Barbra Streisand
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1942-04-24
Place of Birth
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Also Known For
Meet the Fockers
Dec 22, 2004
The Way We Were
Oct 17, 1973
Yentl
Nov 18, 1983
The Prince of Tides
Dec 25, 1991
Streisand: The Concerts
Apr 28, 2009
What's Up, Doc?
Mar 09, 1972
For Pete's Sake
Jun 26, 1974
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Dec 27, 1986
Citizen Steve
Jan 01, 1987
Nuts
Nov 20, 1987
I Love Liberty
Mar 21, 1982
Hello, Dolly!
Dec 12, 1969
The Main Event
Jun 22, 1979
Up the Sandbox
Dec 21, 1972
Live at Mister Kelly's
Sep 17, 2021
The Owl and the Pussycat
Nov 03, 1970
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Jun 17, 1970
Funny Girl
Sep 19, 1968
Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.
Sep 14, 1991
Funny Lady
Mar 15, 1975
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Aug 30, 2002
Little Fockers
Dec 21, 2010
A Star Is Born
Dec 17, 1976
The Guilt Trip
Dec 19, 2012
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
Feb 14, 2001
Streisand: Live in Concert 2006
Apr 16, 2009
A Happening in Central Park
Sep 15, 1968
One Night Only - Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard
May 04, 2010
All Night Long
Mar 06, 1981
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
May 16, 1988
Bella!
Jul 30, 2023
Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?
Jan 01, 1972
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
Nov 12, 2012
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
Nov 22, 2006
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Mar 30, 2004
The Belle of 14th Street
Oct 11, 1967
David Foster: Off the Record
Sep 06, 2019
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Oct 12, 2013
Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
Jan 01, 1979
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Oct 08, 2020
Barbra Streisand - Guilty / Guilty Pleasures
Jan 01, 2005
Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
Jun 13, 2018
Disclosure
Jun 19, 2020
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
Apr 26, 2020
Barbra: The Concert
May 21, 1994
Michael Buble's Christmas in New York
Dec 17, 2014
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Dec 14, 1995
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Nov 13, 2022
Mike Wallace Is Here
Jul 26, 2019
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Nov 15, 1996
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Oct 27, 2022
Sidney
Sep 10, 2022
Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic
May 01, 2007
Color Me Barbra
Mar 30, 1966
My Name Is Barbra
Apr 28, 1965
Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments
Nov 02, 1973
The Earth Day Special
Apr 22, 1990
Fight of the Century
Mar 08, 1971
Hamilton's America
Oct 01, 2016
Judy Garland Duets
Jun 04, 2005
Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942–1984
Apr 16, 2017
Barbra: Back to Brooklyn
Oct 25, 2013
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
Nov 22, 2017
Six by Sondheim
Dec 09, 2013
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
Jan 11, 1986
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Jul 12, 2018
Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
Mar 24, 1971
Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album
Oct 14, 2003
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
Mar 09, 1975
The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
Dec 03, 1997
And the Oscar Goes To...
Feb 01, 2014
Directed by William Wyler
May 01, 1986
Sid & Judy
Jun 26, 2019
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Oct 25, 2019
Paul Williams Still Alive
Sep 11, 2011
The Way We Were: Looking Back
Jan 02, 1999
Siempre, Luis
Jan 25, 2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Nov 26, 2020
Untitled Barbra Streisand Documentary
We Are the World 25 For Haiti
Feb 12, 2010
A Bob Hope Comedy Special
Sep 27, 1963
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Jun 22, 2004
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Jan 27, 2025
Palme
Sep 14, 2012
Funny Girl: Barbra Streisand
Nov 19, 2024
Trailers Schmailers
Mar 03, 2002
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Jul 18, 2003
The Merv Griffin Show
Oct 01, 1962
Modern Family
Sep 23, 2009
The Director's Chair
May 10, 2014
The Bob Hope Show
Apr 09, 1950
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
The Judy Garland Show
Dec 08, 1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Oct 01, 1962
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Apr 02, 1973
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sep 08, 2015
The Howard Stern Interview
Jan 09, 2006
What's My Line?
Feb 02, 1950
Le Grand Échiquier
Jan 12, 1972
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
Auf los geht's los
Jan 22, 1977
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
Champs-Elysées
Jan 16, 1982
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Dec 21, 2022
Real Time with Bill Maher
Feb 21, 2003
Champs-Elysées
Jan 16, 1982
Inside the Actors Studio
Aug 14, 1994
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
Mar 01, 1994
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
Sacrée soirée
Sep 02, 1987
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Jul 29, 1957
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
Miami Vice
Sep 16, 1984
