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Fact Sheet
| Birthday | 29 October 1891 |
| Sign | Scorpio |
| Birthplace | New York, New York, USA |
| Date of death | May 29, 1951 (age 59) |
"Fanny Brice" was the stage name of Fania Borach, born in New York City, the third child of relatively well-off saloon owners of Hungarian Jewish decent. In 1908, she dropped out of school to work in a burlesque review. She is best known for her association with Florenz Ziegfeld, and headlined his Ziegfield Follies starting in 1910 and continuing into the 1930s.
In the 1921 "Follies" she was featured singing the tango "My Man", which became a big hit and was much associated with Brice in the United States for many years. She made phonograph records of it and appeared singing it in sound film.
During the late 1930s, she had her own radio show which featured her as a bratty toddler known as "Baby Snooks".
Best known as a comic, Brice was a multitalented performer, able to sing songs humorously or with great serious emotion. She was a master at both verbal and physical comedy.
Fanny Brice died in Hollywood, California.