Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #784494 in Books
• Published on: 1994-02-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

Review
"Once again, Herb Goldman has proven to be a master at transforming cold grey facts and scholarly research into lively and vibrant literature. Fanny Brice is a treasure of inside information and is as enlightening as it is engaging to read."--Ronald J. Fields, author of W.C. Fields: A Life
"This is an excellent biography of Fanny Brice. Herbert Goldman has done a splendid job unearthing a great deal of new information which he has presented with considerable skill."--Charles Higham, author of The Duchess of Windsor
"An affectionate chronicle of three lively decades in the theater's pre-World War II heyday."--The New York Times Book Review

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