New York Trivia: The Ziegfield Follies

Q: What New York born Jewish singer and comedienne was launched to fame by Jewish Broadway impresario Flo Ziegfeld?

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Kathryn has spent her professional life writing about, teaching, and presenting the arts. Founding Director of the Boulder Jewish Film Festival, Kathryn was Director of Menorah and ACE at the Boulder JCC from 2003 through August, 2019. The former film and theater critic for the Boulder Daily Camera, Kathryn is the author of "The Fifty Greatest Jewish Movies" and "The Fifty Funniest Films of All Time." kathryn.bernheimer@gmail.com

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3 comments

  1. Mrs. Ziegfeld? No! then my second guess is Fanny Brice. I know this because my mother watches Funny Girl over and over and over and over again.

  2. Fanny Brice

  3. Norm from New Jersey

    Fanny Brice or was it Barbra Streisand?

    Norm from New Jersey

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