Acting
Barbra Streisand
EN, FR, PT, SV cinema · 102 credits
Born
24 April 1942 (age 84)
Birthplace
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also known as Barbara Joan Streisand · Barbara 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). 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
Filmography
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage)
Bella!
as Self
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (archive footage)
Sidney
as Self
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
as Self (archive footage/photos)
Disclosure
as Yentl (archive footage)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
as (archive footage)
Sid & Judy
as Self (archive footage)
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
as Self, Writer, Executive Producer, Director
Hamilton's America
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barbra: Back to Brooklyn
as Self, Writer, Executive Producer, Director
Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage)
The Guilt Trip
as Joyce Brewster, Executive Producer
Palme
as Self (archive footage)
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
as Self - Honoree
Vito
as Self (archive footage)
Little Fockers
as Rozalin Focker
Streisand: The Concerts
as Self (archive footage)
Streisand: Live in Concert 2006
as Self, Director
Streisand: Guilty Pleasures
as Self - vocal
Judy Garland Duets
as Self (archive footage)
Meet the Fockers
as Rozalin Focker
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
as Self, Producer, Writer, Director
Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album
as Barbra Streisand
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
as Esther Hoffman (archive footage)
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
as Herself, Writer, Producer, Director
Varian's War
Executive Producer
What Makes a Family
Executive Producer
Frankie & Hazel
Executive Producer
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples
Executive Producer
The Long Island Incident
Executive Producer
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Families
Executive Producer
The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
as Self (archive footage)
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
Executive Producer
My Brother's War
Creative Consultant
The Mirror Has Two Faces
as Rose Morgan, Director, Producer, Theme Song Performance, Music Supervisor
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
as Self (archive footage)
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
as Self - Presenter
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
Executive Producer
Barbra: The Concert
as Self, Director
The Prince of Tides
as Susan Lowenstein, Director, Producer
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Citizen Steve
as Self - Actress / Singer
Nuts
as Claudia Draper, Original Music Composer, Producer
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
as Self - Performer, Writer
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
as Self, Director
Yentl
as Yentl, Screenplay, Producer, Director
All Night Long
as Cheryl Gibbons
The Main Event
as Hillary Kramer, Producer
Eyes of Laura Mars
Theme Song Performance
A Star Is Born
as Esther Hoffman, Songs, Executive Producer
Funny Lady
as Fanny Brice
For Pete's Sake
as Henrietta 'Henry' Robbins
The Way We Were
as Katie Morosky
What's Up, Doc?
as Judy Maxwell
Up the Sandbox
as Margaret Reynolds
Fight of the Century
as Self-(Audience Member)
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
as Daisy Gamble
Hello, Dolly!
as Dolly Levi
Funny Girl
as Fanny Brice
A Happening in Central Park
as Performer
The Belle of 14th Street
as Performer
Color Me Barbra
as Performer
My Name Is Barbra
as Performer
A Bob Hope Comedy Special
as Performer