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Mimi Hines, Comedian, Singer and Streisand's Funny Girl Replacement, Dies at 91 by Darryn King

Mimi Hines, the Canadian actress, singer and comedian who replaced Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl, has died. Her death by natural causes, at her home in Las Vegas, was announced by her longtime attorney Mark Sendroff. She was 91. Hines was born on July 17, 1933 in Canada, to a theatrical family. She was just 12 years old when she started playing nightclubs, lying about her age to do so. She met Phil Ford at the Las…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12PM on October 22, 2024

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