Funny Girl, released in 1968, follows the life of comedian Fanny Brice and her journey to becoming a star. Based on the ...

Barbra Streisand arrives on the screen, in “Funny Girl,” when the movies are in desperate need of her. The timing is perfect. There’s hardly a star in American movies today, and if we’ve ...

It doesn't get more iconic than the 1968's "Funny Girl." Sadly, after so many years, there's only one actor from the movie's ...

Funny Girl is a 1968 American biographical musical ... The first film stars Barbra Streisand (in her film debut reprising her Broadway role) as Brice and Omar Sharif as Arnstein.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Barbra Streisand was nominated but did not win.

Barbra Streisand ... her co-star Sydney Chaplin (son of movie star Charlie) was constantly trying to sabotage her performance. Penguin Random House Funny Girl catapulted Streisand to fame ...

The talent of Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand as individual artists cannot be measured, but there was a moment in 1963 when ...

To Barbra Streisand ’s long list of credits as singer, actress, director, songwriter, producer, political activist and contributor to the economic lexicon (see: “the Streisand effect”), she has now ...

Before Funny Girl became a hit musical movie in 1968, it was a Broadway sensation. Starring a young Barbra Streisand, the show opened in 1964 and spanned over 1,300 performances. In 1967 ...

With music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill and book by Isobel Lennart, Funny Girl has become one of the most beloved Broadway classics, famous for skyrocketing Barbra Streisand to stardom.