Ray Stark Overview:

Producer, Ray Stark, was born on Oct 3, 1914 in Chicago, IL. Stark died at the age of 89 on Jan 17, 2004 in West Hollywood, CA and was laid to rest in Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, CA.

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Ray Stark Facts
The producer of the original Broadway production of "Funny Girl" (1964), the film Funny Girl (1968), and its sequel, Funny Lady (1975). In real life, he is the son-in-law of Fanny Brice, the famous Ziegfeld entertainer whose life is depicted in those three shows.
While putting together "Funny Girl," its producer, David Merrick, took Stark and his wife to see an unknown singer perform at the Bon Soir in Greenwich Village. At first, the Starks balked at using Barbra Streisand, but settled for her when they couldn't get Eydie Gormé or Carol Burnett and their initial choice, Anne Bancroft, pulled out. Known for his Machiavellian ways, he forced Streisand to sign a 4-picture deal with his Rastar Productions to play Brice in Funny Girl (1968). They collaborated on The Owl and the Pussycat (1970); The Way We Were (1973) and Funny Lady (1975). But there was obvious bitterness: after Funny Lady wrapped, Streisand sent Stark an antique mirror on hich she wrote in lipstick, "Paid in full."
In 1977, when actor Cliff Robertson began an investigation which revealed that Columbia president David Begelman had forged checks, Stark warned him that if he pressed onward, Begelman would commit suicide. Robertson said he would do "what a citizen should do in this situation." Begelman was sacked from Columbia but his eventual suicide many years later wasn't connected. Stark made sure Robertson was blacklisted. The story is detailed in David McClintick's book, "Indecent Exposure."
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