Fania (Borach) Brice (1891 - 1951)

Born 29 Oct 1891 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Wife of Frank White — married 14 Feb 1910 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

Wife of Julius (Arndtstein) Arnstein — married 18 Jun 1919 in Kings, New York, United States

Died 29 May 1951 at age 59 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Fanny (Borach) Brice is Notable.

Fanny (Borach) Brice has Jewish Roots.

Fanny Brice was an American comedian, illustrated song model, singer, and theater and film actress who made many stage, radio, and film appearances. She is known as the creator and star of the top-rated radio comedy series The Baby Snooks Show. Her life story was loosely adapted into the stage musical Funny Girl.

Fania Brice was born in 1891 in New York City and died in 1951 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.^[1] She was the third child of Jewish immigrants Charles Borach (from Alsace) and Rose Stern (from Hungary).

She was married three times:

1. Frank White from 1910-1913;
2. Julius (Arndtstein) Arnstein (1879-1965) from 1918-1927; and
3. William Samuel (Rosenberg) Rose (1899-1966) from 1929-1938.

Fanny Brice and her second husband, Arndtstein-1, had two children, daughter Frances Arnstein Stark (1919-1992), and son, William Arnstein (1921-2008), a graphic artist later known professionally as William Brice.

In 1991, the US Postal Service issued a stamp in her honor ^[2].

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5866/fanny-brice: accessed 31 August 2023), memorial page for Fanny Brice (29 Oct 1891–29 May 1951), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5866, citing Westwood Memorial Park, Westwood, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.
2. ↑ Smithsonian National Postal Museum https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/women-on-stamps-part-4-theatre-and-dance-funny-girls-female-comedians/fanny-brice

• Barbara Wallace Grossman, Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, Jewish Women's Archive https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/brice-fanny

See Also:

• Wikipedia:Fanny Brice