Barbra Streisand

Birth Place: Brooklyn, NY, USA

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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 highest-certified female artist in the United States, with 68.5 million certified album units tying with Mariah Carey. 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.

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Barbra Streisand STAGE CREDITS

[West End]
London Production, 1966
Fanny Brice

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1964
Fanny Brice

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1962
Miss Marmelstein

[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 1961
Performer

Performer


Barbra Streisand Movies

[1968]Funny Girl Fanny Brice

[1969]Hello, Dolly! Dolly Levi

[1970]On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Daisy Gamble

[1970]The Owl and the Pussycat Doris

[1972]Up the Sandbox Margaret Reynolds

[1972]What's Up, Doc? Judy Maxwell

[1973]The Way We Were Katie Morosky

[1974]For Pete's Sake Henry

[1975]Funny Lady Fanny Brice

[1976]A Star Is Born Esther Hoffman

[1979]The Main Event Hillary Kramer

[1981]All Night Long Cheryl Gibbons

[1983]Yentl Yentl

[1987]Nuts Claudia Draper

[1991]The Prince of Tides Susan Lowenstein

[1996]The Mirror Has Two Faces Rose Morgan

[2004]Meet the Fockers Rozalin Focker

[2010]Little Fockers Roz Focker

[2012]The Guilt Trip Joyce Brewster


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Detroit Opera Reveals 2024-25 Season

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Video: Writer Rupert Holmes on THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD at Goodspeed Musicals

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Spotlight: Melba Moore Spreads Love at 54 Below

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The Green Room 42 will present Nelson Aspen & Allyson Briggs in 'Tony Bennett: A Tribute,' Sundays July 21 & August 4 at 1pm and Wednesdays July 24 & August 7 at 7pm. 

Review: YENTL at Malthouse Theatre

Kadimah Yiddish Theatre’s remarkable adaptation of Yentl has returned to Malthouse. Winner of four Green Room Awards after a stellar 2022 debut season, this production is a must see for those wanting a thought-provoking, and at times confronting exploration of how gender, sexuality, culture, and religion all collide together.

Lisa Dawn Miller Brings New Show to Herb Alpert's Vibrato In LA This March

Ron Miller (1932-2007), produces, hosts, and performs along with special guests including multi-award-winning composer Ken Hirsch, who wrote chart-topping hits with Ron including “I've Never Been to Me” and “If I Could,” and other hits which include “No One in the World,” (Anita Baker) and “Two Less Lonely People in the World” (Air Supply).

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Hugh Panaro Returns to 54 Below Tonight for Album Release; MAN WITHOUT A MASK

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Video: Watch Fran Drescher Interview Barbra Streisand for SAG/AFTRA's ACTOR TO ACTOR

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The New York Pops will honor the record industry's most innovative and influential executive Clive Davis at the orchestra’s 41st Birthday Gala, The Soundtrack of Our Lives: A Tribute to the Legendary Clive Davis. Performers have been revealed!

Barbra Streisand FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Barbra Streisand has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows.

Barbra Streisand has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.

Barbra Streisand's first West End show was Funny Girl which opened in 1966

Barbra Streisand has been nominated for the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Funny Girl" and for the Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards for "I Can Get It for You Wholesale."

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