Kay Medford

About

Award-winning actress who appeared in the stage production of Carousel and played roles in films such as Funny Girl.

Before Fame

She waited tables in nightclubs before she got her big break in Hollywood.

Trivia

She won a Tony Award for her Broadway role as the mother of Fanny Brice on Funny Girl; she reprised that role in 1968, which won her an Academy Award.

Family Life

She was born Margaret Kathleen O'Regan, in New York, the daughter of first-generation Irish immigrants.

Associated With

Barbra Streisand played her daughter in Broadway and film productions of Funny Girl.