Barbra Streisand
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1942-04-24 (83 years old)
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).
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Known For
Acting
(2025)
(2024)
Funny Girl: Barbra Streisand
as Narrator
(2023)
Bella!
as Self
(2022)
Sidney
as Self
(2022)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Live at Mister Kelly's
as Self
(2020)
Disclosure
as Yentl (archive footage)
(2020)
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
as Self (archive footage/photos)
(2020)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
Siempre, Luis
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
(2019)
(2019)
Sid & Judy
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Mike Wallace Is Here
as (archive footage)
(2019)
David Foster: Off the Record
as Self
(2018)
Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
(2018)
(2017)
(2017)
(2016)
Hamilton's America
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
Michael Buble's Christmas in New York
as Herself
(2013)
Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
(2013)
Barbra: Back to Brooklyn
as Self
(2012)
The Guilt Trip
as Joyce Brewster
(2012)
(2012)
(2011)
Paul Williams Still Alive
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
Little Fockers
as Rozalin Focker
(2010)
We Are the World 25 For Haiti
as Barbra Streisand
(2010)
(2009)
(2009)
Streisand: The Concerts
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
(2006)
(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)
(2004)
(2003)
Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album
as Barbra Streisand
(2002)
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
as Esther Hoffman (archive footage)
(2001)
(1999)
(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)
Barbra: The Concert
as Self
(1991)
The Prince of Tides
as Susan Lowenstein
(1991)
(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)
(1983)
Yentl
as Yentl
(1982)
I Love Liberty
as Self
(1981)
All Night Long
as Cheryl Gibbons
(1979)
The Main Event
as Hillary Kramer
(1979)
Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
as Self
(1976)
A Star Is Born
as Esther Hoffman
(1975)
Funny Lady
as Fanny Brice
(1975)
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
as Self
(1974)
For Pete's Sake
as Henrietta 'Henry' Robbins
(1973)
The Way We Were
as Katie Morosky
(1973)
(1972)
What's Up, Doc?
as Judy Maxwell
(1972)
Up the Sandbox
as Margaret Reynolds
(1972)
(1971)
Fight of the Century
as Self-(Audience Member)
(1971)
Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
as Herself
(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)
A Bob Hope Comedy Special
as Self
Crew
Catherine the Great
Director
(2017)
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
Executive Producer, Writer, Director
(2013)
Barbra: Back to Brooklyn
Executive Producer, Director, Writer
(2012)
The Guilt Trip
Executive Producer
(2009)
Streisand: Live in Concert 2006
Director
(2004)
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Director, Producer, Writer
(2001)
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
Producer, Director, Writer
(2001)
Varian's War
Executive Producer
(2001)
What Makes a Family
Executive Producer
(2000)
Frankie & Hazel
Executive Producer
(1998)
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples
Executive Producer
(1998)
The Long Island Incident
Executive Producer
(1998)
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Families
Executive Producer
(1997)
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
Executive Producer
(1996)
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Director, Producer, Theme Song Performance, Music Supervisor
(1995)
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
Executive Producer
(1991)
The Prince of Tides
Director, Producer
(1987)
Nuts
Producer, Original Music Composer
(1986)
(1986)
(1983)
Yentl
Screenplay, Director, Producer
(1979)
The Main Event
Producer
(1978)
Eyes of Laura Mars
Theme Song Performance
(1976)
A Star Is Born
Songs, Executive Producer
(1973)