Lew Brice Lew Brice Lew Brice (October 26, 1893 – June 16, 1966) was an American actor, dancer and comedian. He was born Louis Borach on October 26, 1893 in Manhattan, New York City, the brother of Fannie Brice. He was the youngest of four children born to Rose Stern, a Hungarian Jewish woman who emigrated to America at age ten; and Alsatian immigrant Charles Borach. Charles and Rose were saloon owners and had four children, Philip (born 1887), Carrie (born 1889), Fania, and Louis. Lew Brice married actress Mae Clarke on February 26, 1928; the union later ended in divorce. Lew
Fania Marinoff Fania Marinoff Fania Marinoff (; ) (March 20, 1890 – November 17, 1971) was a Russian-born American actress. Fania Marinoff was born in Odessa, Russia on March 20, 1890. Marinoff was born into a Jewish household, she was the thirteenth child and seventh daughter born to Mayer and Leah Marinoff, who shortly passed away after she was born. Nicknamed Fanny as child, Marinoff at the age of 6 was smuggled on onboard an overcrowded passenger ship headed to America. Marinoff arrived in Boston, MA where she lived undernourished and uneducated. At the age of 8, Marinoff was sent to live