| Full Name | Fanny Brice |
| Net Worth | $18 Million |
| Date Of Birth | October 29, 1891 |
| Died | May 29, 1951, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Height | 1.68 m |
| Profession | Comedian, Actor, Model, Singer, My Man, I'd Rather Be Blue Over You, Cooking Breakfast for the One I Love |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Billy Rose, Nicky Arnstein, Frank White, My Man, I'd Rather Be Blue Over You, Cooking Breakfast for the One I Love |
| Children | William Brice, Frances Arnstein, My Man, I'd Rather Be Blue Over You, Cooking Breakfast for the One I Love |
| Siblings | Lew Brice |
| Nicknames | Fanny Brice, Brice, Fanny |
| IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0108511 |
| Awards | Grammy Hall of Fame |
| Movies | Ziegfeld Follies, Everybody Sing, Be Yourself!, My Man |
| Star Sign | Scorpio |
| # | Quote |
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| 1 | You give the audience everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an audience. You step out on the stage and you can feel it is a nervous audience. So you calm them down. I come out before an audience and maybe my house burned down an hour ago, maybe my husband stayed out all night, but I stand there. I'm still. I don't move. I wait for the introduction. Maybe I cough. Maybe I touch myself. But before I do anything, I got them with me, right there in my hand and comfortable. That's my job, to make the comfortable, because if they wanted to be nervous, they could have stayed home and added their bills. |
| 2 | There is no thrill more wonderful than that which comes with the feel of a friendly audience, and it is a thrill that comes more than once in a lifetime. It is subconscious but powerful, much like sensing the presence of a friend in the darkness. An audience reflects an actor's attitude as faithfully as a mirror. If he is relaxed and sure of himself his audience gives him its heart. But if he feels fear or works too hard for his effects there is thrown over the house the chill of discomfort. |
| 3 | [on Esther Williams] Wet, she's a star. Dry, she ain't. |
| 4 | [summing up her career] Listen, kid. I've done everything in theatre except marry a property man. I've been a soubrette in burlesque and I've accompanied stereopticon slides. I've acted for Belasco [David Belasco] and I've laid 'em out in rows at the Palace. I've doubled as an alligator; I've worked for the Schuberts; and I've been joined to Billy Rose in the holy bonds. I've painted the house boards and I've sold tickets and I've been fired by George M. Cohan. I've played in London before the king and in Oil City before miners with lanterns in their caps. |
| 5 | I am not sorry. I will tell anybody that, and it is the truth. I lived the way I wanted and never did what people said I should do or advised me to do. And I want my children to do the same. Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you? |
| 6 | With Nick Arnstein, I was miserably happy. With Billy Rose, I was happily miserable. |
| 7 | Men always fall for frigid women because they put on the best show. |
| # | Fact |
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| 1 | Became pregnant by her future husband Nick Arnstein prior to his divorce and their 1919 marriage, but she had an abortion. |
| 2 | Was a staunch liberal Democrat. |
| 3 | Was three months pregnant with her son William when she ended her run on the Broadway production of "Ziegfeld Follies of 1920". |
| 4 | Returned to work two months after giving birth to her son William in order to begin performing on the Broadway production of "Ziegfeld Follies of 1921". |
| 5 | Returned to work two months after giving birth to her daughter Frances in order to begin performing on the Broadway production of "Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic". |
| 6 | Profiled in the book "Funny Ladies: 100 Years of Great Comediennes" by Stephen M. Silverman (1999). |
| 7 | She was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6415 Hollywood Boulevard; and for Radio at 1500 Vine Street in Hollywood, California. |
| 8 | (12/31/37) Radio: Appeared in MGM production of "Good News of 1938" on NBC Network. Also in cast: 'Myrna Loy', James Stewart, Wallace Beery, Bruce Cabot, Frank Morgan, Freda Starr, Gilbert Russell, Judy Garland, Dennis O'Keefe, Lewis Stone, Guy Kibbee and Cliff Edwards. |
| 9 | Dropped out of school after the eighth grade to work in a burlesque revue, "The Girls from Happy Land Starring Billy Watson". |
| 10 | The birth name of her second husband, better known as Nick Arnstein, was actually Jules W. Arndt Stein. |
| 11 | Following the death of her daughter Frances, she was reinterred at Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. |
| 12 | Following her death, she was interred in the Chapel Mausoleum at the Home of Peace Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. |
| 13 | Children with Arnstein: Frances (August 12, 1919-May 31, 1992) and famed abstract artist/painter William (April 23, 1921-March 3, 2008). Mother-in-law of Ray Stark. |
| 14 | Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 60-61. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387 |
| 15 | Barbra Streisand played her in the musical Funny Girl (1968) and the sequel Funny Lady (1975). |
| 16 | Believed that pearls should not be taken off and needed to be lived in and so she would sleep in hers at night. |
| 17 | Pictured on one of five 29¢ US commemorative postage stamps celebrating famous comedians, issued in booklet form 29 August 1991. The stamp designs were drawn by caricaturist Al Hirschfeld. The other comedians honored in the set are Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy; Edgar Bergen (with alter ego Charlie McCarthy); Jack Benny; and Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. |
| 18 | Starred in the widely popular 1940s' US radio comedy series as its title character, "Baby Snooks". |
| 19 | Starred in every Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway from 1910 until 1936. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical | 2008 | Video documentary performer: "Unidentified Song", "My Man" - uncredited | |
| Cold Case | 2006 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| American Masters | 1997 | TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode | |
| Everybody Sing | 1938 | performer: "Quainty, Dainty Me" 1937, "Snooks Why? - Because!" 1937, "Finale" uncredited | |
| The Great Ziegfeld | 1936 | performer: "Yiddle on Your Fiddle" 1910 uncredited, "Queen of the Jungle" 1936 uncredited, "My Man" | |
| Be Yourself! | 1930 | performer: "When a Man Loves a Woman" 1930, "Cookin' Breakfast for the One I Love" 1930, "Is There Something the Matter with Otto Kahn?" 1930, "Kickin a Hole in the Sky" 1930, "It's Gorgeous to Be Graceful" 1930 - uncredited | |
| My Man | 1928 | performer: "I'd Rather Be Blue Over You", "My Man", "Second Hand Rose", "If You Want the Rainbow You Must Have the Rain", "I'm an Indian", "I Was a Floradora Baby" - uncredited | |
$18 Million
