Minnie ( -- October 31 , 1976 ) and Clara Bagelman ( October 17 , 1920 -- November 22 , 2014 ) , best known under the stage names Merna and Claire Barry , were popular American Klezmer and jazz entertainers from the 1940s to the early 1970s .
Minnie ( 1923 -- October 31 , 1976 ) and Clara Bagelman ( October 17 , 1920 -- November 22 , 2014 ) , also known as by the stage names Merna and Claire Barry , or The Barry Sisters , were popular American jazz entertainers . They worked from the 1940s to the 1970s .