About
Star of the 1964 original Broadway production of Funny Girl, which would later be adapted into a film starring Barbara Streisand. Also a comedian, she frequently appeared on The Tonight Show.
Before fame
She performed in various nightclubs before becoming a stage actress.
Trivia
She appeared as "Mrs. Latimer" on a 1999 episode of the television show Frasier. in 1965, she appeared in the movie Saturday Night in Apple Valley.
Family life
She married Phil Ford in 1954; the couple divorced nearly two decades later.
Associated with
She replaced Barbra Streisand in the role of Fanny Brice in the first Broadway production of Funny Girl.
