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).
Streisand 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, Streisand 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, Streisand 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). Streisand 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), Streisand 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. Streisand also received the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, becoming the first (and for 37 years, the only) woman to win that award. Streisand later directed The Prince of Tides (1991) and The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996).
With sales exceeding 150 million records worldwide, Streisand 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 Streisand 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.
Filmography
all 113
Movies 91
self 79
TV Shows 22
Producer 9
Director 2
Bella! (2023)
Love to Love You, Donna Summer (2023)
Commitment to Life (2023)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées (2022)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend (2022)
Sidney (2022)
Live at Mister Kelly's (2021)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2020)
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (2020)
Disclosure (2020)
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone (2020)
Siempre, Luis (2020)
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019)
David Foster: Off the Record (2019)
Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)
Sid & Judy (2019)
Bergman - ett liv i fyra akter (2018)
Bergman: A Year in a Life (2018)
Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres (2018)
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic! (2017)
Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942–1984 (2017)
Hamilton's America (2016)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Michael Buble's Christmas in New York (2014)
The Director's Chair (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Six by Sondheim (2013)
Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn (2013)
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love (2013)
The Guilt Trip (2012)
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand (2012)
Paul Williams Still Alive (2011)
Little Fockers (2010)
Barbra Streisand And Quartet at the Village Vanguard - One Night Only (2010)
Modern Family (2009)
Streisand: The Concerts (2009)
Streisand: Live in Concert 2006 (2009)
Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic (2007)
Tony Bennett: An American Classic (2006)
Barbra Streisand - Guilty / Guilty Pleasures (2005)
Meet the Fockers (2004)
Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood (2004)
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand (2004)
Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album (2003)
Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s (2002)
Varian's War (2001)
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand (2001)
Barbra Streisand: Timeless, Live in Concert (2001)
What Makes a Family (2001)
Frankie & Hazel (2000)
The Way We Were: Looking Back (1999)
Rescuers: Stories of Courage – Two Couples (1998)
The Long Island Incident (1998)
Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Families (1998)
The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle (1997)
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women (1997)
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful (1996)
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way (1995)
Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995)
Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
Barbra: The Concert (1994)
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin (1994)
The Prince of Tides (1991)
Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros. (1991)
The Earth Day Special (1990)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
Nuts (1987)
Citizen Steve (1987)
Barbra Streisand: One Voice (1986)
Directed by William Wyler (1986)
Putting it Together: The Making of the Broadway Album (1985)
Yentl (1983)
I Love Liberty (1982)
Champs-Elysées (1982)
All Night Long (1981)
The Main Event (1979)
Rona Barrett Looks at 1978 (1979)
Auf los geht's los (1977)
A Star Is Born (1976)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Funny Lady (1975)
Funny Girl to Funny Lady (1975)
For Pete's Sake (1974)
The Way We Were (1973)
The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973)
Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments (1973)
Up the Sandbox (1972)
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
Le Grand Échiquier (1972)
Screwball Comedies... Remember Them? (1972)
Singer Presents Burt Bacharach (1971)
The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Funny Girl (1968)
A Happening in Central Park (1968)
The Belle of 14th Street (1967)
Color Me Barbra (1966)
My Name Is Barbra (1965)
The Judy Garland Show (1963)
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Tony Awards (1956)
The Bob Hope Show (1950)
What's My Line? (1950)
Late Night Line-Up
The Howard Stern Interview (2006)
Skinny and Cat
Divas: Barbra Streisand
Catherine the Great
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1942-04-24 (82 years old)
Birth NameBarbara Joan Streisand
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States of America
Net Worth$390 Million
RelationshipsElliott Gould (1963-01-01 - 1971-01-01), Richard Baskin (1983-01-01 - 1987-01-01), Jon Peters (1973-01-01 - 1982-01-01), Barry Dennen (1960-01-01 - 1961-01-01)
SpouseJames Brolin
ChildrenJason Gould
FatherEmanuel Streisand
SiblingsRoslyn Kind
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesWoodland Hills · Los Angeles, United States of America
Also Known AsБарбра Стрейзанд, 芭芭拉·斯特赖桑德, 芭芭拉·史翠珊
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, honorary doctor of Brandeis University, Crystal Award, Grammy Legend Award, Daytime Emmy Award, National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Center Honors, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Library of Congress Living Legend, California Hall of Fame, Primetime Emmy Award, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, MusiCares Person of the Year, AFI Life Achievement Award, Academy Award for Best Actress, Presidential Medal of Freedom
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