Career
The brother of Fannie Brice, he was the youngest of four children born to Rose (née Stern), a Hungarian Jewish woman who emigrated to America at age ten, and Alsatian immigrant Charles Borach. Charles and Rose were saloon owners and had four children, Phillip (born 1887), Carrie (born 1889), Fania and Louis. Lew Brice married actress Mae Clarke on February 26, 1928.
The union later ended in divorce.
Lew Brice died June 16, 1966 in Hollywood, California, aged 72. The Passing Show of 1913 (July – September 1913) The Passing Show of 1914 (June – September 1914) Maid in America (February – May 1915) Step This Way (May – August 1916) Americana (July 1926 – February 1927) Billy Rose"s Crazy Quilt (May – July 1931).