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Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women

"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

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Anne Beatts

as Self

129432

Fanny Brice

as Self (archive footage)

41640

Tovah Feldshuh

as Self

56687

Fyvush Finkel

as Self

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Garry Giddens

as Self

28024

Judy Gold

as Self

5385

Jackie Hoffman

as Self

1225926

Cory Kahaney

as Self

1226535

Jessica Kirson

as Self

1226317

Marilyn Suzanne Miller

as Self

129551

Molly Picon

as Self (archive footage)

46949

Gilda Radner

as Self (archive footage)

14670

Joan Rivers

as Self

519

Martin Short

as Self

122114

Rosie Shuster

as Self

57307

Treva Silverman

as Self

589103

Sophie Tucker

as Self (archive footage)

1306735

Kenneth Turan

as Self

121565

Wendy Wasserstein

as Self

62055

Alan Zweibel

as Self

Crew

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Rachel Talbot

Director

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Gail Twersky Reimer

Executive Producer

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Rachel Talbot

Producer

4491956

Philip Shane

Editor

938459

Joel Goodman

Music