Funny Lady Funny Lady Funny Lady is a 1975 American biographical musical comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Barbra Streisand, James Caan, Omar Sharif, Roddy McDowall and Ben Vereen. A sequel to the 1968 film "Funny Girl", it is a highly fictionalized account of the later life and career of comedian Fanny Brice and her marriage to songwriter and impresario Billy Rose. The screenplay was by Jay Presson Allen and Arnold Schulman, based on a story by Schulman. The primary score was by John Kander and Fred Ebb. Although she was contractually bound to make one more film for producer
Edward S. Feldman Fanny Brice, Feldman handled advertising and publicity for the Broadway production of "Funny Girl" throughout its run. Feldman's first credit as a film producer was the 1971 melodrama "What's the Matter with Helen?" starring Debbie Reynolds and Shelley Winters. Additional credits include "Save the Tiger", "The Other Side of the Mountain", "Two-Minute Warning", "The Last Married Couple in America", "Hot Dog...The Movie", "Witness", "The Golden Child", "Wired", "Green Card", "The Doctor", "Forever Young", the live-action "The Jungle Book", the live-action "101 Dalmatians" and its sequel, "102 Dalmatians", "The Truman Show", and "". For television, Feldman produced several films and miniseries,