Barbra Streisand
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Bella! as Self
- 2022 · Il était une fois Champs-Élysées as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Sidney as Self
- 2021 · Live at Mister Kelly's as Self
- 2020 · Babenco: Tell Me When I Die as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart as Self (archive footage/photos)
- 2020 · Disclosure as Yentl (archive footage)
- 2020 · Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone as Self
- 2020 · Siempre, Luis as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound as Self
- 2019 · David Foster: Off the Record as Self
- 2019 · Mike Wallace Is Here as (archive footage)
- 2019 · Sid & Judy as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Bergman: A Year in a Life as Self
- 2018 · Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres as Self
- 2017 · Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic! as Self
- 2017 · Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942–1984 as Self
- 2016 · Hamilton's America as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2014 · Michael Buble's Christmas in New York as Herself
- 2014 · The Director's Chair as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Six by Sondheim as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Barbra: Back to Brooklyn as Herself
- 2013 · Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love as Herself
- 2012 · The Guilt Trip as Joyce Brewster
- 2012 · A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand as Self
- 2011 · Paul Williams Still Alive as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Little Fockers as Rozalin Focker
- 2010 · One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard as Herself
- 2010 · We Are the World 25 For Haiti as Barbra Streisand
- 2009 · Modern Family as Herself (voice)
- 2009 · Streisand: The Concerts as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · Streisand: Live in Concert 2006 as Self
- 2007 · Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic as Self
- 2006 · Tony Bennett: An American Classic as Self
- 2006 · The Howard Stern Interview (2006) as Herself
- 2005 · Judy Garland Duets as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · Barbra Streisand - Guilty / Guilty Pleasures as Self - vocal
- 2004 · Meet the Fockers as Rozalin Focker
- 2004 · Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand as Self
- 2003 · Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album as Barbra Streisand
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2002 · Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s as Esther Hoffman (archive footage)
- 2001 · Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert as Herself
- 1999 · The Way We Were: Looking Back as Self
- 1997 · The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 · The Mirror Has Two Faces as Rose Morgan
- 1996 · The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful as Self (archive footage)
- 1995 · Sinatra: 80 Years My Way as Self - Presenter
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · Barbra: The Concert as Self
- 1994 · Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin as self
- 1991 · The Prince of Tides as Susan Lowenstein
- 1991 · Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros. as Self
- 1990 · The Earth Day Special as Self
- 1988 · Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC as Self (archive footage)
- 1987 · Nuts as Claudia Draper
- 1987 · Citizen Steve as Self - Actress / Singer
- 1986 · Barbra Streisand: One Voice as Self - Performer
- 1986 · Directed by William Wyler as Self
- 1986 · Putting it Together: The Making of the Broadway Album as Herself
- 1983 · Yentl as Yentl
- 1982 · I Love Liberty as Self
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self (archive footage)
- 1981 · All Night Long as Cheryl Gibbons
- 1979 · The Main Event as Hillary Kramer
- 1979 · Rona Barrett Looks at 1978 as
- 1977 · Auf los geht's los as Self
- 1976 · A Star Is Born as Esther Hoffman
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1975 · Funny Lady as Fanny Brice
- 1975 · Funny Girl to Funny Lady as Self
- 1974 · For Pete's Sake as Henrietta 'Henry' Robbins
- 1973 · Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments as Herself
- 1973 · The Way We Were as Katie Morosky
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- 1972 · Up the Sandbox as Margaret Reynolds
- 1972 · What's Up, Doc? as Judy Maxwell
- 1972 · Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- 1972 · Screwball Comedies... Remember Them? as Self
- 1971 · Singer Presents Burt Bacharach as Herself
- 1971 · Fight of the Century as Self-(Audience Member)
- 1970 · The Owl and the Pussycat as Doris
- 1970 · On a Clear Day You Can See Forever as Daisy Gamble
- 1969 · Hello, Dolly! as Dolly Levi
- 1968 · Funny Girl as Fanny Brice
- 1968 · A Happening in Central Park as Herself (Singer)
- 1967 · The Belle of 14th Street as Self
- 1966 · Color Me Barbra as Herself
- 1965 · My Name Is Barbra as Herself
- 1963 · The Judy Garland Show as Self
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Recipient
- 1950 · The Bob Hope Show as Self
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
- Future · Untitled Barbra Streisand Documentary as