Barbra Streisand
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 24, 1942 (age 84)
- Birthplace
- Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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
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Filmography
Untitled Barbra Streisand Documentary
Movie
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Funny Girl: Barbra Streisand
Movie · as Narrator
Bella!
Movie · as Self
Commitment to Life
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
Movie · as Self
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sidney
Movie · as Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Live at Mister Kelly's
Movie · as Self
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Movie · as Self (archive footage/photos)
Disclosure
Movie · as Yentl (archive footage)
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
Movie · as Self
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
David Foster: Off the Record
Movie · as Self
Mike Wallace Is Here
Movie · as (archive footage)
Sid & Judy
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Movie · as Self
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Movie · as Self
Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942–1984
Movie · as Self
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
Movie · as Self
Hamilton's America
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Michael Buble's Christmas in New York
Movie · as Herself
The Director's Chair
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Movie · as Self
Barbra: Back to Brooklyn
Movie · as Self
Six by Sondheim
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Guilt Trip
Movie · as Joyce Brewster
Palme
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
Movie · as Self - Honoree
Vito
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Little Fockers
Movie · as Rozalin Focker
One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard
Movie · as Performer
Adams
Movie
Streisand: The Concerts
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Streisand: Live in Concert 2006
Movie · as Self
Modern Family
TV · as Herself (voice) · 1 ep
Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic
Movie · as Self
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
Movie · as Self
The Howard Stern Interview
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Streisand: Guilty Pleasures
Movie · as Self - vocal
Judy Garland Duets
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Meet the Fockers
Movie · as Rozalin Focker
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Movie · as Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Movie · as Self
Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album
Movie · as Barbra Streisand
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Movie · as Esther Hoffman (archive footage)
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
Movie · as Herself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
Movie · as self
The Way We Were: Looking Back
Movie · as Self
The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Movie · as Rose Morgan
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Barbra: The Concert
Movie · as Self
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
TV · as self · 1 ep
The Prince of Tides
Movie · as Susan Lowenstein
Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.
Movie · as Self
The Earth Day Special
Movie · as Self
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Citizen Steve
Movie · as Self - Actress / Singer
Nuts
Movie · as Claudia Draper
Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Movie · as Self - Performer
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
Movie · as Self
Directed by William Wyler
Movie · as Self
Miami Vice
TV · as Pedestrian (uncredited) · 1 ep
Yentl
Movie · as Yentl
I Love Liberty
Movie · as Self
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self, Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
All Night Long
Movie · as Cheryl Gibbons
The Main Event
Movie · as Hillary Kramer
Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
Movie · as Self
Auf los geht's los
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Star Is Born
Movie · as Esther Hoffman
Funny Lady
Movie · as Fanny Brice
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
Movie · as Self
People's Choice Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep
For Pete's Sake
Movie · as Henrietta 'Henry' Robbins
The Way We Were
Movie · as Katie Morosky
Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments
Movie · as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
What's Up, Doc?
Movie · as Judy Maxwell
Up the Sandbox
Movie · as Margaret Reynolds
Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?
Movie · as Self
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Fight of the Century
Movie · as Self-(Audience Member)
Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
Movie · as Herself
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Owl and the Pussycat
Movie · as Doris
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Movie · as Daisy Gamble
Hello, Dolly!
Movie · as Dolly Levi
Funny Girl
Movie · as Fanny Brice
A Happening in Central Park
Movie · as Performer
This is Streisand
Movie
Barbra in Movieland
Movie
The Look of Funny Girl
Movie
The Belle of 14th Street
Movie · as Performer
Color Me Barbra
Movie · as Performer
[Untitled: #16]
Movie
My Name Is Barbra
Movie · as Performer
Top of the Pops
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Bob Hope Comedy Special
Movie · as Performer
The Judy Garland Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Winner · 2 eps
The Oscars
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
The Bob Hope Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
What's My Line?
TV · as Self - Mystery Guest · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient, Self - Audience Member (uncredited), Self - Winner · 1 ep