Fania Borach, known professionally as Fanny Brice or Fannie Brice, was an American comedian, illustrated song model, singer, and 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.
Brice circa 1920
Brice c. 1910s or early 1920s publicity photo
Brice in the role of Baby Snooks, 1940
Brice c. late 1910s
The Baby Snooks Show was an American radio program starring comedian and Ziegfeld Follies alumna Fanny Brice as a mischievous young girl who was 40 years younger than the actress who played her when she first went on the air. The series began on CBS September 17, 1944, airing on Sunday evenings at 6:30 pm as Post Toasties Time. The title soon changed to The Baby Snooks Show, and the series was sometimes called Baby Snooks and Daddy.
David Stone Martin's illustration of Fanny Brice in the role of Baby Snooks
Fanny Brice as Baby Snooks
Danny Thomas as Jerry Dingle, 1945.
Baby Snooks recording