired again in 1921 and performed in them 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 Victor Records. The second song most associated with Brice is "Second Hand Rose", which she introduced in the ''Ziegfeld Follies of 1921''. She recorded nearly two dozen record sides for Victor and also cut several for Columbia. She is a posthumous recipient of a Grammy Hall of Fame Award for her 1921 recording of "My Man". Brice's Broadway credits include ''Fioretta'', ''Sweet and Low'', and ''Billy Rose's Crazy Quilt''. Her films include ''My Man'' (1928), ''Be Yourself!'' (1930) and ''Everybody Sing'' (1938) with Judy Garland. According to film historian Richard Barrios, ''My Man'' is a lost film.〔Richard Barrios, ''A Song In The Dark'', Oxford University Press, 1975〕 Brice, Ray Bolger and Harriet Hoctor were the only original Ziegfeld performers to portray themselves in ''The Great Ziegfeld'' (1936) and ''Ziegfeld Follies'' (1946). For her contribution to the motion picture industry, she has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at MP 6415 Hollywood Boulevard. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fanny Brice」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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