A major critical and commercial success, Funny Girl became the highest-grossing film of 1968 in the United States and received eight Academy Award nominations. Streisand won Best Actress, tying with Katharine Hepburn (The Lion in Winter).

With Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford, Anne Francis. The life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s: her rise to fame as a Ziegfeld Girl, her subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein.

Sep 7, 2016 · Affairs, controversy, bickering, protest, long-standing feuds all sound like great parts of a thrilling movie, but those words describe what was going on behind the scenes of the 1968 Barbara...

The sets (Hollywood sound stages mostly) and the supporting roles seem designed merely to backdrop the magnificent Barbra. And in the end, that hurts the movie. Take Omar Sharif, for example. Until now, he has always been a human being on the screen. He has walked, talked, breathed, moved around. In “Funny Girl,” he becomes a cigar-store ...

Funny Girl is a 1968 biographical musical comedy-drama film starring Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford, and Sharon Vaughn. It is loosely based on Fanny Brice’s life and career as a Broadway and film actor and comedian, as well as her …

Oct 23, 2001 · One of the most popular movie musicals ever made! Funny Girl follows the early career of stage comedienne Fanny Brice, a role that earned Barbra Streisand the 1968 Oscar (R) for Best Actress. As the film opens, only her mother believes Fanny can make it in show business.

The Barbra Streisand Archives takes an in-depth look at Streisand's film debut, the 1968 movie musical FUNNY GIRL, with Omar Sharif. This page lists all of Funny Girl's awards, as well as sources used to compile these pages.

Dec 13, 2024 · Funny GirlBarbra Streisand and Omar Sharif in Funny Girl (1968), directed by William Wyler. The story, told mostly in flashback, presents Fanny Brice as a young woman from the slums of New York City who is determined to succeed in show business despite her gawky manner and unglamorous looks.

Nov 11, 2024 · William Wyler’s Funny Girl provides Barbra Streisand with a triumphant screen debut and offers entertaining song and dance, a tear-inducing rags-to-riches story with husband-wife conflicts over money that are familiar but which go down smoothly, and an opulent production that’s sure to please.

Starring: Anne Francis, Barbra Streisand, Kay Medford, Omar Sharif, Walter Pidgeon. Despite arguably being the first major studio to fully engage with the counterculture with the release of Easy Rider in 1969, Columbia was still spending lots of money putting out lavish, Old-Hollywood-style productions like Streisand’s FUNNY GIRL.