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

Barbra Streisand is the titular funny girl in the Broadway musical Funny Girl, and it's in this production she sings a hauntingly beautiful song about love. "People who need people are the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Barbra Streisand: "I'm a very private person ... five minutes - but it was her next role that made her a sensation. Funny Girl, loosely based on the story of vaudeville comedian Fanny Brice ...

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

Funny Girl is a 1968 American biographical ... The first film stars Barbra Streisand (in her film debut reprising her Broadway role) as Brice and Omar Sharif as Arnstein. In 1975, Streisand ...

Barbra Streisand: "You have to go with what you believe and not anyone else." It's shortly after midday and Barbra Streisand is taking it easy. "I just had my coffee and my blueberries and now I'm ...

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.