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name: "Fanny Brice"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fanny-brice"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 October 1891"
died: "29 May 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T23:11:48.610448+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Fanny Brice

Actor. Born 29 October 1891 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 29 May 1951.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 October 1891, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 29 May 1951
- **Also known as:** Fannie Brice, Fania Borach
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Brice, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q153358, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0108511/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/129432

## Biography

Fanny Brice, also credited as Fannie Brice, was an American comedian, singer and actress. Born Fania Borach in New York City on 29 October 1891, she began performing in burlesque and vaudeville before being discovered by Florenz Ziegfeld. She became a regular in the Ziegfeld Follies from 1910, appearing in multiple editions through the 1930s.

Brice made several film appearances, including playing herself in *The Great Ziegfeld* (1936) and appearing in *Ziegfeld Follies* (1945). She created and starred as the mischievous child Baby Snooks on radio from the mid-1930s until her death. She died in Los Angeles on 29 May 1951.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Great Ziegfeld* (1936), Fi1m 64, as Fannie Brice — [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-ziegfeld.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Almonds and Raisins* (1984), Actor
- *The Great Radio Comedians* (1971), Actor
- *Ziegfeld Follies* (1945), as Norma Edelman (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
- *Everybody Sing* (1938), as Olga Chekaloff
- *The Great Ziegfeld* (1936), as Fannie Brice — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-ziegfeld.md)
- *Crime Without Passion* (1934), as Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
- *The Man from Blankley's* (1930), Actor
- *Be Yourself!* (1930), as Fannie Field (as Fannie Brice)
- *My Man* (1928), as Fannie Brand

## Gallery

- ![Be Yourself Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses (1930)](https://film.one/media/person/1228876/gallery-7d4f225fe6b9.jpg) Be Yourself Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses (1930) — Unknown photographerUnknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/1930_Fannie_Brice_%28Fanny_Brice%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Be Yourself Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses (1930)](https://film.one/media/person/1228876/gallery-463f1f074fc2.jpg) Be Yourself Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses (1930) — Unknown photographerUnknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Be_Yourself_%28SAYRE_15352%29.jpg/1280px-Be_Yourself_%28SAYRE_15352%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Title: Fannie Brice Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1900)](https://film.one/media/person/1228876/gallery-8005d0c08c54.jpg) Title: Fannie Brice Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1900) — Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Fannie_Brice_LCCN2014713702.jpg/1280px-Fannie_Brice_LCCN2014713702.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Be Yourself Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses (1930)](https://film.one/media/person/1228876/gallery-22b4922bf55b.jpg) Be Yourself Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses (1930) — Unknown photographerUnknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/1930_Fannie_Brice_%28Fanny_Brice%29_in_film_Be_Yourself%21_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-1930_Fannie_Brice_%28Fanny_Brice%29_in_film_Be_Yourself%21_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Fanny Brice](https://film.one/media/person/1228876/gallery-0fe231484fc4.jpg) Fanny Brice — Image via TMDB
- ![Title: Fannie Brice Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1900)](https://film.one/media/person/1228876/gallery-6537dc677406.jpg) Title: Fannie Brice Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1900) — Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Fannie_Brice_LCCN2014713703.jpg/1280px-Fannie_Brice_LCCN2014713703.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Title: Fannie Brice Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1922)](https://film.one/media/person/1228876/gallery-8ef643a444dd.jpg) Title: Fannie Brice Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1922) — Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Fannie_Brice_LCCN2014715158.jpg/1280px-Fannie_Brice_LCCN2014715158.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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