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Funny Girl (1968)

G09/19/1968Comedy, Drama, Romance2h 35m
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Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Barbra Streisand

    Fanny Brice

  2. Cast 1

    Omar Sharif

    Nick Arnstein

  3. Cast 1

    Kay Medford

    Rose Brice

  4. Cast 1

    Anne Francis

    Georgia James

  5. Cast 1

    Walter Pidgeon

    Florenz Ziegfeld

  6. Lee Allen

    Eddie Ryan

  7. Cast 1

    Mae Questel

    Mrs. Strakosh

  8. Cast 1

    Gerald Mohr

    Branca

  9. Cast 1

    Frank Faylen

    Keeney

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 less-than-pin-up looks; her sassiness are all charmingly captured as she gradually falls for her debonaire, if somewhat flawed, beau Omar Sharif - who is also very effective as her rakish love Nicky A...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$14,100,000.00

Revenue $58,707,416.00

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