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 S O W ode.y, Asil 21. ared.
 way'. fmtad "Fuany GCl," Badu
 Stl d. brd heo t ntt to te.
v*i otilon lewts l. full hour, CBS
 Spoil enttleld, "My N.ame
 Briu."
 STb program poomhi to b.
 ub w nod orilnd, both In cta
 cat and eicutio. Abthouh tony
 o tho h oppnnl.p ill be hipt c.
 ret up until oirtime, Bhrba nh-
 oreled the show include e Mou
 for children, fhlo nand-flu -o
 quence taped on location tt t Newo
 York department itonre d d d on
 wrt
 To amy Brubr' rl1e to star.
 S dom seem, ibe an iltant succea
 Irom Brookly to the covn of
T(, 'Timeo d L t .lThe itl behind the
 co0mri tholeal sty.
 Bore oo April 1, 1943, Brbno
 aol.ridended roohr mrseilgn tl-
 eat a youaptr. She wanted only
 to become an actret.
 "I dpdu td from high school
 with 953 verOge ad medal In
 pelbh and movd to M.lnhttooa
 bepan tbtnlg dram oloes aed
 looULg foe part. Aftr two day
 of maoldg the Toends, I ew that
 ulonl iagntr we not lateroted
 lan elhnwlad and I ruolhd that I
 woud hi.to pt jlob o y m.
 BH.ld I was boke,"
 For 5 a w*k and dinmr, Bor.
 bra e(nted ao mltmu taot cam.
 toot t a mull Nw York duab She
 nlked oway thIe Wilel This m-
 mediotely lnd Babno to a eniPal
 mat 0t the Bon Sodr. well-known


Goaewi h Villae suppere l Two
wee ptun lanto eleven sa te was
held over. Word spread oer tow
sbout thin taletad ao lolpr. Col.
uaonit. etaU ud prodlute Sop-
ped by to e and e thi youni
sirl who told everyone e was not
Sslhaer, bu t"an acHre who ll."
 "ln October of 19611 went into
toy lint tal e product. It wm n
off-Bromdway mevue led Another
Evelno with Harry Stoone but It
only loted one evenlini.
 But rub'a talent did not go
unnoticed. Neat stop the now*
etinct Blue Antg, showcae for
yoon taito Thete, Broadwoy pg
ducr DAvid Merrick saw ad
sigod her for the rn of Mhi Mi.r
elhtel, the unlotvd rontay In
the Broodway mmkal comedy "I
Ca Gt It For You Wholele.."
 Bubn stole the showl Critk.
raoed, hallin Miu Sitrtland am
brilliant cooodienno, and nwnrd-
lng her with the Best Supptling
Actress ewud nl the New York
Critic' Poll.
 "Wholotke lasted lnne mots,
tnd when It dlond Bard h w n h*


dieed with off. ffrom nliht luch
tel.on, record comopanlee nd, of
ceutseBeoadnwapeducera.
 "Them wee o ay wonderful
tq a cotnlg my way, I didn't
owhlto to tke and whee to
start," tell Brn.
 Dulrig the summer of that year.
he booled vt the Wot Coat
with strlnI of umah nilht club
eaplemont portkuirly aIt Holly
mood' Cocanut Grov. She abo
plyod Lke Thot, the Riviera in
L Vgm ad the Hollymood Bowl
Bfore beIlnlnlog rehueatb for
Funny Olrl" tBuh. did myeal
onultrl coacrtt in Chicago, La
Aneles .nd SRn Francbco.
 Aftor four month. of trehral
and out-of-town enapr menl ,
"Fuey Girl" opened at the Winter
Grude. Theater oun M h 2l.s 4.
lo praib of arbran. iewen and
audience in Boton., Phlladelphi
uad New York wr nothlnl short
of npturo.
 "My concept of thobol of Fny
Brin had to be oriinmrl I did not
copy the Ityle or m. herLiu of
the late comedienne, but op
prtcheld the prt o if I wen pot.
trnylg fictlonal rather th.n a
real pronMo."
* And the .ppacth plad oill Bar.
hbra Fanny Brk. won her Imther
Tony nomination, a well as a per
anento BRmdwey home-the Win.
tor Gid when "Funny Gil"
looks to run forever.