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| Belle Barth | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Annabelle Salzman |
| Born | April 27, 1911 |
| Died | February 14, 1971 (aged 59) Miami Beach |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 1950s and 1960s |
| Genres | Stand-up, music |
| Spouse | m. five times (including Peter Barth) |
"One time Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, and Belle Barth came into the Gayety Theater when I was running it. We had a Chinese dinner together, and then started watching the coming attractions for an X-rated film that was going to be running. For fun we shut the sound off and the three of them -- Frank, Sammy, and Belle -- improvised the sounds to go along with the scenes. They were all moaning and groaning and making funny noises. It was hysterical."[1]
— Adult theater owner and film producer Leroy Griffith, in Miami Beach Memories: A Nostalgic Chronicle of Days Gone By by Joanne Biondi (2006)
Belle Barth (born Annabelle Salzman,[2] April 27, 1911 – February 14, 1971) was a Jewish American comedian who worked primarily during the 1950s and 1960s. She was known for her foul mouthed, bawdy, irreverent humor.
- ^ Biondi, Joanne (2006). Miami Beach Memories: A Nostalgic Chronicle of Days Gone By. Guilford, Conn.: The Globe Pequot Press. p. 113. ISBN 978-0762740666.
- ^ Epstein, Lawrence J. (2001). The Haunted Smile: The Story of Jewish Comedians in America, PublicAffairs, a member of the Perseus Books Group. ISBN 1-58648-162-2 (pbk)