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Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women (2007)

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.

Release: 2007-06-16
Runtime: 85 min
Cast
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Anne Beatts
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Fanny Brice
Fanny Brice
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Tovah Feldshuh
Tovah Feldshuh
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Fyvush Finkel
Fyvush Finkel
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Garry Giddens
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Judy Gold
Judy Gold
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Jackie Hoffman
Jackie Hoffman
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Cory Kahaney
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Jessica Kirson
Jessica Kirson
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Marilyn Suzanne Miller
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Molly Picon
Molly Picon
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Gilda Radner
Gilda Radner
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Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers
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Martin Short
Martin Short
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Rosie Shuster
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Treva Silverman
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Sophie Tucker
Sophie Tucker
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Kenneth Turan
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