Fanny Brice delete several production numbers closely associated with the star. The 1946 Warner Bros. cartoon "Quentin Quail" features a character based on Brice's characterization of Baby Snooks. Barbra Streisand starred as Brice in the 1964 Broadway musical "Funny Girl", which centered on Brice's rise to fame and troubled relationship with Arnstein. In 1968, Streisand won an Academy Award for Best Actress for reprising her role in the film version. The 1975 film-sequel, "Funny Lady", focused on Brice's turbulent relationship with impresario Billy Rose and was as highly fictionalized as the original film. Streisand also recorded the Brice songs "My Man", "I'd
Fanny Brice funded his legal defense at great expense. Arnstein was convicted and sentenced to the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, where he served three years. Released in 1927, Arnstein disappeared from Brice's life and that of his children. Reluctantly, Brice divorced him on September 17, 1927, soon after his release. They had two children: Frances (1919–1992), who married film producer Ray Stark, and William (1921–2008), who became an artist using his mother's surname. Brice married songwriter and stage producer Billy Rose in 1929 and appeared in his revue "Crazy Quilt", among others. Their marriage failed, with Brice suing Rose for divorce in