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.

Cast (20)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

A

Anne Beatts

Self

Fanny Brice

Self (archive footage)

Tovah Feldshuh

Self

Fyvush Finkel

Self

G

Garry Giddens

Self

Judy Gold

Self

Jackie Hoffman

Self

C

Cory Kahaney

Self

J

Jessica Kirson

Self

M

Marilyn Suzanne Miller

Self

Molly Picon

Self (archive footage)

Gilda Radner

Self (archive footage)

Joan Rivers

Self

Martin Short

Self

R

Rosie Shuster

Self

T

Treva Silverman

Self

Sophie Tucker

Self (archive footage)

K

Kenneth Turan

Self

Wendy Wasserstein

Self

Alan Zweibel

Self

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