"[1] Belle Barth (born Annabelle Salzman,[2] April 27, 1911 – February 14, 1971) was a Jewish American comedian who worked primarily during the 1950s and 1960s.
Annabelle Salzman, born in 1911, was the ninth child of a Manhattan merchant and, at a very early age, started performing at Borscht belt hotels and small nightclubs.
While living in Miami Beach, she opened Belle Barth's Pub in the Coronet Hotel on 21st Street and Collins Avenue.
Barth became ill in Las Vegas in May 1970, after her final performance in Miami Beach, at Joe's Lounge at the Hotel Plaza, during March 1970.
In 2000, Sophie, Totie & Belle,[6] a fictional meeting of Sophie Tucker, Totie Fields and Belle Barth written by Joanne Koch and Sarah Blacher Cohen, with some original music by Mark Elliott, lyrics by Mark Elliott and Joanne Koch, appeared for a limited engagement off Broadway at Theatre Four.
An April 28, 1996 review in The New York Times by Alvin Klein of the Forum Theatre –Queens Theatre in the Park New York and New Jersey production singled out the Belle Barth section of the show as outstanding:“If Belle — 'Miami's answer to Lenny Bruce' — is the star of this occasion, blame her defiantly funny, audience winning material.
with Book by Joanne Koch, Music by Ilya Levinson, Lyrics by Owen Kalt, was performed at The PGA Arts Center, Palm Beach Gardens, FL.