Funny girl is a 1968 american biographical musical comedydrama film directed by william wyler. Fifty six years ago a little musical shot a young actress to super stardom. Already a legit and recording star, she shot to superstardom and nabbed an academy award for best. See more ideas about barbra streisand james brolin, funny girl movie, hollywood. Funny girl opens on broadway starring barbra streisand. We see her rise to fame as a ziegfeld girl, subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relationship with nick arnstein. Barbra streisand performs the hit song people in the classic motion picture funny girl. Barbra as fanny brice, with omar sharif as nick arnstein. The screenplay by isobel lennart was adapted from her book for the eponymous stage musical. Released in 1968 on columbia masterworks catalog no. One of the worlds most popular singers, an awardwinning, versatile actress of stage, feature film, and television, a distinguished filmmaker, and a major producer, barbra streisand reigns as the. Funny girl follows the early career of stage comedienne fanny brice, a role that earned barbra streisand the 1968 oscar r for best actress. Barbra streisands debut film won her the academy awardr for her performance as singercomediene, fanny brice. Tour our photo gallery of all 19 barbra streisand films, ranked worst to best, including funny girl, the way we were, a star is born.
As the film opens, only her mother believes fanny can make it. Barbra streisand and irene sharaff funny girl movie costumes duration. Funny girl by barbra streisand album, film soundtrack. Barbra streisand, the highestselling female recording artist of all time, has also won awards and acclaim for her work in film, television and theater. Few film debuts in the 1960s were more auspicious than that of barbra streisand in funny girl. Funny girl 1968 for her film debut, streisand reprised her role as fanny brice in funny girl and earned herself an academy award for her. The life of fanny brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s.
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