Fanny Brice
Though an actress does not portray Brice, her name is mentioned in three scenes of a movie that was successful at the box office and merited two Academy Award nominations: "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" (2018). The protagonist, Lee Israel, is a biographer who hopes she can get paid to work on a project about Brice's life. Her literary agent Marjorie, portrayed by Jane Curtin, tells her sharply that that is not going to happen. Marjorie shouts at Lee, “Nobody wants a book about Fanny Brice! There is nothing new or sexy about Fanny Brice! I couldn’t get you a ten-dollar advance for a book about Fanny Brice.”