Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women (2007)
Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women is a 2007 documentary movie directed by Rachel Talbot, with a running time of 1h 25m. It stars Anne Beatts, Fanny Brice and Tovah Feldshuh.
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 as Self
- Fanny Brice as Self (archive footage)
- Tovah Feldshuh as Self
- Fyvush Finkel as Self
- Garry Giddens as Self
- Judy Gold as Self
- Jackie Hoffman as Self
- Cory Kahaney as Self
- Jessica Kirson as Self
- Marilyn Suzanne Miller as Self
- Molly Picon as Self (archive footage)
- Gilda Radner as Self (archive footage)