Barbra Streisand
Biography
Barbara Joan 'Barbra' Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT). With sales exceeding 150 million records worldwide, she is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is the second highest-certified female artist in the United States, with 68.5 million certified album units. Billboard ranked her as the greatest female artist on the Billboard 200 chart and the top Adult Contemporary female artist of all time. Her accolades include two Academy Awards, 10 Grammy Awards including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Grammy Legend Award, five Emmy Awards, four Peabody Awards, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and nine Golden Globes. She began her career by performing in nightclubs and Broadway theaters in the early 1960s. Following her guest appearances on various television shows, she signed to Columbia Records, insisting that she retain full artistic control, and accepting lower pay in exchange, an arrangement that continued throughout her career, and released her debut The Barbra Streisand Album (1963), which won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Throughout her recording career, she has topped the US Billboard 200 chart with 11 albums—a record for a woman—including People (1964), The Way We Were (1974), Guilty (1980), and The Broadway Album (1985). She also achieved five number-one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100—"The Way We Were", "Evergreen", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)", and "Woman in Love". Following her established recording success in the 1960s, she ventured into film by the end of that decade. She starred in the critically acclaimed Funny Girl (1968), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Additional fame followed with films including the extravagant musical Hello, Dolly! (1969), the screwball comedy What's Up, Doc? (1972), and the romantic drama The Way We Were (1973). She won a second Academy Award for writing the love theme from A Star Is Born (1976), the first woman to be honored as a composer. With the release of Yentl (1983), she became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major studio film. The film won an Oscar for Best Score and a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Musical. She also received the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, becoming the first (and for 37 years, the only) woman to win that award. She later directed The Prince of Tides (1991) and The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996).
Known For
Rozalin Focker
Meet the Fockers
Katie Morosky
The Way We Were
Yentl
Yentl
Susan Lowenstein
The Prince of Tides
Self (archive footage)
Streisand: The Concerts
Judy Maxwell
What's Up, Doc?
Henrietta 'Henry' Robbins
For Pete's Sake
Self - Performer
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Self - Actress / Singer
Citizen Steve
Claudia Draper
Nuts
Self
I Love Liberty
Dolly Levi
Hello, Dolly!
Hillary Kramer
The Main Event
Margaret Reynolds
Up the Sandbox
Self
Live at Mister Kelly's
Doris
The Owl and the Pussycat
Daisy Gamble
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Fanny Brice
Funny Girl
Self
Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.
Fanny Brice
Funny Lady
Esther Hoffman (archive footage)
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Rozalin Focker
Little Fockers
Esther Hoffman
A Star Is Born
Joyce Brewster
The Guilt Trip
Herself
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
Self
Streisand: Live in Concert 2006
Performer
A Happening in Central Park
Performer
One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard
Cheryl Gibbons
All Night Long
Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self
Bella!
Self
Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?
Self - Honoree
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
Self
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
Self
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Performer
The Belle of 14th Street
Self
David Foster: Off the Record
Self
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Self
Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
Self (archive footage/photos)
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Self - vocal
Streisand: Guilty Pleasures
Self
Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
Yentl (archive footage)
Disclosure
Self
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
Self
Barbra: The Concert
Herself
Michael Buble's Christmas in New York
Self - Presenter
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Self (archive footage)
Clint Eastwood, la dernière légende
(archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
Rose Morgan
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Self
Sidney
Self
Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic
Performer
Color Me Barbra
Performer
My Name Is Barbra
Self
Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments
Self
The Earth Day Special
Self-(Audience Member)
Fight of the Century
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hamilton's America
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets
Self
Barbra Streisand, naissance d'une diva 1942–1984
Self
Barbra: Back to Brooklyn
Self
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
Self (archive footage)
Six by Sondheim
Self
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
Self
Bergman - ett år, ett liv
Herself
Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album
Self
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
Self (archive footage)
The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
Self
Directed by William Wyler
Self (archive footage)
Sid & Judy
Self
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self
The Way We Were: Looking Back
Self (archive footage)
Babenco - Alguém Tem que Ouvir o Coração e Dizer: Parou
Untitled Barbra Streisand Documentary
Performer
A Bob Hope Comedy Special
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self (archive footage)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
Palme
Narrator
Funny Girl: Barbra Streisand
Penelope Waters
8 Husbands
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
82
Gender
Female
Birthday
1942-04-24
Place of Birth
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also Known As
Барбра Стрейзанд