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Submit Search. Close Menu. The film starring Barbra Streisand celebrated its 50th anniversary on Sept. Navigate Left. Navigate Right. Massachusetts Daily Collegian. Advertising Archives Submit a tip. Share on Facebook. We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfeld girl, subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relations Read all The life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early s. We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfeld girl, subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein.

Fannie Brice : I'm a bagel on a plate full of onion rolls! Sign In. Play trailer Biography Comedy Drama. Director William Wyler. Isobel Lennart based on the musical play by. Top credits Director William Wyler. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer Official Trailer. Video Photos Top cast Edit. Mae Questel Mrs. Strakosh as Mrs. Gerald Mohr Branca as Branca.

Frank Faylen Keeney as Keeney. Mittie Lawrence Emma as Emma. Gertrude Flynn Mrs. O'Malley as Mrs. In , he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Walter Pidgeon as Flo Ziegfeld. Omar Sharif as Nick Arnstein. Anne Francis as Georgia James. Kay Medford as Rose Brice. Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice.

Reviews Funny Girl. Roger Ebert October 18, Now streaming on:. Powered by JustWatch. Now playing. Last Night in Soho Robert Daniels. We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfeld girl, subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein.

Early twentieth century New York. Fanny Brice knows that she is a talented comedienne and singer. She also knows that she is not the beauty typical of the stage performers of the day, she with skinny legs and a crooked nose among other physical issues. So she knows she has to use whatever other means to get her break in show business, that break so that she can at least display her talents. With the help of Eddie Ryan who would become her friend, Fanny is able to get a part in a novelty act in a vaudeville show, the renown from which eventually comes to the attention of famed impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.