Making Trouble: Clips from the Cutting Room Floor

Thanks for joining us to celebrate Jewish women in entertainment during May, otherwise known as Jewish American Heritage Month!

While hard at work here at the Archive, I stumbled upon some interviews that ended up on the cutting room floor during production of our prizewinning documentary “Making Trouble”. I hope you will join me in viewing a few clips that feature fabulous Jewish women in entertainment... talking about fabulous Jewish women in entertainment!

See Tovah Feldshuh speak about the ahead of her time Sophie TuckerAlex Borstein explore Gilda Radner's beauty,  Adrienne Cooper's take on Molly Picon gender roles, and Wendy Wasserstein's thoughts Jewish entertainers on and off the stage.

Topics: Comedy, Film, Theater
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How to cite this page

Myers-Yawnick, Steven. "Making Trouble: Clips from the Cutting Room Floor." 1 May 2013. Jewish Women's Archive. (Viewed on July 19, 2026) <https://jwa.org/blog/making-trouble-clips-from-cutting-room-floor>.