Comedy Drama Romance
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.
Directed by
William Wyler
Mae Questel
Mrs. Strakosh
Anne Francis
Georgia James
Barbra Streisand
Fanny Brice
Omar Sharif
Nick Arnstein
Walter Pidgeon
Florenz Ziegfeld
Frank Faylen
Keeney
Lloyd Gough
Lawyer Bill Fallon (uncredited)
John Dennis
Newsman (uncredited)
Gerald Mohr
Branca
Sherry Lansing
Girlfriend (uncredited)
John Harmon
Company Manager
Ruth Clifford
Maid (uncredited)
William Benedict
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Elaine Joyce
Keeney Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
Backstage Spectator (uncredited)
Roy Clark
Dancer (uncredited)
Kay Medford
Rose Brice
Ethelreda Leopold
Audience Member (uncredited)
Larry Gelman
Newsman (uncredited)
Shelley Morrison
Second Floor Woman (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson
Doorman at Keeney's (uncredited)
Gertrude Flynn
Mrs. O'Malley
Al Bain
Stagehand (uncredited)
Michael Mark
Halvah Peddler (uncredited)
Craig Huxley
Hecky (uncredited)
Thordis Brandt
Ziegfeld Girl
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Vendor (uncredited)
Paul Keith
Choreographer (uncredited)
Viola Harris
First Nighter (uncredited)
Peter Adams
Card Player (uncredited)
Minta Durfee
Citizen (uncredited)
Martin Ashe
First Nighter (uncredited)
Tommy Rall
"The Prince" in Swan Lake sequence (uncredited)
Freeman Lusk
Judge (uncredited)
Ingeborg Kjeldsen
Opera Singer (uncredited)
Alena Johnston
Ziegfeld Girl
Robert Christian
Messenger (uncredited)
Sherwood Keith
Doorman (uncredited)
Phyllis George
Showgirl (uncredited)
Karen Stride
Ziegfeld Girl
Buddy Bryan
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Mittie Lawrence
Emma
Tom Cound
Waiter (uncredited)
Lee Allen
Eddie Ryan
Penny Santon
Mrs. Meeker
Bettina Brenna
Ziegfeld Girl
Virginia Ann Ford
Ziegfeld Girl
Mary Jane Mangler
Ziegfeld Girl
Inga Neilsen
Ziegfeld Girl
Sharon Vaughn
Ziegfeld Girl
Martin Abrahams
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Lillian Adams
Pushcart Woman (uncredited)
Charles Akins
Man (uncredited)
Leon Alton
Audience Member (uncredited)
Kristin Andersen
Fanny's Cousin (uncredited)
Al Avalon
Card Player (uncredited)
Chela Bacigalupo
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Bobbie Bates
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Rudy Battaglia
Joey (uncredited)
Al Beaudine
Backstage Spectator (uncredited)
Donald Bradburn
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
Card Player (uncredited)
Blanche Bronte
Woman in the Window (uncredited)
Barbara Burgess
Mirror Girl (uncredited)
Irving Burns
Dentist (uncredited)
Kyra Carleton
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Garrett Cassell
Server (uncredited)
Sterling Clark
Dancer (uncredited)
Jerome Collamore
Milkman (uncredited)
Gene Columbus
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Daniel Cook
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Chris Cranston
Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)
Leon Daniels
Card Player (uncredited)
Tony Dante
Gambler (uncredited)
Diane Davis
Candelabra Girl (uncredited)
Gayle Davis
Chandelier Girl (uncredited)
Marcel De La Brosse
Paul the Waiter (uncredited)
Pepe J. DeChiazza
Skater (uncredited)
Jack Del Rio
Man (uncredited)
George DeNormand
Card Player (uncredited)
Joseph Dolphin
Photographer (uncredited)
Barrie Duffus
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Kevin Edwards
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Edith Emelyne
Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Sheila English
Showgirl (uncredited)
Lynn Fields
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
John Frayer
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Ralph Gambina
Gambler (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Audience Member (uncredited)
Joseph Glick
Citizen (uncredited)
Janet Hadland
Bride (uncredited)
Dann E. Hadzick
Card Player (uncredited)
Linda Howe
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Rini Jarmon
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Jack Kasabian
Assistant Photographer (uncredited)
Adam Kaufman
Little Boy (uncredited)
Norma Jean Kron
Customer (uncredited)
Avram Lax
Tie Peddler (uncredited)
Frances Weintraub Lax
Pushcart Woman / Woman on Henry Street (uncredited)
Robert Locke Lorraine
Butler (uncredited)
Arlyn E. Loynd
Cameraman (uncredited)
Lester Mack
Man (uncredited)
Geoffrey Steele
Steward (uncredited)
Françoise Ruggieri
Girlfriend (uncredited)

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