Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Fanny is a 1961 film which tells the story of a young man torn between leaving his boring life for adventures at sea, or staying behind with the girl he loves. It stars Leslie Caron, Horst Buchholz, Maurice Chevalier, Charles Boyer and Lionel Jeffries. The movie was adapted by Julius J. Epstein from the play Fanny by S.N. Behrman, Joshua Logan and Harold Rome from the plays Fanny, Marius and César by Marcel Pagnol. It was directed by Logan. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Charles Boyer), Best Cinematography, Color, Best Film Editing, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture and Best Picture. Fanny were a 1970s all women rock band led by June Millington. Fanny is the first name of a girl often used in segments on the children's television show, Sesame Street. Fanny is a slang US English word for buttocks and an impolite British English sexual slang word for vagina. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.