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
Omar Sharif
Nick Arnstein
Barbra Streisand
Fanny Brice
Anne Francis
Georgia James
Gerald Mohr
Branca
Frank Faylen
Keeney
Walter Pidgeon
Florenz Ziegfeld
John Dennis
Newsman (uncredited)
John Harmon
Company Manager
Shelley Morrison
Second Floor Woman (uncredited)
Lloyd Gough
Lawyer Bill Fallon (uncredited)
Larry Gelman
Newsman (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson
Doorman at Keeney's (uncredited)
Craig Huxley
Hecky (uncredited)
William Benedict
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Elaine Joyce
Keeney Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Al Bain
Stagehand (uncredited)
Sherry Lansing
Girlfriend (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
Backstage Spectator (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
Audience Member (uncredited)
Ingeborg Kjeldsen
Opera Singer (uncredited)
Robert Christian
Messenger (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Maid (uncredited)
Kay Medford
Rose Brice
Viola Harris
First Nighter (uncredited)
Phyllis George
Showgirl (uncredited)
Gertrude Flynn
Mrs. O'Malley
Paul Keith
Choreographer (uncredited)
Peter Adams
Card Player (uncredited)
Roy Clark
Dancer (uncredited)
Thordis Brandt
Ziegfeld Girl
Michael Mark
Halvah Peddler (uncredited)
Martin Ashe
First Nighter (uncredited)
Karen Stride
Ziegfeld Girl
Freeman Lusk
Judge (uncredited)
Tommy Rall
"The Prince" in Swan Lake sequence (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Vendor (uncredited)
Minta Durfee
Citizen (uncredited)
Tom Cound
Waiter (uncredited)
Alena Johnston
Ziegfeld Girl
Sherwood Keith
Doorman (uncredited)
Mittie Lawrence
Emma
Buddy Bryan
Ballet Dancer (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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