Funny Girl

“People who see FUNNY GIRL are the luckiest people in the world!”

7.2(424)19682h 35m

ComedyDramaRomance

The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, as well as her marriage to the rakish gambler Nick Arnstein.

Director

William Wyler

Budget

$14.1M

Revenue

$58.7M

Cast

Barbra Streisand

Fanny Brice

Omar Sharif

Nick Arnstein

Kay Medford

Rose Brice

Anne Francis

Georgia James

Walter Pidgeon

Florenz Ziegfeld

Lee Allen

Eddie Ryan

Mae Questel

Mrs. Strakosh

Gerald Mohr

Branca

Frank Faylen

Keeney

Mittie Lawrence

Emma

Gertrude Flynn

Mrs. O'Malley

Penny Santon

Mrs. Meeker

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1 review

Geronimo1967

4y ago

7.0

Barbra Streisand is simply superb in this depiction of the early life of Vaudeville girl and more Fanny Brice. From her humble beginnings, and with the help of her friend Eddie Ryan (Lee Allen) we see her come to the attention of the mighty Florenz Ziegfeld (Walter Pidgeon) before her career becomes the stuff of legend. Streisand's characterisation is authentic - her stoic Jewish antecedence, her ...