Actress Who Played Funny Girl's Fanny Brice On Why Other Actresses Can't Do The Part

Marilyn Michaels: "This is one role even Sutton Foster shouldn't play. Fanny Brice was a comedienne who understood the Yiddish dialect. She got her start in burlesque, and created her character strongly based on her Jewish roots. ... Barbra Streisand and I had a leg up in this respect ... Perhaps a young Meryl Streep would have done it justice."...

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