Barbra Streisand
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Barbra Streisand (born April 24, 1942 as Barbara Joan Streisand), is an Academy Award-winning American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, liberal political activist, film producer and director. She has won Oscars for Best Actress and Best Original Song as well as multiple Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, Golden Globe Awards and an honorary Tony Award. Streisand now ranks as the top-selling female artist in U.S. history with 71 million albums sold, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.{RIAA}. She is considered by many to be the greatest popular singer of her generation. (Encyclopedia Britannica On-line)
Television specials
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | My Name Is Barbra | |
| 1966 | Color Me Barbra | |
| 1967 | The Belle of 14th Street | |
| 1968 | A Happening in Central Park | filmed June 17, 1967 |
| 1973 | Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments | |
| 1975 | Funny Girl to Funny Lady | |
| 1976 | Barbra: With One More Look at You | |
| 1983 | A Film Is Born: The Making of 'Yentl' | |
| 1987 | One Voice | |
| 1994 | Barbra Streisand: The Concert | Also producer |
| 2000 | Barbra Streisand: Timeless |
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Funny Girl | Fanny Brice | |
| 1969 | Hello, Dolly! | Dolly Levi | |
| 1970 | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | Daisy Gamble / Melinda Tentrees | |
| 1970 | The Owl and the Pussycat | Doris Wilgus/Wadsworth/Wellington/Waverly | |
| 1972 | What's Up, Doc? | Judy Maxwell | |
| 1972 | Up the Sandbox | Margaret Reynolds | |
| 1973 | The Way We Were | Katie Morosky | |
| 1974 | For Pete's Sake | Henrietta 'Henry' Robbins | |
| 1975 | Funny Lady | Fanny Brice | |
| 1976 | A Star Is Born | Esther Hoffman Howard | Also executive producer |
| 1979 | The Main Event | Hillary Kramer | Also producer |
| 1981 | All Night Long | Cheryl Gibbons | |
| 1983 | Yentl | Yentl/Anshel | Also producer, director, and writer |
| 1987 | Nuts | Claudia Faith Draper | Also producer |
| 1991 | The Prince of Tides | Dr. Susan Lowenstein | Also producer and director |
| 1996 | The Mirror Has Two Faces | Rose Morgan | Also producer and director |
| 2004 | Meet the Fockers | Roz Focker |
Discography
See Barbra Streisand discography
See also
- Best selling music artists
- List of best selling music artists in U.S.
- List of number-one hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
- Mecha-Streisand
- "Send in the Clowns", from the musical A Little Night Music
- Streisand effect
References
External links
Categories:
- American female singers
- American pop singers
- American dance musicians
- American musical theatre actors
- Best Director Golden Globe
- Best Song Academy Award winning songwriters
- American film actors
- American stage actors
- Best Actress Academy Award winners
- Daytime Emmy Award winners
- Democrats (United States)
- Emmy Award winners
- American film directors
- English-language film directors
- Female film directors
- Grammy Award winners
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners
- American actor-singers
- Tony Award winners
- United States National Medal of Arts recipients
- Hollywood Walk of Fame
- People from Brooklyn
- Erasmus Hall High School alumni
- Jewish American singers
- Jewish American actors
- Jewish American film directors
- 1942 births
- Living people