 Publicity photo of the Barry Sisters, Clare (left) and Merna (right). Image by General Artists Corporation (management). James Kriegsmann, New York, photographer., via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
The Barry SistersThe Barry Sisters The Barry Sisters American jazz duo For other uses, see The Barry Sisters (disambiguation). Minnie Bagelman (April 6, 1923[1] – October 31, 1976) and Clara Bagelman (October 17, 1920 – November 22, 2014),[2] best known under the stage names Merna and Claire Barry, were popular American Yiddish and jazz entertainers from the 1940s to the early 1970s. Claire (left) and Merna Barry Early years Minnie and Clara were born in the Bronx, New York, to Ashkenazi Jewish parents, Herman and Ester, from the Russian and Austro-Hungarian Empires, respectively. Herman Bagelman was born in present-day Berdychiv, Ukraine.[3] Minnie and Clara also had two younger sisters, Celia and Julia. When Minnie and Clara decided to entertain by singing in… (Source: Wikipedia)
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