Omar Sharif for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. Sharif followed it with a cameo in "The Poppy Is Also a Flower" (1966). He, O'Toole and "Lawrence" producer Sam Spiegel were reunited in "The Night of the Generals" (1967), playing a German officer in World War Two, his fourth movie for Columbia. The film was not a success. Neither was the Italian-French fairytale "More Than a Miracle" (1967), despite its co-starring Sophia Loren. Sharif was also praised for his portrayal of Nicky Arnstein in "Funny Girl" (1968), at Columbia. He portrayed the husband of Fanny Brice, played by Barbra Streisand in her
Fanny Brice was completely devoted to the character, as she told biographer Norman Katkov: "Snooks is just the kid I used to be. She's my kind of youngster, the type I like. She has imagination. She's eager. She's alive. With all her deviltry, she is still a good kid, never vicious or mean. I love Snooks, and when I play her I do it as seriously as if she were real. I am Snooks. For 20 minutes or so, Fanny Brice ceases to exist." "Baby Snooks" writer/producer Everett Freeman told Katkov that Brice did not like to rehearse the role ("I can't