Funny Woman

by Grossman, Barbara Wallace

• ISBN13: 9780253207623
• ISBN10: 0253207622
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-08-01
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

Fanny Brice (1891-1951) was a truly popular entertainer, with a career that spanned four decades. She was a hit in almost every branch of American show business -- burlesque and vaudeville, drama and musical revues (including nine Ziegfeld Follies), film and radio. She is most often remembered for her characterization of the radio brat Baby Snooks, yet Snooks was not Brice's best role. A brilliant comic, Fanny Brice had a significant impact on a field that had been predominantly male, proving that the term "funny woman" was not an oxymoron.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
the Early Years: Birth to Burlesque	p. 1
a """"College Girl"""" on the Wheel	p. 20
the Ziegfeld Connection: the Follies of 1910 and 1911	p. 34
Dramatic Doldrums: 1912-1916	p. 59
""""A Cartoonist Working in the Flesh"""": the Ziegfeld Follies of 1916 and 1917	p. 91
Disappointments, Debacles, and """"That Immortal Song""""	p. 108
Plastic Surgery for the Stage	p. 146
Trying to Reach """"The Hillbillies and the Haute Monde"""": 1927-1933	p. 166
""""A Burlesque Comic of the Rarest Vintage"""": the Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 and 1936	p. 199
Conclusion: """"I Knew What I Was Doing-i Think""""	p. 228
Notes	p. 243
Bibliography	p. 269
Index	p. 279
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