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Barbra Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an
icon|iconic Jewish United States|American singer
and film actor|actress, producer, and film
director|director.

==Early years==
She was born Barbara Joan Streisand in
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City|New York
then moved to another area in Brooklyn where she
was educated at Beis Yakov School and Erasmus Hall
High School. Her father passed away when she was
only 15 months old, and she had a lifelong
turbulent relationship with her
stepfamily|stepfather.
	
Following a music competition, she became a club
singer in her teens.  She originally had wanted to
be an actress, and appeared in a number of
off-off-Broadway productions, including one with
then-aspiring actress Joan Rivers, but when her
boyfriend Barry Dennen helped her shape a club act
— first performed in a gay bar in
Manhattan's Greenwich Village in 1960 — she
became a smashing success as a singer.  It was
also at this time that she shortened her given
name|first name to make it more distinctive.

She signed with Columbia Records in 1962 and her
first album, The Barbra Streisand Album, won two
Grammy Awards in 1963. At one time, Streisand's
first three albums appeared simultaneously on
Billboard's Top Ten - an amazing feat considering
it was at a time when Rock and Roll and The
Beatles dominated the charts. Streisand also
appeared on Broadway theatre|Broadway, first in
the musical I Can Get It For You Wholesale and
then as Fanny Brice in Jule Styne's and Bob
Merrill's Funny Girl (1964). After some notable TV
guest appearances Streisand built on her success
with a number of television specials for CBS.

==Film career==
Her first film was a reprise of her Broadway hit,
Funny Girl (1968), for which she won the 1968
Academy Award for Best Actress, sharing it with
Katharine Hepburn (The Lion in Winter), the first
time there was a tie in this Academy Award|Oscar
category.  Her next two movies were also based on
musicals, Jerry Herman's Hello, Dolly!
(play/movie)|Hello, Dolly! (1969) and Alan Jay
Lerner's and Burton Lane's On a Clear Day You Can
See Forever (1970), while her fourth film was
based on the Broadway play The Owl and the
Pussycat (1970). She also starred in the original
screwball comedies What's Up, Doc? (1972), with
Ryan O'Neal, and For Pete's Sake (1974), and the
hugely successful drama The Way We Were with
Robert Redford. 

Along with Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier, Barbra
Streisand formed First Artists Production Company
in 1970 so these actors could secure properties
and develop movie projects for themselves.
Streisand's initial outing with First Artists,
while not a huge commercial success, was a very
personal film for her and one she felt a
tremendous connection. She chose to bring to the
screen an off-beat novel titled, "Up the Sandbox".
The story of a Manhattan housewife, it examines a
modern woman's struggle to find her own voice and
to fight against the mundane apsects of her life
by developing a rich, inner fantasy life.

Streisand felt this was a political statement
about the then current state of many women in
American society. "I don't care if it doesn't make
a cent," she told the press, but felt it held
social relevance and showed what it is like to be
a woman. It is an interesting film for Streisand
because, for maybe the first time, the public saw
a glimpse of a more personal side of the star. No
longer hiding behind wigs, costumes and makeup,
the "real' Streisand began to emerge on film and
one with a decidely contemporary personality. 

Also in 1970, she had a topless scene in The Owl
and the Pussycat. She quickly regretted the move
and bought up all prints of the film, deleting the
scene. When High Society (magazine)|High Society
magazine published the original photos of her bare
breasts, Streisand sued them.

Over the years, Steisand has been the recipient of
an award in every medium she has worked in. This
"grand slam" as an honoree has never been
duplicated by any other performer in history.
Among her many awards are two Oscars, six Emmy
Award|Emmys, and eleven Golden Globe Award|Golden
Globes, 10 Grammy Award|Grammys, a Tony award, two
cable ace awards, the American Film Insitute's
Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as a number of
other awards. Her second Academy Award was as
composer of the song "Evergreen", from A Star Is
Born (1976) is the first time a woman has received
this award. In 1995 she received a Grammy Lifetime
Achievement Award. Her record sales are only
outnumbered by Elvis Presely, ahead of the Beatles
and the Rolling Stones, making her the highest
selling female recording artist in history. 

She has produced a number of her own films,
setting up Barwood Films in 1972. For Yentl (1983)
she was producer, director, writer, and star, an
experience she largely repeated for The Prince of
Tides (1991). Steven Spielberg called Yentl a
masterpiece, and many critics praised the film as
well as Prince of Tides. There was controversy
when Yentl received a number of  Academy Award
nominations, but Streisand was not nominated for
Best Director. Some claimed that her well-known
uncompromising, tough behavior was to blame for
the slight, while others felt that Hollywood was
punishing her for being a woman, and if a man
behaved the same way, he would have been given
recognition. Prince of Tides was nominated for
Best Picture but Streisand did not receive a
nomination for Best Director.

In 2004, Streisand reappeared on the big screen in
the comedy Meet the Fockers, playing opposite
Dustin Hoffman, Ben Stiller, and Robert DeNiro
among others. The film was very successful
commercially and Streisand garnered positive
reviews.

==Singing career==

She has recorded more than 60 albums, almost all
with the Columbia Records label, after her early
work in the 1960s (The Second Barbra Streisand
Album, The Third Album, My Name Is Barbra, etc.).
Many were soundtrack albums from her films. 


During the 1970s she was also highly prominent in
the pop charts, with number-one records like "The
Way We Were", "Evergreen", "No More Tears (Enough
Is Enough)" and "Woman In Love". 

When the 1970s ended, Streisand was named the most
successful female singer in the US, with only
Elvis Presley and The Beatles having sold more
albums.

Streisand returned to her musical theater roots
with 1985's The Broadway Album.  This was an
unexpected commercial success, and featured some
songs reworked by Stephen Sondheim especially for
this recording.

At the end of the last millennium, she still was
the number-one female singer in the United States,
with number-one albums in each decade since she
had started out.

In 1991 she released a four-disc box set, entitled
Just for the Record. A separate disc, entitled
"Highlights from Just for the Record" featured two
dozen tracks, including live material, greatest
hits, and rarities, from her early recordings up
to 1991.	

Around 1992, however, success was not in
Streisand's favor. She was losing money, and
sought advice from former boyfriend Dennen. He
suggested she perform in a series of live
concerts, not only for financial reasons, but to
overcome her chronic stage fright, as well. The
tour was one of the biggest all-media merchandise
parlays in history. Dennen later wrote a book
called My Life with Barbra.

On New Year's Eve 1999 she returned to the concert
stage, scoring another personal triumph for giving
the highest grossing single concert in Las Vegas
history to date. She later toured Australia with
that programme, called Timeless, which was also
released on a two-disc album by Columbia.

Her most recent albums have been Christmas
Memories (2001), a collection of somber holiday
songs, and The Movie Album (2003), featuring
famous movie themes and backed by a large symphony
orchestra.

In April 2005, Streisand announced that her next
album would be written and produced by Bee Gees
star Barry Gibb, with whom she had collaborated on
the 1980 hit Guilty.

==Persona==	

She was married to Elliott Gould from 1963 to
1971, with whom she had her only child, son Jason
Gould (who later appeared as her character's son
in The Prince Of Tides). She briefly dated
Canada|Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in
the early 1970s, had long-term relationships with
hairdresser-turned-producer Jon Peters and tennis
player Andre Agassi, and later married actor James
Brolin in 1998.



Streisand's strong, larger-than-life personality
has made her an icon to some members of her fan
base.  This was affectionately satirized by Mike
Myers (actor)|Mike Myers's "Linda Richman" series
of sketches on Saturday Night Live, during one of
which Streisand herself made a surprise
appearance.

On the other hand, Streisand's sometimes
over-the-top performance style, vanity (she
insists on being filmed from one side only), and
political involvement often make her a target of
hostility as well.  For instance, she was
repeatedly satirized on the South Park animated
series such as in the episode called
"Mecha-Streisand", in which she tried to take over
the world by transforming herself into a giant
robot.

==Filmography==

*Funny Girl (1968)
*Hello, Dolly! (play/movie)|Hello, Dolly! (1969)
*Barbra: Yesterday, Today, and Forever (1970)
(short subject)
*On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
*The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)
*What's Up, Doc? (1972)
*Up the Sandbox (1972)
*The Way We Were (1973)
*For Pete's Sake (1974)
*Funny Lady (1975)
*A Star Is Born (1976) (also executive producer)
*The Main Event (1979) (also producer)
*All Night Long (1981)
*Yentl (1983) (also producer, director, and
writer)
*Directed by William Wyler (1986) (documentary)
*Nuts (film)|Nuts (1987) (also producer)
*Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (1990)
(documentary)
*The Prince of Tides (1991) (also producer and
director)
*The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) (also director
and producer)
*Meet the Fockers (2004)

==Albums==

*1962 I Can Get It For You Wholesale: Original
Broadway Cast Recording
*1962 Pins and Needles: 25th Anniversary Edition
of the Musical Revue
*1963 The Barbra Streisand Album - Gold (US)
*1963 The Second Barbra Streisand Album - Gold
(US)
*1964 The Third Album - Gold (US)
*1964 Funny Girl: Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Gold (US)
*1964 People - Platinum (US)
*1965 My Name Is Barbra - Gold (US)
*1965 My Name Is Barbra, Two... - Platinum (US)
*1966 Color Me Barbra - Gold (US)
*1966 Je m'appelle Barbra - Gold (US)
*1967 Simply Streisand - Gold (US)
*1967 A Christmas Album - 5X Platinum (US)
*1968 Funny Girl soundtrack - Platinum (US)
*1968 A Happening in Central Park - Gold (US)
*1969 What About Today? 
*1969 Hello, Dolly! soundtrack
*1970 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
soundtrack
*1971 Stoney End - Platinum (US)
*1971 Barbra Joan Streisand - Gold (US)
*1972 Live Concert at the Forum - Platinum (US)
*1973 Barbra Streisand...and Other Musical
Instruments
*1974 The Way We Were soundtrack - Gold (US)
*1974 The Way We Were - 2X Platinum (US)
*1974 ButterFly - Gold (US)
*1975 Funny Lady soundtrack - Gold (US)
*1975 Lazy Afternoon - Gold (US)
*1976 Classical Barbra - Gold (US)
*1976 A Star Is Born soundtrack - 4X Platinum (US)
*1977 Streisand Superman - 2X Platinum (US)
*1978 Songbird - Platinum (US)
*1979 The Main Event soundtrack - Gold (US)
*1979 Wet - Platinum (US)
*1980 Guilty (1980 album)|Guilty - 5X Platinum
(US)
*1981 Memories - 5X Platinum (US)
*1983 Yentl soundtrack - Platinum (US)
*1984 Emotion - Platinum (US)
*1985 The Broadway Album - 4X Platinum (US)
*1987 One Voice - Platinum (US)
*1988 Till I Loved You - Platinum (US)
*1989 A Collection: Greatest Hits.. and More - 2X
Platinum (US)
*1991 Just For the Record - Platinum (US)
*1991 The Prince of Tides soundtrack
*1992 Highlights from Just For the Record
*1993 Back to Broadway - 2X Platinum (US)
*1994 The Concert - 3X Platinum (US)
*1995 The Concert: Highlights - Gold (US)
*1996 The Mirror Has Two Faces soundtrack -
Platinum (US)
*1997 Higher Ground - 3X Platinum (US)
*1999 A Love Like Ours - Platinum (US)
*2000 Timeless: Live in Concert - Platinum (US)
*2001 Christmas Memories - Platinum (US)
*2002 Duets - Gold (US)
*2003 The Movie Album - Gold (US)

==Singles and US Hot 100 placings==
*1964 "People" (#5)
*1964 "Funny Girl" (#44)
*1965 "Why Did I Choose You" (#77)
*1965 "My Man" (#79)
*1965 "He Touched Me" (#53)
*1966 "Second Hand Rose" (#32)
*1966 "Where Am I Going?" (#94)
*1966 "Sam, You Made the Pants Too Long" (#98)
*1966 "Free Again" (#83)
*1967 "Stout-Hearted Man" (#92)
*1971 "Stony End" (#6)
*1971 "Time And Love" (#51)
*1971 "Flim Flam Man" (#82)
*1971 "Where You Lead" (#40)
*1971 "Mother" (#79)
*1972 "Sweet Inspiration / Where You Lead" (#37)
*1972 "Sing A Song / Make Your Own Kind Of Music"
(#94)
*1973 "Didn't We" (#82)
*1974 "The Way We Were" (#1, three weeks)
*1974 "All In Love Is Fair" (#63)
*1977 "Love Theme From 'A Star Is Born'
(Evergreen)" (#1, three weeks)
*1977 "My Heart Belongs To Me" (#4)
*1978 "Songbird" (#25)
*1978 "Love Theme From 'Eyes Of Laura Mars'
(Prisoner)" (#21)
*1978 "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (with Neil
Diamond) (#1, two weeks)
*1979 "The Main Event / Fight" (#3)
*1979 "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (with
Donna Summer) (#1, two weeks)
*1980 "Kiss Me In the Rain" (#37)
*1980 "Woman In Love" (#1, three weeks)
*1981 "Guilty" (with Barry Gibb) (#3)
*1981 "What Kind Of Fool" (with Barry Gibb) (#10)
*1981 "Promises" (#48)
*1982 "Comin' In and Out Of Your Life" (#11)
*1982 "Memory" (#42)
*1983 "The Way He Makes Me Feel" (#40)
*1984 "Left In the Dark" (#50)
*1985 "Make No Mistake, He's Mine" (with Kim
Carnes) (#51)
*1985 "Emotion" (#79)
*1986 "Somewhere" (#43)
*1988 "Till I Loved You" (with Don Johnson) (#25)
*1996 "I Finally Found Someone" (with Bryan Adams)
(#8)
*1997 "Tell Him" (with Celine Dion) (#58 on the
Hot 100 Airplay chart)

==See also==
*Best selling music artists
*List of number-one hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the Hot
100 (US)
*List of number-one dance hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the US
Dance chart

==External links==
*http://www.Streisand-Fanclub.com/ Barbra
Streisand Fanclub International provides
information in 4 languages
*http://www.s4e.info/ Streisand For Everyone
*http://www.barbranews.com/ BarbraNews.com
*http://www.simplystreisand.com/
SimplyStreisand.com
*http://www.myspace.com/streisandbarbra Streisand
on MySpace.com  Sign on as a friend
*http://www.barbra-archives.com/#3.0 The Barbra
Streisand Archives
*http://www.bjsmusic.com/bjsfaq/#3.0 The Barbra
Streisand FAQ
*imdb name|id=0000659|name=Barbra Streisand

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Barbra Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an
icon|iconic Jewish United States|American singer
and film actor|actress, producer, and film
director|director.

==Early years==
She was born Barbara Joan Streisand in
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City|New York
then moved to another area in Brooklyn where she
was educated at Beis Yakov School and Erasmus Hall
High School. Her father died when she was only 15
months old, and she had a lifelong turbulent
relationship with her stepfamily|stepfather.
	
Following a music competition, she became a club
singer in her teens.  She originally had wanted to
be an actress, and appeared in a number of
off-off-Broadway productions, including one with
then-aspiring actress Joan Rivers, but when her
boyfriend Barry Dennen helped her shape a club act
— first performed in a gay bar in
Manhattan's Greenwich Village in 1960 — she
became a big success as a singer.  It was also at
this time that she shortened her given name|first
name to make it more distinctive.

She signed with Columbia Records in 1962 and her
first album, The Barbra Streisand Album, won two
Grammy Awards in 1963. At one time, Streisand's
first three albums appeared simultaneously on
Billboard's Top Ten - an amazing feat considering
it was at a time when Rock and Roll and The
Beatles dominated the charts. Streisand also
appeared on Broadway theatre|Broadway, first in
the musical I Can Get It For You Wholesale and
then as Fanny Brice in Jule Styne's and Bob
Merrill's Funny Girl (1964). After some notable TV
guest appearances, Streisand built on her success
with a number of television specials for CBS.

==Film career==
Her first film was a reprise of her Broadway hit,
Funny Girl (1968), for which she won the 1968
Academy Award for Best Actress, sharing it with
Katharine Hepburn (The Lion in Winter), the first
time there was a tie in this Academy Award|Oscar
category.  Her next two movies were also based on
musicals, Jerry Herman's Hello, Dolly!
(play/movie)|Hello, Dolly! (1969) and Alan Jay
Lerner's and Burton Lane's On a Clear Day You Can
See Forever (1970), while her fourth film was
based on the Broadway play The Owl and the
Pussycat (1970). She also starred in the original
screwball comedies What's Up, Doc? (1972
film)|What's Up, Doc? (1972), with Ryan O'Neal,
and For Pete's Sake (1974), and the hugely
successful drama The Way We Were with Robert
Redford. 

Along with Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier, Barbra
Streisand formed First Artists Production Company
in 1970 so these actors could secure properties
and develop movie projects for themselves.
Streisand's initial outing with First Artists,
while not a huge commercial success, was a very
personal film for her and one she felt a
tremendous connection. She chose to bring to the
screen an off-beat novel titled, "Up the Sandbox".
The story of a Manhattan housewife, it examines a
modern woman's struggle to find her own voice and
to fight against the mundane apsects of her life
by developing a rich, inner fantasy life.

Streisand felt this was a political statement
about the then current state of many women in
American society. "I don't care if it doesn't make
a cent," she told the press, but felt it held
social relevance and showed what it is like to be
a woman. It is an interesting film for Streisand
because, for maybe the first time, the public saw
a glimpse of a more personal side of the star. No
longer hiding behind wigs, costumes and makeup,
the "real' Streisand began to emerge on film and
one with a decidely contemporary personality. 

Also in 1970, she had a topless scene in The Owl
and the Pussycat. She quickly regretted the move
and bought up all prints of the film, deleting the
scene. When High Society (magazine)|High Society
magazine published the original photos of her bare
breasts, Streisand sued them.

Over the years, Steisand has been the recipient of
an award in every medium she has worked in. This
"grand slam" as an honoree has never been
duplicated by any other performer in history.
Among her many awards are two Oscars, six Emmy
Award|Emmys, and eleven Golden Globe Award|Golden
Globes, 10 Grammy Award|Grammys, a Tony award, two
cable ace awards, the American Film Insitute's
Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as a number of
other awards. Her second Academy Award was as
composer of the song "Evergreen", from A Star Is
Born (1976) is the first time a woman has received
this award. In 1995 she received a Grammy Lifetime
Achievement Award. Her record sales are only
outnumbered by Elvis Presley, ahead of the Beatles
and the Rolling Stones, making her the highest
selling female recording artist in US history. 

She has produced a number of her own films,
setting up Barwood Films in 1972. For Yentl (1983)
she was producer, director, writer, and star, an
experience she largely repeated for The Prince of
Tides (1991). Steven Spielberg called Yentl a
masterpiece, and many critics praised the film as
well as Prince of Tides. There was controversy
when Yentl received a number of  Academy Award
nominations, but Streisand was not nominated for
Best Director. Some claimed that her well-known
uncompromising, tough behavior was to blame for
the slight, while others felt that Hollywood was
punishing her for being a woman, and if a man
behaved the same way, he would have been given
recognition. Prince of Tides was nominated for
Best Picture but Streisand did not receive a
nomination for Best Director.

In 2004, Streisand reappeared on the big screen in
the comedy Meet the Fockers, playing opposite
Dustin Hoffman, Ben Stiller, and Robert DeNiro
among others. The film was very successful
commercially and Streisand garnered positive
reviews.

==Singing career==

She has recorded more than 60 albums, almost all
with the Columbia Records label, after her early
work in the 1960s (The Second Barbra Streisand
Album, The Third Album, My Name Is Barbra, etc.).
Many were soundtrack albums from her films. 


During the 1970s she was also highly prominent in
the pop charts, with number-one records like "The
Way We Were", "Evergreen", "No More Tears (Enough
Is Enough)" and "Woman In Love". 

When the 1970s ended, Streisand was named the most
successful female singer in the US, with only
Elvis Presley and The Beatles having sold more
albums.

Streisand returned to her musical theater roots
with 1985's The Broadway Album.  This was an
unexpected commercial success, and featured some
songs reworked by Stephen Sondheim especially for
this recording.

At the end of the last millennium, she still was
the number-one female singer in the United States,
with number-one albums in each decade since she
had started out.

In 1991 she released a four-disc box set, entitled
Just for the Record. A separate disc, entitled
"Highlights from Just for the Record" featured two
dozen tracks, including live material, greatest
hits, and rarities, from her early recordings up
to 1991.	

Around 1992, however, success was not in
Streisand's favor. She was losing money, and
sought advice from former boyfriend Dennen. He
suggested she perform in a series of live
concerts, not only for financial reasons, but to
overcome her chronic stage fright, as well. The
tour was one of the biggest all-media merchandise
parlays in history. Dennen later wrote a book
called My Life with Barbra.

On New Year's Eve 1999 she returned to the concert
stage, scoring another personal triumph for giving
the highest grossing single concert in Las Vegas
history to date. She later toured Australia with
that programme, called Timeless, which was also
released on a two-disc album by Columbia.

Her most recent albums have been Christmas
Memories (2001), a collection of somber holiday
songs, and The Movie Album (2003), featuring
famous movie themes and backed by a large symphony
orchestra.

In April 2005, Streisand announced that her next
album would be written and produced by Bee Gees
star Barry Gibb, with whom she had collaborated on
the 1980 hit Guilty.  The album Guilty Pleasures
will be released worldwide in September 2005.

==Persona==	

She was married to Elliott Gould from 1963 to
1971, with whom she had her only child, son Jason
Gould (who later appeared as her character's son
in The Prince Of Tides). She briefly dated
Canada|Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in
the early 1970s, had long-term relationships with
hairdresser-turned-producer Jon Peters and tennis
player Andre Agassi, and later married actor James
Brolin in 1998.



Streisand's strong, larger-than-life personality
has made her an icon to some members of her fan
base.  This was affectionately satirized by Mike
Myers (actor)|Mike Myers's "Linda Richman" series
of sketches on Saturday Night Live, during one of
which Streisand herself made a surprise
appearance.

On the other hand, Streisand's sometimes
over-the-top performance style, vanity (she
insists on being filmed from one side only), and
political involvement often make her a target of
hostility as well.  For instance, she was
repeatedly satirized on the South Park animated
series such as in the episode called
"Mecha-Streisand", in which she tried to take over
the world by transforming herself into a giant
robot.

==Filmography==

*Funny Girl (1968)
*Hello, Dolly! (play/movie)|Hello, Dolly! (1969)
*Barbra: Yesterday, Today, and Forever (1970)
(short subject)
*On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
*The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)
*What's Up, Doc? (1972 film)|What's Up, Doc?
(1972)
*Up the Sandbox (1972)
*The Way We Were (1973)
*For Pete's Sake (1974)
*Funny Lady (1975)
*A Star Is Born (1976) (also executive producer)
*The Main Event (1979) (also producer)
*All Night Long (1981)
*Yentl (1983) (also producer, director, and
writer)
*Directed by William Wyler (1986) (documentary)
*Nuts (film)|Nuts (1987) (also producer)
*Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (1990)
(documentary)
*The Prince of Tides (1991) (also producer and
director)
*The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) (also director
and producer)
*Meet the Fockers (2004)

==Albums==

*1962 I Can Get It For You Wholesale: Original
Broadway Cast Recording
*1962 Pins and Needles: 25th Anniversary Edition
of the Musical Revue
*1963 The Barbra Streisand Album - Gold (US)
*1963 The Second Barbra Streisand Album - Gold
(US)
*1964 The Third Album - Gold (US)
*1964 Funny Girl: Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Gold (US)
*1964 People - Platinum (US)
*1965 My Name Is Barbra - Gold (US)
*1965 My Name Is Barbra, Two... - Platinum (US)
*1966 Color Me Barbra - Gold (US)
*1966 Je m'appelle Barbra - Gold (US)
*1967 Simply Streisand - Gold (US)
*1967 A Christmas Album - 5X Platinum (US)
*1968 Funny Girl soundtrack - Platinum (US)
*1968 A Happening in Central Park - Gold (US)
*1969 What About Today? 
*1969 Hello, Dolly! soundtrack
*1970 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
soundtrack
*1971 Stoney End - Platinum (US)
*1971 Barbra Joan Streisand - Gold (US)
*1972 Live Concert at the Forum - Platinum (US)
*1973 Barbra Streisand...and Other Musical
Instruments
*1974 The Way We Were soundtrack - Gold (US)
*1974 The Way We Were - 2X Platinum (US)
*1974 ButterFly - Gold (US)
*1975 Funny Lady soundtrack - Gold (US)
*1975 Lazy Afternoon - Gold (US)
*1976 Classical Barbra - Gold (US)
*1976 A Star Is Born soundtrack - 4X Platinum (US)
*1977 Streisand Superman - 2X Platinum (US)
*1978 Songbird - Platinum (US)
*1979 The Main Event soundtrack - Gold (US)
*1979 Wet - Platinum (US)
*1980 Guilty (1980 album)|Guilty - 5X Platinum
(US)
*1981 Memories - 5X Platinum (US)
*1983 Yentl soundtrack - Platinum (US)
*1984 Emotion - Platinum (US)
*1985 The Broadway Album - 4X Platinum (US)
*1987 One Voice - Platinum (US)
*1988 Till I Loved You - Platinum (US)
*1989 A Collection: Greatest Hits.. and More - 2X
Platinum (US)
*1991 Just For the Record - Platinum (US)
*1991 The Prince of Tides soundtrack
*1992 Highlights from Just For the Record
*1993 Back to Broadway - 2X Platinum (US)
*1994 The Concert - 3X Platinum (US)
*1995 The Concert: Highlights - Gold (US)
*1996 The Mirror Has Two Faces soundtrack -
Platinum (US)
*1997 Higher Ground - 3X Platinum (US)
*1999 A Love Like Ours - Platinum (US)
*2000 Timeless: Live in Concert - Platinum (US)
*2001 Christmas Memories - Platinum (US)
*2002 Duets - Gold (US)
*2003 The Movie Album - Platinum (US)
*2005 Guilty Pleasures - Due for release in
September.

==Singles and US Hot 100 placings==
*1964 "People" (#5)
*1964 "Funny Girl" (#44)
*1965 "Why Did I Choose You" (#77)
*1965 "My Man" (#79)
*1965 "He Touched Me" (#53)
*1966 "Second Hand Rose" (#32)
*1966 "Where Am I Going?" (#94)
*1966 "Sam, You Made the Pants Too Long" (#98)
*1966 "Free Again" (#83)
*1967 "Stout-Hearted Man" (#92)
*1971 "Stony End" (#6)
*1971 "Time And Love" (#51)
*1971 "Flim Flam Man" (#82)
*1971 "Where You Lead" (#40)
*1971 "Mother" (#79)
*1972 "Sweet Inspiration / Where You Lead" (#37)
*1972 "Sing A Song / Make Your Own Kind Of Music"
(#94)
*1973 "Didn't We" (#82)
*1974 "The Way We Were" (#1, three weeks)
*1974 "All In Love Is Fair" (#63)
*1977 "Love Theme From 'A Star Is Born'
(Evergreen)" (#1, three weeks)
*1977 "My Heart Belongs To Me" (#4)
*1978 "Songbird" (#25)
*1978 "Love Theme From 'Eyes Of Laura Mars'
(Prisoner)" (#21)
*1978 "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (with Neil
Diamond) (#1, two weeks)
*1979 "The Main Event / Fight" (#3)
*1979 "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (with
Donna Summer) (#1, two weeks)
*1980 "Kiss Me In the Rain" (#37)
*1980 "Woman In Love" (#1, three weeks)
*1981 "Guilty" (with Barry Gibb) (#3)
*1981 "What Kind Of Fool" (with Barry Gibb) (#10)
*1981 "Promises" (#48)
*1982 "Comin' In and Out Of Your Life" (#11)
*1982 "Memory" (#42)
*1983 "The Way He Makes Me Feel" (#40)
*1984 "Left In the Dark" (#50)
*1985 "Make No Mistake, He's Mine" (with Kim
Carnes) (#51)
*1985 "Emotion" (#79)
*1986 "Somewhere" (#43)
*1988 "Till I Loved You" (with Don Johnson) (#25)
*1996 "I Finally Found Someone" (with Bryan Adams)
(#8)
*1997 "Tell Him" (with Celine Dion) (#58 on the
Hot 100 Airplay chart)

==See also==
*Best selling music artists
*List of number-one hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the Hot
100 (US)
*List of number-one dance hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the US
Dance chart

==External links==
*http://www.barbrastreisand.com/ Official Site
*http://blog.columbiarecords.com/barbra/ Guilty
Pleasures Blog
*http://www.Streisand-Fanclub.com/ Barbra
Streisand Fanclub International provides
information in 4 languages
*http://www.s4e.info/ Streisand For Everyone
*http://www.barbranews.com/ BarbraNews.com
*http://www.simplystreisand.com/
SimplyStreisand.com
*http://www.myspace.com/streisandbarbra Streisand
on MySpace.com  Sign on as a friend
*http://www.barbra-archives.com/#3.0 The Barbra
Streisand Archives
*http://www.bjsmusic.com/bjsfaq/#3.0 The Barbra
Streisand FAQ
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Barbra Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an
icon|iconic Jewish United States|American singer
and film actor|actress, producer, and film
director|director.

==Early years==
She was born Barbara Joan Streisand in
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City|New York
then moved to another area in Brooklyn where she
was educated at Beis Yakov School and Erasmus Hall
High School. Her father died when she was only 15
months old, and she had a lifelong turbulent
relationship with her stepfamily|stepfather.
	
Following a music competition, she became a club
singer in her teens.  She originally had wanted to
be an actress, and appeared in a number of
off-off-Broadway productions, including one with
then-aspiring actress Joan Rivers, but when her
boyfriend Barry Dennen helped her shape a club act
— first performed in a gay bar in
Manhattan's Greenwich Village in 1960 — she
became a big success as a singer.  It was also at
this time that she shortened her given name|first
name to make it more distinctive.

She signed with Columbia Records in 1962 and her
first album, The Barbra Streisand Album, won two
Grammy Awards in 1963. At one time, Streisand's
first three albums appeared simultaneously on
Billboard's Top Ten - an amazing feat considering
it was at a time when Rock and Roll and The
Beatles dominated the charts. Streisand also
appeared on Broadway theatre|Broadway, first in
the musical I Can Get It For You Wholesale and
then as Fanny Brice in Jule Styne's and Bob
Merrill's Funny Girl (1964). After some notable TV
guest appearances, Streisand built on her success
with a number of television specials for CBS.

==Film career==
Her first film was a reprise of her Broadway hit,
Funny Girl (1968), for which she won the 1968
Academy Award for Best Actress, sharing it with
Katharine Hepburn (The Lion in Winter), the first
time there was a tie in this Academy Award|Oscar
category.  Her next two movies were also based on
musicals, Jerry Herman's Hello, Dolly!
(play/movie)|Hello, Dolly! (1969) and Alan Jay
Lerner's and Burton Lane's On a Clear Day You Can
See Forever (1970), while her fourth film was
based on the Broadway play The Owl and the
Pussycat (1970). She also starred in the original
screwball comedies What's Up, Doc? (1972
film)|What's Up, Doc? (1972), with Ryan O'Neal,
and For Pete's Sake (1974), and the hugely
successful drama The Way We Were with Robert
Redford. 

Along with Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier, Barbra
Streisand formed First Artists Production Company
in 1970 so these actors could secure properties
and develop movie projects for themselves.
Streisand's initial outing with First Artists,
while not a huge commercial success, was a very
personal film for her and one she felt a
tremendous connection. She chose to bring to the
screen an off-beat novel titled, "Up the Sandbox".
The story of a Manhattan housewife, it examines a
modern woman's struggle to find her own voice and
to fight against the mundane apsects of her life
by developing a rich, inner fantasy life.

Streisand felt this was a political statement
about the then current state of many women in
American society. "I don't care if it doesn't make
a cent," she told the press, but felt it held
social relevance and showed what it is like to be
a woman. It is an interesting film for Streisand
because, for maybe the first time, the public saw
a glimpse of a more personal side of the star. No
longer hiding behind wigs, costumes and makeup,
the "real' Streisand began to emerge on film and
one with a decidely contemporary personality. 

Also in 1970, she had a topless scene in The Owl
and the Pussycat. She quickly regretted the move
and bought up all prints of the film, deleting the
scene. When High Society (magazine)|High Society
magazine published the original photos of her bare
breasts, Streisand sued them.

Over the years, Steisand has been the recipient of
an award in every medium she has worked in. This
"grand slam" as an honoree has never been
duplicated by any other performer in history.
Among her many awards are two Oscars, six Emmy
Award|Emmys, and eleven Golden Globe Award|Golden
Globes, 10 Grammy Award|Grammys, a Tony award, two
cable ace awards, the American Film Insitute's
Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as a number of
other awards. Her second Academy Award was as
composer of the song "Evergreen", from A Star Is
Born (1976) is the first time a woman has received
this award. In 1995 she received a Grammy Lifetime
Achievement Award. Her record sales are only
outnumbered by Elvis Presley, ahead of the Beatles
and the Rolling Stones, making her the highest
selling female recording artist in US history. 

She has produced a number of her own films,
setting up Barwood Films in 1972. For Yentl (1983)
she was producer, director, writer, and star, an
experience she largely repeated for The Prince of
Tides (1991). Steven Spielberg called Yentl a
masterpiece, and many critics praised the film as
well as Prince of Tides. There was controversy
when Yentl received a number of  Academy Award
nominations, but Streisand was not nominated for
Best Director. Some claimed that her well-known
uncompromising, tough behavior was to blame for
the slight, while others felt that Hollywood was
punishing her for being a woman, and if a man
behaved the same way, he would have been given
recognition. Prince of Tides was nominated for
Best Picture but Streisand did not receive a
nomination for Best Director.

In 2004, Streisand reappeared on the big screen in
the comedy Meet the Fockers, playing opposite
Dustin Hoffman, Ben Stiller, and Robert DeNiro
among others. The film was very successful
commercially and Streisand garnered positive
reviews.

==Singing career==

She has recorded more than 60 albums, almost all
with the Columbia Records label, after her early
work in the 1960s (The Second Barbra Streisand
Album, The Third Album, My Name Is Barbra, etc.).
Many were soundtrack albums from her films. 


During the 1970s she was also highly prominent in
the pop charts, with number-one records like "The
Way We Were", "Evergreen", "No More Tears (Enough
Is Enough)" and "Woman In Love". 

When the 1970s ended, Streisand was named the most
successful female singer in the US, with only
Elvis Presley and The Beatles having sold more
albums.

Streisand returned to her musical theater roots
with 1985's The Broadway Album.  This was an
unexpected commercial success, and featured some
songs reworked by Stephen Sondheim especially for
this recording.

At the end of the last millennium, she still was
the number-one female singer in the United States,
with number-one albums in each decade since she
had started out.

In 1991 she released a four-disc box set, entitled
Just for the Record. A separate disc, entitled
"Highlights from Just for the Record" featured two
dozen tracks, including live material, greatest
hits, and rarities, from her early recordings up
to 1991.	

Around 1992, however, success was not in
Streisand's favor. She was losing money, and
sought advice from former boyfriend Dennen. He
suggested she perform in a series of live
concerts, not only for financial reasons, but to
overcome her chronic stage fright, as well. The
tour was one of the biggest all-media merchandise
parlays in history. Dennen later wrote a book
called My Life with Barbra.

On New Year's Eve 1999 she returned to the concert
stage, scoring another personal triumph for giving
the highest grossing single concert in Las Vegas
history to date. She later toured Australia with
that programme, called Timeless, which was also
released on a two-disc album by Columbia.

Her most recent albums have been Christmas
Memories (2001), a collection of somber holiday
songs, and The Movie Album (2003), featuring
famous movie themes and backed by a large symphony
orchestra.

In April 2005, Streisand announced that her next
album would be written and produced by Bee Gees
star Barry Gibb, with whom she had collaborated on
the 1980 hit Guilty.  The album Guilty Pleasures
will be released worldwide in September 2005.

==Persona==	

She was married to Elliott Gould from 1963 to
1971, with whom she had her only child, son Jason
Gould (who later appeared as her character's son
in The Prince Of Tides). She briefly dated
Canada|Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in
the early 1970s, had long-term relationships with
hairdresser-turned-producer Jon Peters and tennis
player Andre Agassi, and later married actor James
Brolin in 1998.



Streisand's strong, larger-than-life personality
has made her an icon to some members of her fan
base.  This was affectionately satirized by Mike
Myers (actor)|Mike Myers's "Linda Richman" series
of sketches on Saturday Night Live, during one of
which Streisand herself made a surprise
appearance.

On the other hand, Streisand's sometimes
over-the-top performance style, vanity (she
insists on being filmed from one side only), and
political involvement often make her a target of
hostility as well.  For instance, she was
repeatedly satirized on the South Park animated
series such as in the episode called
"Mecha-Streisand", in which she tried to take over
the world by transforming herself into a giant
robot.

==Filmography==

*Funny Girl (1968)
*Hello, Dolly! (play/movie)|Hello, Dolly! (1969)
*Barbra: Yesterday, Today, and Forever (1970)
(short subject)
*On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
*The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)
*What's Up, Doc? (1972 film)|What's Up, Doc?
(1972)
*Up the Sandbox (1972)
*The Way We Were (1973)
*For Pete's Sake (1974)
*Funny Lady (1975)
*A Star Is Born (1976) (also executive producer)
*The Main Event (1979) (also producer)
*All Night Long (1981)
*Yentl (1983) (also producer, director, and
writer)
*Directed by William Wyler (1986) (documentary)
*Nuts (film)|Nuts (1987) (also producer)
*Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (1990)
(documentary)
*The Prince of Tides (1991) (also producer and
director)
*The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) (also director
and producer)
*Meet the Fockers (2004)

==Albums==

*1962 I Can Get It For You Wholesale: Original
Broadway Cast Recording
*1962 Pins and Needles: 25th Anniversary Edition
of the Musical Revue
*1963 The Barbra Streisand Album - Gold (US)
*1963 The Second Barbra Streisand Album - Gold
(US)
*1964 The Third Album - Gold (US)
*1964 Funny Girl: Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Gold (US)
*1964 People - Platinum (US)
*1965 My Name Is Barbra - Gold (US)
*1965 My Name Is Barbra, Two... - Platinum (US)
*1966 Color Me Barbra - Gold (US)
*1966 Je m'appelle Barbra - Gold (US)
*1967 Simply Streisand - Gold (US)
*1967 A Christmas Album - 5X Platinum (US)
*1968 Funny Girl soundtrack - Platinum (US)
*1968 A Happening in Central Park - Gold (US)
*1969 What About Today? 
*1969 Hello, Dolly! soundtrack
*1970 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
soundtrack
*1971 Stoney End - Platinum (US)
*1971 Barbra Joan Streisand - Gold (US)
*1972 Live Concert at the Forum - Platinum (US)
*1973 Barbra Streisand...and Other Musical
Instruments
*1974 The Way We Were soundtrack - Gold (US)
*1974 The Way We Were - 2X Platinum (US)
*1974 ButterFly - Gold (US)
*1975 Funny Lady soundtrack - Gold (US)
*1975 Lazy Afternoon - Gold (US)
*1976 Classical Barbra - Gold (US)
*1976 A Star Is Born soundtrack - 4X Platinum (US)
*1977 Streisand Superman - 2X Platinum (US)
*1978 Songbird - Platinum (US)
*1979 The Main Event soundtrack - Gold (US)
*1979 Wet - Platinum (US)
*1980 Guilty (1980 album)|Guilty - 5X Platinum
(US)
*1981 Memories - 5X Platinum (US)
*1983 Yentl soundtrack - Platinum (US)
*1984 Emotion - Platinum (US)
*1985 The Broadway Album - 4X Platinum (US)
*1987 One Voice - Platinum (US)
*1988 Till I Loved You - Platinum (US)
*1989 A Collection: Greatest Hits.. and More - 2X
Platinum (US)
*1991 Just For the Record - Platinum (US)
*1991 The Prince of Tides soundtrack
*1992 Highlights from Just For the Record
*1993 Back to Broadway - 2X Platinum (US)
*1994 The Concert - 3X Platinum (US)
*1995 The Concert: Highlights - Gold (US)
*1996 The Mirror Has Two Faces soundtrack -
Platinum (US)
*1997 Higher Ground - 3X Platinum (US)
*1999 A Love Like Ours - Platinum (US)
*2000 Timeless: Live in Concert - Platinum (US)
*2001 Christmas Memories - Platinum (US)
*2002 Duets - Gold (US)
*2003 The Movie Album - Platinum (US)
*2005 Guilty Pleasures - Due for release in
September.

==Singles and US Hot 100 placings==
*1964 "People" (#5)
*1964 "Funny Girl" (#44)
*1965 "Why Did I Choose You" (#77)
*1965 "My Man" (#79)
*1965 "He Touched Me" (#53)
*1966 "Second Hand Rose" (#32)
*1966 "Where Am I Going?" (#94)
*1966 "Sam, You Made the Pants Too Long" (#98)
*1966 "Free Again" (#83)
*1967 "Stout-Hearted Man" (#92)
*1971 "Stony End" (#6)
*1971 "Time And Love" (#51)
*1971 "Flim Flam Man" (#82)
*1971 "Where You Lead" (#40)
*1971 "Mother" (#79)
*1972 "Sweet Inspiration / Where You Lead" (#37)
*1972 "Sing A Song / Make Your Own Kind Of Music"
(#94)
*1973 "Didn't We" (#82)
*1974 "The Way We Were" (#1, three weeks)
*1974 "All In Love Is Fair" (#63)
*1977 "Love Theme From 'A Star Is Born'
(Evergreen)" (#1, three weeks)
*1977 "My Heart Belongs To Me" (#4)
*1978 "Songbird" (#25)
*1978 "Love Theme From 'Eyes Of Laura Mars'
(Prisoner)" (#21)
*1978 "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (with Neil
Diamond) (#1, two weeks)
*1979 "The Main Event / Fight" (#3)
*1979 "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (with
Donna Summer) (#1, two weeks)
*1980 "Kiss Me In the Rain" (#37)
*1980 "Woman In Love" (#1, three weeks)
*1981 "Guilty" (with Barry Gibb) (#3)
*1981 "What Kind Of Fool" (with Barry Gibb) (#10)
*1981 "Promises" (#48)
*1982 "Comin' In and Out Of Your Life" (#11)
*1982 "Memory" (#42)
*1983 "The Way He Makes Me Feel" (#40)
*1984 "Left In the Dark" (#50)
*1985 "Make No Mistake, He's Mine" (with Kim
Carnes) (#51)
*1985 "Emotion" (#79)
*1986 "Somewhere" (#43)
*1988 "Till I Loved You" (with Don Johnson) (#25)
*1996 "I Finally Found Someone" (with Bryan Adams)
(#8)
*1997 "Tell Him" (with Celine Dion) (#58 on the
Hot 100 Airplay chart)

==See also==
*Best selling music artists
*List of number-one hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the Hot
100 (US)
*List of number-one dance hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the US
Dance chart

==External links==
*http://www.barbrastreisand.com/ Official Site
*http://blog.columbiarecords.com/barbra/ Guilty
Pleasures Blog
*http://www.Streisand-Fanclub.com/ Barbra
Streisand Fanclub International provides
information in 4 languages
*http://www.s4e.info/ Streisand For Everyone
*http://www.barbranews.com/ BarbraNews.com
*http://www.simplystreisand.com/
SimplyStreisand.com
*http://www.myspace.com/streisandbarbra Streisand
on MySpace.com  Sign on as a friend
*http://www.barbra-archives.com/#3.0 The Barbra
Streisand Archives
*http://www.bjsmusic.com/bjsfaq/#3.0 The Barbra
Streisand FAQ
*imdb name|id=0000659|name=Barbra Streisand