"People who see FUNNY GIRL are the luckiest people in the world!"

1968

2h 35m

7.2(402 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Overview

The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, as well as her marriage to the rakish gambler Nick Arnstein.

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Cast & Crew

109 members

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Barbra Streisand

Fanny Brice

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Omar Sharif

Nick Arnstein

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Kay Medford

Rose Brice

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Anne Francis

Georgia James

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Walter Pidgeon

Florenz Ziegfeld

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Lee Allen

Eddie Ryan

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Mae Questel

Mrs. Strakosh

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Gerald Mohr

Branca

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Frank Faylen

Keeney

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Mittie Lawrence

Emma

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Gertrude Flynn

Mrs. O'Malley

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Penny Santon

Mrs. Meeker

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John Harmon

Company Manager

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Thordis Brandt

Ziegfeld Girl

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Bettina Brenna

Ziegfeld Girl

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Virginia Ann Ford

Ziegfeld Girl

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Alena Johnston

Ziegfeld Girl

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Karen Stride

Ziegfeld Girl

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Mary Jane Mangler

Ziegfeld Girl

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Inga Neilsen

Ziegfeld Girl

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Sharon Vaughn

Ziegfeld Girl

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Martin Abrahams

Chorus Boy (uncredited)

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Lillian Adams

Pushcart Woman (uncredited)

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Peter Adams

Card Player (uncredited)

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Charles Akins

Man (uncredited)

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Leon Alton

Audience Member (uncredited)

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Kristin Andersen

Fanny's Cousin (uncredited)

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Martin Ashe

First Nighter (uncredited)

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Al Avalon

Card Player (uncredited)

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Chela Bacigalupo

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

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Al Bain

Stagehand (uncredited)

Writing

Frank Baron

Regan (uncredited)

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Bobbie Bates

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

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Rudy Battaglia

Joey (uncredited)

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Al Beaudine

Backstage Spectator (uncredited)

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William Benedict

Western Union Boy (uncredited)

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Donald Bradburn

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

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Paul Bradley

Card Player (uncredited)

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Blanche Bronte

Woman in the Window (uncredited)

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Phyllis George

Showgirl (uncredited)

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Buddy Bryan

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

Crew

Fletcher Bryant

Photographer (uncredited)

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Barbara Burgess

Mirror Girl (uncredited)

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Irving Burns

Dentist (uncredited)

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Art

Gene Callahan

Captain (uncredited)

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Kyra Carleton

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

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Garrett Cassell

Server (uncredited)

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Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Vendor (uncredited)

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Robert Christian

Messenger (uncredited)

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Roy Clark

Dancer (uncredited)

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Sterling Clark

Dancer (uncredited)

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Ruth Clifford

Maid (uncredited)

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Jerome Collamore

Milkman (uncredited)

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Gene Columbus

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

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Daniel Cook

Cab Driver (uncredited)

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Production

Cis Corman

Ziegfield Girl (uncredited)

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Tom Cound

Waiter (uncredited)

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Chris Cranston

Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)

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Leon Daniels

Card Player (uncredited)

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Tony Dante

Gambler (uncredited)

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Diane Davis

Candelabra Girl (uncredited)

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Gayle Davis

Chandelier Girl (uncredited)

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Hal K. Dawson

Doorman at Keeney's (uncredited)

Writing

Lavina Dawson

Sadie (uncredited)

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Marcel De La Brosse

Paul the Waiter (uncredited)

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Pepe J. DeChiazza

Skater (uncredited)

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Jack Del Rio

Man (uncredited)

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John Dennis

Newsman (uncredited)

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George DeNormand

Card Player (uncredited)

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Joseph Dolphin

Photographer (uncredited)

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Barrie Duffus

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

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Minta Durfee

Citizen (uncredited)

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Kevin Edwards

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

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Edith Emelyne

Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)

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Sheila English

Showgirl (uncredited)

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Lynn Fields

Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

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John Frayer

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

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Ralph Gambina

Gambler (uncredited)

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Larry Gelman

Newsman (uncredited)

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Rudy Germane

Audience Member (uncredited)

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Joseph Glick

Citizen (uncredited)

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Lloyd Gough

Lawyer Bill Fallon (uncredited)

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Janet Hadland

Bride (uncredited)

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Dann E. Hadzick

Card Player (uncredited)

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Viola Harris

First Nighter (uncredited)

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Linda Howe

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

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Craig Huxley

Hecky (uncredited)

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Rini Jarmon

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

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Michael Jeffers

Backstage Spectator (uncredited)

Production

Howard Jeffrey

Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

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Elaine Joyce

Keeney Chorus Girl (uncredited)

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Jack Kasabian

Assistant Photographer (uncredited)

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Adam Kaufman

Little Boy (uncredited)

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Paul Keith

Choreographer (uncredited)

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Sherwood Keith

Doorman (uncredited)

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Ingeborg Kjeldsen

Opera Singer (uncredited)

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Norma Jean Kron

Customer (uncredited)

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Sherry Lansing

Girlfriend (uncredited)

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Avram Lax

Tie Peddler (uncredited)

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Frances Weintraub Lax

Pushcart Woman / Woman on Henry Street (uncredited)

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Ethelreda Leopold

Audience Member (uncredited)

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Robert Locke Lorraine

Butler (uncredited)

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Arlyn E. Loynd

Cameraman (uncredited)

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Freeman Lusk

Judge (uncredited)

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Lester Mack

Man (uncredited)

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Michael Mark

Halvah Peddler (uncredited)

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Geoffrey Steele

Steward (uncredited)

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Shelley Morrison

Second Floor Woman (uncredited)

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Françoise Ruggieri

Girlfriend (uncredited)

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