debut of the young Barbra Streisand . Based on Budd Schulberg's novel, What Makes Sammy Run? (1964) starred Steve Lawrence as the ultimate Hollywood backstabber. Funny Girl (1964) starred Barbra Streisand as the young Fanny Brice . Inspired by Sholem Aleichem's tale of Tevye the Dairyman , Fiddler on the Roof (1964)