Barbra Streisand
Acting
Born: April 24, 1942 (age 84) · Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Highest Rated
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).
Known for
Meet the Fockers
2004
Little Fockers
2010
Modern Family
2009
The Guilt Trip
2012
The Way We Were
1973
Miami Vice
1984
What's Up, Doc?
1972
Funny Girl
1968
Hello, Dolly!
1969
The Mirror Has Two Faces
1996
The Prince of Tides
1991
Yentl
1983
Photos (12)
Movies (33)
Meet the Fockers
Rozalin Focker
Little Fockers
Rozalin Focker
The Way We Were
Katie Morosky
Funny Girl
Fanny Brice
The Guilt Trip
Joyce Brewster
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Rose Morgan
Hello, Dolly!
Dolly Levi
The Prince of Tides
Susan Lowenstein
What's Up, Doc?
Judy Maxwell
A Star Is Born
Esther Hoffman
The Main Event
Hillary Kramer
All Night Long
Cheryl Gibbons
Yentl
Yentl
Nuts
Claudia Draper
Funny Lady
Fanny Brice
Mike Wallace Is Here
(archive footage)
The Owl and the Pussycat
Doris
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Daisy Gamble
Disclosure
Yentl (archive footage)
For Pete's Sake
Henrietta 'Henry' Robbins
Up the Sandbox
Margaret Reynolds
One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard
Performer
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Esther Hoffman (archive footage)
Color Me Barbra
Performer
A Bob Hope Comedy Special
Performer
My Name Is Barbra
Performer
Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album
Barbra Streisand
A Happening in Central Park
Performer
Funny Girl: Barbra Streisand
Narrator
The Belle of 14th Street
Performer
This is Streisand
1968
The Look of Funny Girl
1968
Barbra in Movieland
1968
TV Shows (1)
Self / Appearances (85)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 4 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Modern Family
Herself (voice) · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited) · 1 eps
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · 1 eps
Top of the Pops
Self · 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 1 eps
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Audience Member (uncredited) · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · 1 eps
Sacrée soirée
Self · 1 eps
Champs-Elysées
Self · 2 eps
Champs-Elysées
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 2 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Winner · 1 eps
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · 2 eps
The Bob Hope Show
Self · 1 eps
Sidney
Self
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Le Grand Échiquier
Self · 1 eps
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Self (archive footage)
The Howard Stern Interview
Self · 2 eps
Auf los geht's los
Self · 1 eps
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Self (archive footage)
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · 1 eps
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self
The Judy Garland Show
Self · 1 eps
The Director's Chair
Self · 1 eps
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
The Earth Day Special
Self
I Love Liberty
Self
Six by Sondheim
Self (archive footage)
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Self (archive footage/photos)
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
Citizen Steve
Self - Actress / Singer
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Self - Performer
Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942–1984
Self
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Self (archive footage)
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
Herself
Live at Mister Kelly's
Self
Sid & Judy
Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
Self
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
Bella!
Self
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
Self - Honoree
Directed by William Wyler
Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
self
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
Self
Hamilton's America
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
David Foster: Off the Record
Self
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
Self
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
Self
Fight of the Century
Self-(Audience Member)
The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
Self (archive footage)
Michael Buble's Christmas in New York
Herself
Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments
Self
Vito
Self (archive footage)
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Self
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
Self
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Self - Presenter
Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
Self
Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic
Self
Judy Garland Duets
Self (archive footage)
Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.
Self
Palme
Self (archive footage)
Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?
Self
Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
Self
The Way We Were: Looking Back
Self
Barbra: Back to Brooklyn
Self
Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
Herself
Streisand: Live in Concert 2006
Self
Barbra: The Concert
Self
Streisand: Guilty Pleasures
Self - vocal
Streisand: The Concerts
Self (archive footage)
Directing (10)
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Director
The Prince of Tides
Director
Yentl
Director
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
Director
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
Director
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
Director
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Director
Barbra: Back to Brooklyn
Director
Streisand: Live in Concert 2006
Director
Barbra: The Concert
Director
Writing (6)
Yentl
Screenplay
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Writer
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
Writer
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
Writer
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Writer
Barbra: Back to Brooklyn
Writer
Producing (19)
The Guilt Trip
Executive Producer
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Producer
The Prince of Tides
Producer
A Star Is Born
Executive Producer
The Main Event
Producer
Yentl
Producer
Nuts
Producer
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
Executive Producer
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
Producer
What Makes a Family
Executive Producer
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
Executive Producer
The Long Island Incident
Executive Producer
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
Executive Producer
Frankie & Hazel
Executive Producer
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Families
Executive Producer
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Producer
Varian's War
Executive Producer
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples
Executive Producer
Barbra: Back to Brooklyn
Executive Producer
Other Crew (9)
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Theme Song Performance
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Music Supervisor
A Star Is Born
Songs
Eyes of Laura Mars
Theme Song Performance
Nuts
Original Music Composer
My Brother's War
Creative Consultant
Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments
Music
On s'est tous défilé
Music
Song to Woody: Greenwich Village, the Folk Revival, and Bob Dylan
Music