Funny Girl

Drama, Musical, Biography

Barbra Streisand	Fanny Brice
Anne Francis	Georgia James
Walter Pidgeon	Florenz Ziegfeld
Omar Sharif	Nick Arnstein
Kay Medford	Rose Brice
Lee Allen	Eddie Ryan
Mae Questel	Mrs. Strakosh
Gerald Mohr	Tom Branca
Frank Faylen	Keeney
Mittie Lawrence	Emma
Kay Meford

Director	William Wyler
Producer	Ray Stark
Writer	Isobel Lennart

While waiting for her husband to return from prison Fanny Brice (Barbra Streisand) flashed back over her life. She had always known that she had the ability to make it on the stage if she could just get someone to notice. She auditioned for vaudeville and got a minor part. She’s still basically an unknown when she meets the sophisticated and handsome Nicky Arnstein (Omar Sharif). Over the years Fanny’s career blossomed as she’s a star for the great Flo Ziegfeld (Walter Pidgeon). She and Nick meet occasionally and become more romantically inclined. Eventually Fanny decides to give up her career for the man she loves. Fanny and Nicky get on a cruise ship. Fanny tells him that she’d like to become a “Sadie” (married lady). He says he’ll marry her if he wins his poker game. They marry and return to New York where Fanny rejoins the Follies and Nicky pursues various business ventures. They buy a big house and have a baby girl. Life should have been rosy, but Nicky’s ventures fail, and he stubbornly refuses to take money from Fanny. Instead, he gets involved in an illegal scheme which lands him in prison for embezzlement.