Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
16/06/2007
1h 25m



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A documentary film about three generations of female Jewish comedians and the complexity and challenges of their relationship to comedy, Judaism, and gender. The film profiles Molly Picon, Fanny Brice, Sophie Tucker, Joan Rivers, Gilda Radner, and Wendy Wasserstein, as well as contemporary comedians Judy Gold and Jackie Hoffman.
Cast
Anne Beatts
Self


Fanny Brice
Self (archive footage)


Tovah Feldshuh
Self


Fyvush Finkel
Self
Garry Giddens
Self


Judy Gold
Self


Jackie Hoffman
Self
Cory Kahaney
Self


Jessica Kirson
Self
Marilyn Suzanne Miller
Self


Molly Picon
Self (archive footage)


Gilda Radner
Self (archive footage)


Joan Rivers
Self


Martin Short
Self
Rosie Shuster
Self
Treva Silverman
Self


Sophie Tucker
Self (archive footage)
Kenneth Turan
Self


Wendy Wasserstein
Self


Alan Zweibel
Self
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