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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 116
Movies 94
self 83
TV Shows 22
Producer 8
Director 2
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées (2022)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend (2022)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2020)
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (2020)
Disclosure (2020)
Siempre, Luis (2020)
Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)
Sid & Judy (2019)
Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942–1984 (2017)
Hamilton's America (2016)
Michael Buble's Christmas in New York (2014)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Six by Sondheim (2013)
The Guilt Trip (2012)
Paul Williams Still Alive (2011)
Little Fockers (2010)
Modern Family (2009)
Streisand: The Concerts (2009)
Meet the Fockers (2004)
Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album (2003)
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s (2002)
Varian's War (2001)
What Makes a Family (2001)
Frankie & Hazel (2000)
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples (1998)
The Long Island Incident (1998)
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Families (1998)
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)
The Prince of Tides (1991)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
Nuts (1987)
Citizen Steve (1987)
Barbra Streisand: One Voice (1986)
Yentl (1983)
Champs-Elysées (1982)
All Night Long (1981)
The Main Event (1979)
A Star Is Born (1976)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Funny Lady (1975)
The Way We Were (1973)
Up the Sandbox (1972)
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Funny Girl (1968)
Tony Awards (1956)
What's My Line? (1950)
Skinny and Cat
Catherine the Great
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1942-04-24 (82 years old)
Birth NameBarbara Joan Streisand
Birth PlaceWilliamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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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