Women in comedy
By: by Linda Martin and Kerry Segrave.
Contributors: Segrave, Kerry, 1944-
Publisher: Citadel Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Secaucus, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 449
Subjects: Women comedians -- United States -- Biography.; Actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Description: Includes "more than fifty biographical sketches from the turn of the century to the present," including Marie Bressler, Sophie Tucker, Mabel Normand, Fannie Brice, Gracie Allen, Mae West, Minnie Pearl, Lucille Ball, Anne Meara, Ruth Buzzi, Lily Tomlin, Gilda Radner, Sandra Bernhard, and Whoopi Goldberg.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 424-449.