Fanny Brice was born in the USA in 1891. She was an American film and stage actress, comedian, singer, and dancer. After working in vaudeville, Brice began appearing in silent films in the 1910s. Her first film was "Going Up" (1917)
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She became a major star of the 1920s, starring in a number of feature films, including "The Great Gabbo" (1921), "Fanny" (1925), "My Man" (1926), and "The Cocoanuts" (1929).
In 1922 she married bandleader Harry Richman. Together they formed the team of Fannie Brice and those Guys from Harlem. In 1929, Brice starred as a vaudeville singer who attempts to manage a New York nightclub.
In 1930 she starred as Inez Corey in the musical comedy film "Funny Face". The following year she starred as a sultry chorus girl in Florenz Ziegfeld's Broadway musical revue "The Midnight Frolic". The show was a big success and ran for five years, until it closed in 1936.
After that, she retired from show business to raise her children.
In 1963 she was inducted to the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star at 1720 Vine Street for her contributions to the entertainment industry. In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson awarded Brice the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In 1999, she was inducted to the National Women's Hall of Fame.