Movie
Funny Girl
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1968-09-19
- Runtime
- 155 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Columbia Pictures, Rastar Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice
- Omar Sharif as Nick Arnstein
- Kay Medford as Rose Brice
- Anne Francis as Georgia James
- Walter Pidgeon as Florenz Ziegfeld
- Lee Allen as Eddie Ryan
- Mae Questel as Mrs. Strakosh
- Gerald Mohr as Branca
- Frank Faylen as Keeney
- Mittie Lawrence as Emma
- Gertrude Flynn as Mrs. O'Malley
- Penny Santon as Mrs. Meeker
Crew
- William Wyler - Director
- Isobel Lennart - Screenplay
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