Barbra Streisand
Born
April 24, 1942 (83 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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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Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self
2025
Funny Girl: Barbra Streisand
Narrator
2024
Bella!
Self
2023
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2022
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Self (archive footage)
2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Self (archive footage)
2022
Sidney
Self
2022
Live at Mister Kelly's
Self
2021
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
2020
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Self (archive footage/photos)
2020
Disclosure
Yentl (archive footage)
2020
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
Self
2020
Siempre, Luis
Self (archive footage)
2020
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self
2019
David Foster: Off the Record
Self
2019
Mike Wallace Is Here
(archive footage)
2019
Sid & Judy
Self (archive footage)
2019
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Self
2018
Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
Self
2018
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
Self
2017
Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942–1984
Self
2017
Hamilton's America
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (2 episodes)
2015
Michael Buble's Christmas in New York
Herself
2014
The Director's Chair
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(1 episode)
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
2014
Six by Sondheim
Self (archive footage)
2013
Barbra: Back to Brooklyn
Self
2013
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Self
2013
The Guilt Trip
Joyce Brewster
2012
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
Self
2012
Palme
2012
Paul Williams Still Alive
Self (archive footage)
2011
Little Fockers
Rozalin Focker
2010
One Night Only - Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard
Herself
2010
We Are the World 25 For Haiti
Self (singing voice)
2010
Modern Family
Herself (voice) · (1 episode)
2009
Streisand: The Concerts
Self (archive footage)
2009
Streisand: Live in Concert 2006
Self
2009
Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic
Self
2007
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
Self
2006
The Howard Stern Interview
Self · (2 episodes)
2006
Judy Garland Duets
Self (archive footage)
2005
Barbra Streisand - Guilty / Guilty Pleasures
Self - vocal
2005
Meet the Fockers
Rozalin Focker
2004
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self
2004
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Self
2004
Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album
Barbra Streisand
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Esther Hoffman (archive footage)
2002
Trailers Schmailers
(Archival)
2002
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
Herself
2001
The Way We Were: Looking Back
Self
1999
The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
Self (archive footage)
1997
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Rose Morgan
1996
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Self (archive footage)
1996
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Self - Presenter
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
1994
Barbra: The Concert
Self
1994
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
self · (1 episode)
1994
The Prince of Tides
Susan Lowenstein
1991
Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.
Self
1991
The Earth Day Special
Self
1990
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage)
1988
Nuts
Claudia Draper
1987
Sacrée soirée
Self · (1 episode)
1987
Citizen Steve
Self - Actress / Singer
1987
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Self - Performer
1986
Directed by William Wyler
Self
1986
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
Herself
1986
Miami Vice
Pedestrian (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1984
Yentl
Yentl
1983
I Love Liberty
Self
1982
Champs-Elysées
Self · (2 episodes)
1982
Champs-Elysées
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
1982
All Night Long
Cheryl Gibbons
1981
The Main Event
Hillary Kramer
1979
Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
Self
1979
Auf los geht's los
Self · (1 episode)
1977
A Star Is Born
Esther Hoffman
1976
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1975
Funny Lady
Fanny Brice
1975
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
Self
1975
For Pete's Sake
Henrietta 'Henry' Robbins
1974
Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments
Self
1973
The Way We Were
Katie Morosky
1973
Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
Herself
1971
Untitled Barbra Streisand Documentary
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · (1 episode)
1973
Up the Sandbox
Margaret Reynolds
1972
What's Up, Doc?
Judy Maxwell
1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Self · (1 episode)
1972
Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?
Self
1972
Fight of the Century
Self-(Audience Member)
1971
The Owl and the Pussycat
Doris
1970
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Daisy Gamble
1970
Hello, Dolly!
Dolly Levi
1969
Funny Girl
Fanny Brice
1968
A Happening in Central Park
Herself (Singer)
1968
The Belle of 14th Street
Self
1967
Color Me Barbra
Herself
1966
My Name Is Barbra
Herself
1965
Top of the Pops
Self · (1 episode)
1964
The Judy Garland Show
Self · (1 episode)
1963
A Bob Hope Comedy Special
Self
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (1 episode)
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (3 episodes)
1962
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · (2 episodes)
1957
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Winner · (1 episode)
1956
The Bob Hope Show
Self · (1 episode)
1950
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · (2 episodes)
1950
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient · (1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Audience Member (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · (1 episode)
1944