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Funny Girl

Barbra Streisand made a stunning debut - including an Oscar for best actress - for this musical biography of singer-comedienne Fanny "I'm a bagel on a plate full of onion rolls" Brice. We follow Babs as she belts out People and I'd Rather Be Blue during her rise from New York's Jewish slums to a high kicking career with the Ziegfeld Follies.

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Stars:	Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford, Anne Francis, Walter Pidgeon
Director:	William Wyler
Year:	1968
Running time:	169 mins
Certificate:	U

This musical biography of unique singer-comedienne Fanny Brice goes on a bit too long, but still made a stunning debut for singer Barbra Streisand, who tied for that year's Best Actress Oscar with Katharine Hepburn.

At her best when being goofily funny, Streisand has some memorable songs in this one, including Second Hand Rose, Funny Girl, People, My Man, I'd Rather Be Blue and Don't Rain on My Parade.