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'''Barbara Joan''' "'''Barbra'''" '''Streisand''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|t|r|aɪ|s|æ|n|d}} {{respell|STRY|sand}}; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, producer, and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success across multiple fields of entertainment, being the first performer awarded an ].


Streisand's career began in the early 1960s performing in nightclubs and Broadway theaters. Following guest appearances on various television shows, she signed to ]—retaining full artistic control in exchange for accepting lower pay, an arrangement that continued throughout her career.<ref name="control">{{Cite news |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=August 4, 2021 |title=Barbra Streisand: 'I've always had the right to sing what I want' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58056164 |website=BBC News}}</ref> Her studio debut '']'' (1963) won the ]. Throughout her recording career, Streisand has topped the US ] chart with 11 albums (the record for a woman until 2023),<ref>{{cite web |date=July 16, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Breaks Billboard Records With Speak Now (Taylor's Version) |url=https://www.vulture.com/2023/07/taylor-swift-billboard-records-speak-now-taylors-version.html |access-date=July 16, 2023}}</ref> including '']'' (1964), '']'' (1974), '']'' (1980), and '']'' (1985).<ref>{{cite web |date=October 17, 2008 |title=Chart Watch Extra: The Acts With The Most Top 10 Albums, Ever – Chart Watch |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6259282/barbra-streisand-no-1-partners |access-date=December 9, 2009 |publisher=Yahoo! Music}}</ref> She also topped the US ] with five singles: "]", "]", "]" (with ]), "]" (with ]), and "]".
'''Barbara Joan Streisand''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|t|r|aɪ|s|æ|n|d}}; born April 24, 1942), known professionally as '''Barbra Streisand''', is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker. During a career spanning six decades, she has become an icon in multiple fields of entertainment, winning numerous awards, and has earned her recognition as ] or ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2012/10/07/barbra-streisand-2012-tour/1616027/ |title=Barbra Streisand goes back to Brooklyn, and beyond | work = ] |date=October 8, 2012 |accessdate=July 26, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-11-06/news/0611060290_1_barbra-streisand-trainees-gay |title=Lessons from Barbra Streisand | work = ] |date=November 6, 2006 |accessdate=July 26, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-469419/Barbra-Streisand-Queen-divas.html |title=Barbra Streisand: Queen of the divas |publisher= the Daily Mail |date=July 19, 2007 |accessdate=July 26, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland-awaits-the-arrival-of-the-queen-of-divas-1.809532 |title=Ireland awaits the arrival of the queen of divas |date=July 13, 2007 |accessdate=July 26, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asos.com/women/fashion-news/2015_04_24-fri/barbra-memes-for-barbra-streisand-73rd-birthday/ |title=The internet's best Barbra Streisand memes |date=April 24, 2015 |accessdate=July 26, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/09/16/after-51-year-absence-barbra-streisand-takes-the-host-chair-at-the-tonight-show/ |title=After 51-year absence, Barbra Streisand takes the host chair at 'The Tonight Show'| work = ] | date=July 13, 2014 |accessdate=July 26, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodnews.com/2011/02/12/barbra-streisand-at-her-musicares-person-of-the-year-dinner-at-the-la-convention-center/ |title=Barbra Streisand at her MusiCares Person of the Year dinner at the LA Convention Center|date=February 12, 2011 |accessdate=July 10, 2014}}</ref> She has been recognized with two ]s,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1343277311952 |title=Academy Awards Database |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |date=January 29, 2010 |accessdate=July 26, 2012}}</ref> ten ]s including the ] and the ],<ref name=Broadway>. ''Broadway World''. January 20, 2015.</ref> five ]s including one ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominations/award-search?search_api_views_fulltext=Barbra+Streisand&field_is_winner%5b1%5d=1&submit=Search&search_api_views_fulltext_1=&search_api_views_fulltext_3=&search_api_views_fulltext_2=&search_api_views_fulltext_4=&field_nominations_year=1949-01-01+00%3A00%3A00&field_nominations_year_1=2013-01-01+00%3A00%3A00&field_nomination_category=All |title=Awards Search |publisher=Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences |accessdate=December 10, 2013}}</ref> a ], an ] award, a ] prize,<ref name="American Film Institute">{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/laa/laa01.aspx |title=AFI Life Achievement Award: Barbra Streisand |publisher=American Film Institute |accessdate=December 9, 2009}}</ref> four ]s,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/stories/story/the-ultimate-show-biz-coup-pegot |title=The Ultimate Show Biz Coup: PEGOT |publisher=The Peabody Awards |accessdate=December 10, 2014}}</ref> ]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=Ted|title=Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom|url=http://finance.yahoo.com/news/steven-spielberg-barbra-streisand-receive-presidential-medal-freedom-212322362.html;_ylt=A0LEVi14mUpWtjcA6Y0PxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--|website=Yahoo!|publisher=Variety|accessdate=17 November 2015}}</ref> and nine ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hfpa.org/ggasearch/?q=barbra+streisand |title=Awards Search |publisher=Hollywood Foreign Press Association |accessdate=December 10, 2014}}</ref> She is among a small group of ], and is one of only two artists who have also won a Peabody.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/stories/story/the-ultimate-show-biz-coup-pegot |title=The Ultimate Show Biz Coup: PEGOT |publisher=The Peabody Awards |accessdate=February 28, 2016}}</ref>


Following her established recording success, Streisand ventured into film by the end of the 1960s.<ref name="AnOther2012">{{cite web |author=Mhairi Graham |date=April 24, 2012 |title=Barbra Streisand: Hollywood Rebel |url=https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/1920/barbra-streisand-hollywood-rebel |access-date=March 23, 2020 |website=AnOther}}</ref> She starred in the critically acclaimed '']'' (1968), winning the ] at the ].<ref>{{cite web |date=March 2, 2013 |title=Barbra Streisand's Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000659/awards |access-date=March 2, 2013 |website=IMDb}}</ref> Additional fame on the big screen followed with the extravagant musical '']'' (1969), the ] '']'' (1972), and the romantic drama '']'' (1973). Streisand won the ] for writing the love theme from '']'' (1976), the first woman to be honored as a composer.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 22, 2013 |title=Barbra Streisand to Sing 'The Way We Were' for the Oscars Memorial Segment |url=http://movies.broadwayworld.com/article/Barbra-Streisand-to-Sing-The-Way-We-Were-for-the-Oscars-Memorial-Segment-20130222 |access-date=March 2, 2013 |publisher=movies.broadwayworld.com}}</ref> With the release of '']'' (1983), Streisand became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major studio film.<ref>Kagan, Jeremy. ''Directors Close Up'', Scarecrow Press (2006) p. 297</ref> The film won an Oscar for ] and a Golden Globe for ]. Streisand also received the ], becoming the first (and for 37 years, the only) woman to win that award. Streisand later produced and directed '']'' (1991), and '']'' (1996).
Streisand is one of the ], with more than 68.5 million albums in the United States and with a total of 145 million records sold worldwide,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Brown|first1=Helen|title=Barbra Streisand, O2 Arena, review|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/live-music-reviews/10094172/Barbra-Streisand-O2-Arena-review.html|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=26 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="Top Selling Artists albums">{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=top-selling-artists|title=Top Selling Artists (albums)|publisher=RIAA|date= March 25, 2015|accessdate= March 25, 2015}}</ref> (The only female in the top ten, and the only artist outside of the rock 'n' roll genre.)<ref name="Brown">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/live-music-reviews/10094172/Barbra-Streisand-O2-Arena-review.html|title=Barbra Streisand, O2 Arena, review|publisher=Telegraph.co.uk|date= June 2, 2013 |accessdate= May 20, 2015|last=Brown|first=Helen}}</ref> making her the best-selling female artist among the top-selling artists recognized by the Recording Industry Association of America,<ref name="Top Selling Artists albums"/><ref name="The Hollywood Reporter">{{cite web|last1=THR|first1=Staff|title=Barbra Streisand on the "Tonight Show:" All The Action As It Happened|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/barbra-streisand-tonight-show-all-733023|website=THR|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=17 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Yahoo!">{{cite web|last1=Marshland|first1=Brad|title=Duet with son highlight for Streisand: 'I had to sing with him'|url=http://news.yahoo.com/katie-couric-interviews-barbra-streisand-about-partners-album-093204812.html|website=Yahoo! News|publisher=Yahoo!|accessdate=17 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="The Washington Post">{{cite web|last1=McDonald|first1=Soraya|title=After 51-year absence, Barbra Streisand takes the host chair at 'The Tonight Show'|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/09/16/after-51-year-absence-barbra-streisand-takes-the-host-chair-at-the-tonight-show/|website=Washington Post|publisher=The Washington Post|accessdate=17 June 2015}}</ref> (The only female in the top ten, and the only artist outside of the rock 'n' roll genre.)<ref name="Brown"/>


With sales exceeding 150 million records worldwide, Streisand is one of the ].<ref>{{cite news |date=March 20, 2021 |title=Eden Park CEO hints Barbra Streisand may be next after Six60 to play at Auckland stadium |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/eden-park-ceo-hints-barbra-streisand-may-be-next-after-six60-to-play-at-auckland-stadium/XPVXCO5JOG6LJMPUED45UARLV4/ |access-date=March 20, 2021 |work=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Embley |first=Jochan |date=March 6, 2019 |title=Barbra Streisand to headline British Summer Time: How to get tickets for BST Hyde Park |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/music/barbra-streisand-bst-hyde-park-tickets-lineup-a4084641.html |access-date=March 6, 2019 |work=]}}</ref> According to the ] (RIAA), she is ] in the United States, with 68.5&nbsp;million certified album units.<ref name="Top Selling Artists albums">{{cite web |date=March 25, 2015 |title=Top Selling Artists (albums) |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=top-selling-artists |access-date=March 25, 2015 |publisher=RIAA}}</ref> '']'' ranked Streisand as the greatest solo artist on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart and the top ] female artist of all time.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=November 12, 2015 |title=Greatest of All Time (Billboard 200 Artists) |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-artists |access-date=November 13, 2015 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |date=July 23, 2011 |title=AC's Top Artists |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2011/BB-2011-07-23.pdf |access-date=July 24, 2021 |magazine=Billboard |page=16}}</ref>
After beginning a successful recording career in the 1960s, Streisand ventured into film by the end of that decade. She starred in the critically acclaimed '']'', for which she won the ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000659/awards |title=Barbra Streisand's Awards |publisher=Internet Movie Database |date=March 2, 2013 |accessdate=March 2, 2013}}</ref> Her other films include '']'', '']'', and '']'', for which she received her second ], composing music for the love theme "]", the first woman to be honored as a composer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.broadwayworld.com/article/Barbra-Streisand-to-Sing-The-Way-We-Were-for-the-Oscars-Memorial-Segment-20130222 |title=Barbra Streisand to Sing 'The Way We Were' for the Oscars Memorial Segment |publisher=movies.broadwayworld.com |date=February 22, 2013 |accessdate=March 2, 2013}}</ref> With the release of ] in 1983, Streisand became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major studio film.<ref>Kagan, Jeremy. ''Directors Close Up'', Scarecrow Press (2006) p. 297</ref> The film won an Oscar for Best Score and a Golden Globe for ]; Streisand received the ], the first (and to date only) woman to win that award.


Her accolades span ten ]s, including the ] and the ];<ref name="Broadway2">. ''Broadway World''. January 20, 2015.</ref> nine ]s;<ref>{{cite web |title=Awards Search |url=http://www.hfpa.org/ggasearch/?q=barbra+streisand |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402112920/http://www.hfpa.org/ggasearch/?q=barbra+streisand |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |access-date=December 10, 2014 |publisher=Hollywood Foreign Press Association}}</ref> five ]s; four ]s;<ref>{{cite web |title=The Ultimate Show Biz Coup: PEGOT |url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/stories/story/the-ultimate-show-biz-coup-pegot |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204010445/http://www.peabodyawards.com/stories/story/the-ultimate-show-biz-coup-pegot |archive-date=February 4, 2020 |access-date=December 10, 2014 |publisher=The Peabody Awards}}</ref> two ];<ref>{{cite web |date=January 29, 2010 |title=Academy Awards Database |url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1343277311952 |access-date=July 26, 2012 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}{{dead link|date=December 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> the ];<ref>{{cite news |last=Rosenbloom |first=Alli |date=February 24, 2024 |title=Jennifer Aniston, Bradley Cooper present Barbra Streisand with SAG Life Achievement award |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/24/entertainment/jennifer-aniston-barbra-streisand-sag-awards-2024/index.html |access-date=February 25, 2024 |publisher=]}}</ref> and the ].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Ted |title=Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/steven-spielberg-barbra-streisand-receive-presidential-medal-freedom-212322362.html;_ylt=A0LEVi14mUpWtjcA6Y0PxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw-- |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323054831/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/steven-spielberg-barbra-streisand-receive-presidential-medal-freedom-212322362.html;_ylt=A0LEVi14mUpWtjcA6Y0PxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw-- |archive-date=March 23, 2017 |access-date=November 17, 2015 |work=Variety |publisher=Yahoo!}}</ref>
The ] and '']'' recognize Streisand as holding the record for the most top 10 albums of any female recording artist: a total of 33 since 1963. According to Billboard, Streisand holds the record for the female with the most number one albums(10).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6259282/barbra-streisand-no-1-partners |title=Chart Watch Extra: The Acts With The Most Top 10 Albums, Ever – Chart Watch |publisher=Yahoo! Music |date=October 17, 2008 |accessdate=December 9, 2009}}</ref> Billboard also recognizes Streisand as the greatest female of all time on its Billboard 200 chart and one of the greatest artists of all time on its Hot 100 chart.<ref>{{cite web|last1=N/A|first1=N/A|title=Greatest of All Time (Billboard 200 Artists)|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-artists|website=Billboard|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=13 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=N/A|first1=N/A|title=Greatest Of All Time (Hot 100 Artists)|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-hot-100-artists|website=Billboard|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=13 November 2015}}</ref> Streisand is the only recording artist to have a number-one album in each of the last six decades, having released 53 Gold albums, 31 Platinum albums, and 14 Multi-Platinum albums in the United States.<ref name=Broadway />

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== Early life == == Early life ==

=== Family === === Family ===
Barbara Joan Streisand was born on April 24, 1942, in ], New York, the daughter of Diana (born Ida Rosen) and Emanuel Streisand. Her mother had been a soprano singer in her youth and considered a career in music, but later became a school secretary.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gavin |first=James |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/books/review/hello-gorgeous-becoming-barbra-streisand-by-william-j-mann.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |title='Hello, Gorgeous Becoming Barbra Streisand,' by William J. Mann |work=The New York Times |date=October 5, 2012 |accessdate=October 31, 2012}}</ref> Her father was a high school teacher at the same school, where they first met. Streisand's family was Jewish; her paternal grandparents immigrated from ] (]]) and her maternal grandparents from ], where her grandfather had been a cantor.<ref>{{cite book |title=Barbra: The Way She Is |first=Christopher |last=Andersen |year=2006 |pages=20–22}}</ref> Streisand was born April 24, 1942, in ], ], to Diana Ida ({{née}} Rosen; 1908–2002)<ref>{{cite web |year=2002 |title=Diana Kind obituary |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/diana-kind-obituary?id=28136682 |accessdate= |work=Los Angeles Times |via=legacy.com}}</ref> and Emanuel Streisand (1908–1943). Her mother had been a soprano in her youth and considered a career in music, but later became a school secretary.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gavin |first=James |date=October 5, 2012 |title='Hello, Gorgeous – Becoming Barbra Streisand,' by William J. Mann |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/books/review/hello-gorgeous-becoming-barbra-streisand-by-william-j-mann.html |access-date=October 31, 2012 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> Her father was a high school teacher at the same school, where they first met.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 17, 2012 |title='Guilt Trip': Streisand on Songs, Films And Family |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=166966172 |access-date=April 29, 2018 |publisher=NPR}}</ref> Streisand's family is ].<ref>{{cite web |last=Walden |first=Celia |date=August 26, 2011 |title=Barbra Streisand interview |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8722516/Barbra-Streisand-interview.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8722516/Barbra-Streisand-interview.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |access-date=April 29, 2018 |work=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Rayner |first=Jay |date=May 6, 2007 |title=One-night stands don't come cheap |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/may/06/popandrock.jayrayner |access-date=April 29, 2018 |work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Chabin |first=Michele |date=June 21, 2013 |title=Streisand wows Israelis, makes headlines for segregation stand |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/06/21/streisand-israel-concert-jewish-roots/2445991/ |access-date=May 11, 2018 |work=]}}</ref> Her paternal grandparents emigrated from ] (modern-day ] and ]) in the ], and her maternal grandparents from the ], where her grandfather had been a ].<ref>Andersen 2006, pp. .</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Cords |first=Suzanne |date=April 24, 2017 |title=Barbra Streisand at 75: A girl from Brooklyn makes it big |url=http://www.dw.com/en/barbra-streisand-at-75-a-girl-from-brooklyn-makes-it-big/a-38559835 |access-date=May 11, 2018 |work=]}}</ref>


In August 1943, a few months after Streisand's first birthday, her father died at age 34 from complications from an ], possibly the result of a head injury years earlier.<ref name="Nickens">{{cite book |last1=Nickens |first1=Christopher |title=The Films of Barbra Streisand |last2=Swensen |first2=Karen |publisher=Citadel Press |year=2000}}</ref>{{rp|3}} The family fell into near poverty, with her mother working as a low-paid bookkeeper.<ref>{{cite web |title=Barbra Streisand Archives &#124; Childhood, Brooklyn, 1942, Diana Kind |url=http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/60s/barbra_beginnings.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206095459/http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/60s/barbra_beginnings.html |archive-date=December 6, 2013 |access-date=December 4, 2013 |website=Barbra-archives.com |publisher=}}</ref> As an adult, Streisand remembered those early years as always feeling like an "outcast", explaining, "Everybody else's father came home from work at the end of the day. Mine didn't."<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|3}} Her mother tried to pay their bills but could not give her daughter the attention she craved: "When I wanted love from my mother, she gave me food," Streisand says.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|3}}
Her father earned a master's degree from City College of New York in 1928 and was considered athletic and handsome. As a student, he spent his summers outdoors, once working as a lifeguard and another hitchhiking through Canada. "He'd try anything," his sister Molly said. "He wasn't afraid of anything." He married Ida in 1930, two years after graduating, and became a highly respected educator with a focus on helping underprivileged and delinquent youth.<ref name=Nickens>Christopher Nickens, and Swensen, Karen. ''The Films of Barbra Streisand'', Citadel Press (2000)</ref>{{rp|3}}


Streisand recalled that her mother had a "great voice" and sang semi-professionally on occasion. In a 2016 interview with ], Streisand recounted that when she was 13, she and her mother recorded some songs on tape during a visit to the ]. That session was the first time Streisand ever asserted herself as an artist, which also became her "first moment of inspiration."<ref>{{cite web |date=April 29, 2016 |title=Barbra Streisand Interview with Rosie Rosie O'Donnell |url=http://abc.go.com/shows/the-view/video/pl5554876/VDKA0_accgnenv |accessdate= |website=ABC.go.com}}</ref>
In August 1943, a few months after Streisand's first birthday, her father died suddenly at age 34 from complications from an ], possibly the result of a head injury years earlier.<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|3}} The family fell into near-poverty, with her mother working as a low-paid bookkeeper.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/60s/barbra_beginnings.html |title=Barbra Streisand Archives &#124; Childhood, Brooklyn, 1942, Diana Kind |publisher=Barbra-archives.com |accessdate=December 4, 2013}}</ref> As an adult, Streisand remembered those early years as always feeling like an "outcast," explaining, "Everybody else's father came home from work at the end of the day. Mine didn't."<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|3}} Her mother tried to pay their bills but couldn't give her daughter the attention the child craved: "When I wanted love from my mother, she gave me food," Streisand says.<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|3}}


She has an older brother, Sheldon, and a younger half-sister, singer ],<ref>{{cite web |last=Paskin |first=Barbra |date=May 30, 2013 |title=Streisand's kid sister is happy as one of Kind |url=https://www.thejc.com/culture/music/streisand-s-kid-sister-is-happy-as-one-of-kind-1.45451 |access-date=May 11, 2018 |work=The Jewish Chronicle}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Brantley |first=Ben |date=August 3, 2016 |title=Barbra Streisand Sets the Record Straight |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/07/theater/barbra-streisand-sets-the-record-straight.html |access-date=April 3, 2024 |website=The New York Times |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Greg |date=January 29, 2008 |title=My Chat w/Roslyn Kind: Streisand's sister is on the comeback trail... |url=http://www.insidesocal.com/outinhollywood/2008/01/my-chat-wroslyn-kind-streisand.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713040805/http://www.insidesocal.com/outinhollywood/2008/01/my-chat-wroslyn-kind-streisand.html |archivedate=July 13, 2011 |accessdate= |website=insidesocal.com}}</ref> from her mother's remarriage to Louis Kind in 1950.<ref name="las">{{cite news |last=Fink |first=Jerry |date=November 11, 2008 |title=Streisand's sister has 'come to terms' with superstar's shadow |url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/nov/11/streisands-sister-has-come-terms-superstars-shadow |newspaper=]}}</ref><ref name="virtual">{{cite news |title=Barbra Streisand |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/07/theater/barbra-streisand-sets-the-record-straight.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717051439/https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/streisand.html |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |website=Jewishvirtuallibrary.org |publisher=}}</ref>
Streisand recalls that her mother had a "great voice" and sang semi-professionally on occasion, in her operatic soprano voice. During a visit to the Catskills when Streisand was thirteen, she told ], she and her mother recorded some songs on tape. That session was the first time Streisand ever asserted herself as an artist, which also became her "first moment of inspiration" as an artist.<ref>, April 29, 2016</ref>

She has an older brother, Sheldon, and a half-sister, the singer ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roslynkind.com/ |title=Official Site |publisher=Roslyn Kind |accessdate=December 4, 2013}}</ref><ref>Hernandez, Greg. insidesocal.com, January 29, 2008</ref> from her mother's remarriage to Louis Kind in 1949. Roslyn is nine years younger than Streisand.<ref name=las>{{cite news |last=Fink |first=Jerry |url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/nov/11/streisands-sister-has-come-terms-superstars-shadow |title=Streisand's sister has 'come to terms' with superstar's shadow |newspaper=Las Vegas Sun |date=November 11, 2008}}</ref><ref name=virtual>{{cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/streisand.html |title=Barbra Streisand |publisher=Jewishvirtuallibrary.org |accessdate=August 17, 2011| archiveurl= //web.archive.org/web/20110717051439/https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/streisand.html| archivedate= July 17, 2011| deadurl= no}}</ref>


=== Education === === Education ===
Streisand began her education at the Jewish Orthodox ] of Brooklyn when she was five. There, she was considered to be bright and extremely inquisitive about everything; however, she lacked discipline, often shouting answers to questions out of turn.<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|3}} She next entered Public School 89 in Brooklyn, and during those early school years began watching television and going to movies. Watching the glamorous stars on the screen, she was soon entranced by acting and now hoped someday to become an actress, partly as a means of escape: "I always wanted to be somebody, to be famous . . .You know, get out of Brooklyn.<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|3}} Streisand began her education at the Jewish Orthodox ] of Brooklyn when she was five.<ref>{{cite web |title=Heroes - Trailblazers of the Jewish People |url=https://dbs.bh.org.il/luminary/streisand-barbara |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117111843/https://dbs.bh.org.il/luminary/streisand-barbara |archive-date=November 17, 2019 |website=dbs.bh.org.il |publisher=Beit Hatfutsot}}</ref> She was considered bright and inquisitive; however, she lacked discipline, often shouting answers to questions out of turn.<ref>{{cite news |last=Usborne |first=David |date=January 29, 2005 |title=Barbra Streisand: A star is reborn |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/barbra-streisand-a-star-is-reborn-488708.html |access-date=May 11, 2018 |work=]}}</ref><ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|3}} She next attended Public School 89 in Brooklyn, and during those early school years began watching television and going to movies. "I always wanted to be somebody, to be famous... You know, get out of Brooklyn."<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|3}}


Streisand became known by others in the neighborhood for her voice. With the other kids she remembers sitting on the stoop in front of their flat and singing: "I was considered the girl on the block with the good voice."<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|3}} That talent became a way for her to gain attention. She would often practice her singing in the hallway of her apartment building which gave her voice an echoing quality.<ref name=Rossi/> Streisand became known by others in the neighborhood for her voice. She remembers sitting on the stoop in front of their apartment building with the other kids and singing: "I was considered the girl on the block with the good voice."<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|3}} That talent became a way for her to gain attention. She would often practice her singing in the hallway of her apartment building, which gave her voice an echoing quality.<ref name="Rossi2" />


She made her singing debut at a PTA assembly, where she became a hit to everyone but her mother, who was mostly critical of her daughter. Young Streisand was invited to sing at weddings and summer camp, along with having an unsuccessful audition at MGM records when she was nine. By the time she was thirteen, her mother began supporting her talent, helping her make a four-song demo tape, including "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart," and "You'll Never Know."<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|4}} She made her singing debut at a PTA assembly, where she became a hit to everyone but her mother, who was mostly critical of her daughter. Streisand was invited to sing at weddings and summer camp, along with having an unsuccessful audition at MGM records when she was nine. By the time she was 13, her mother began supporting her talent, helping her make a four-song demo tape, including "]" and "]".<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|4}}


Although she knew her voice was good and she liked the attention, becoming an actress was her main objective. That desire was made stronger when she saw her first Broadway play, ''The Diary of Anne Frank,'' when she was fourteen. The star in the play was ], whose acting she wanted to emulate if ever given the chance.<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|4}} To help achieve that goal, Streisand began spending her spare time in the library, studying the biographies of various stage actresses such as ] and ]. In addition, she began reading novels and plays, including some by Shakespeare and Ibsen, and also on her own, studied the acting theories of ] and ].<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|4}} Becoming an actress was her main objective. That desire was made stronger when she saw her first Broadway play, '']'', when she was 14. The star in the play was ], whose acting she wanted to emulate.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|4}} Streisand began spending her spare time in the library, studying the biographies of various stage actresses such as ] and ]. In addition, she began reading novels and plays and studying the acting theories of ] and ].<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|4}}


She attended ] in Brooklyn in 1955 where she became an honor student in modern history, English, and Spanish. She also joined the Freshman Chorus and Choral Club, where she sang with another choir member and classmate, ].<ref>Jackson, Laura. ''Neil Diamond: His Life, His Music, His Passion,'' ECW Press (2005) p. 155</ref> Diamond recalls, "We were two poor kids in Brooklyn. We hung out in the front of Erasmus High and smoked cigarettes." The school was near an art-movie house, and he recalls that she was always aware of the films they were showing, while he wasn't as interested.<ref>''Rolling Stone'' magazine, March 21, 1996 p. 36</ref> When she was 16 she had a "crush" on chess champion ], who was then 15, recalling, "I would have lunch with him every day . . . He was an absolute nut, an eccentric at 15," although she thought he was a "genius."<ref>Grobel, Lawrence. "Playboy Interview with Barbra Streisand," ''Playboy Magazine'', October, 1977</ref> In 1956, she attended ] in Brooklyn, where she became an honor student in modern history, English, and Spanish. She also joined the Freshman Chorus and Choral Club, where she sang with another choir member and classmate, ].<ref>Jackson, Laura. ''Neil Diamond: His Life, His Music, His Passion,'' ECW Press (2005) p. 155</ref> Diamond recalls, "We were two poor kids in Brooklyn. We hung out in the front of Erasmus High and smoked cigarettes." The school was near an art movie house, and he recalls that she was always aware of the films they were showing.<ref>''Rolling Stone'', March 21, 1996, p. 36</ref> She had a crush on 15-year-old US Chess Champion and fellow student ], whom she found to be "very sexy".<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=Fischer Mysteries by Edward Winter |url=https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/fischer1.html |accessdate=July 2, 2022 |website=Chesshistory.com |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Boyer |first=David |date=March 11, 2001 |title=Neighborhood Report: Flatbush; Grads Hail Erasmus as It Enters a Fourth Century |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/11/nyregion/neighborhood-report-flatbush-grads-hail-erasmus-as-it-enters-a-fourth-century.html |accessdate=August 15, 2009 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>


During the summer of 1957 she got her first stage experience as a walk-on at the Playhouse in Malden Bridge, New York. That small part was followed by a role as the kid sister in ''Picnic'' and one as a vamp in ''Desk Set.''<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|4}} She returned to school in Brooklyn but never took dramatic arts classes, preferring instead to gain some real-world stage experience. To that end, in her sophomore year, she took a night job at the Cherry Lane Theater in ] helping backstage. When she was a senior, she rehearsed for a small part in ''Driftwood'', a play staged in a midtown attic space.<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|5}} Her co-star in ''Driftwood'' was ]. During the summer of 1957, she landed her first stage experience as a walk-on at the Playhouse, in ]. That small part was followed by a role as the kid sister in ''Picnic'' and as a vamp in ''Desk Set''.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|4}} In her second year, she took a night job at the ] in ], helping backstage. When she was a senior, she rehearsed for a small part in ''Driftwood'', a play staged in a midtown attic space.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|5}}


At age sixteen, she graduated from Erasmus Hall in January 1959, and despite her mother's pleas that she stay out of show business, she immediately set out trying to get roles on the New York City stage.<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|5}} After renting a small apartment on 48th street, in the heart of the theater district, she accepted any job she could involving the stage, and at every opportunity, she "made the rounds" of the casting offices.<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|5}} She graduated from Erasmus Hall in January 1959 at age 16, and despite her mother's pleas that she stay out of show business, she set out trying to get roles on the New York City stage.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|5}} After renting a small apartment on 48th St. in the heart of the theater district, she accepted any job she could involving the stage, and at every opportunity, she "made the rounds" of the casting offices.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|5}}


== Career beginnings == == Career ==
=== Beginnings ===
At sixteen, then living on her own, Streisand's youth and ambition worked in her favor, but she lacked a mature woman's physical features which were needed for serious female roles. She therefore took various menial jobs to have some income. At one period, she lacked a permanent address, and found herself sleeping at the home of friends or anywhere else she could set up the army cot she carried around to save on rent expense. When desperate, she would return to her mother's flat in Brooklyn for a home-cooked meal. However, her mother would be horrified by her daughter's "gypsy-like lifestyle," wrote biographer ], and again begged her to give up trying to get into show business;<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|6}} but Streisand took her mother's pleadings as even more reason to keep trying: "My desires were strengthened by wanting to prove to my mother that I ''could'' be a star."<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|6}}
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Living on her own at 16, Streisand took various menial jobs to have some income. During one period, she lacked a permanent address, and found herself sleeping at the home of friends or anywhere else she could set up the army cot she carried around. When desperate, she returned to her mother's flat in Brooklyn for a home-cooked meal. However, her mother was horrified by her daughter's "gypsy-like lifestyle", wrote biographer ], and again begged her to give up trying to get into show business,<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|6}} but Streisand took her mother's pleadings as even more reason to keep trying: "My desires were strengthened by wanting to prove to my mother that I ''could'' be a star."<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|6}}


She took a job as an usher at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater for ''The Sound of Music'', early in 1960. During the run of the play, she heard that the casting director was auditioning for more singers, and it marked the first time she sang in pursuit of a job.<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|6}} Although the director felt she was not right for the part, he encouraged her to begin including her talent as a singer on her résumé when looking for other work.<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|6}} Streisand took a job as an usher at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater for ''The Sound of Music'' early in 1960. During the run of the play, she heard that the casting director was auditioning for more singers, and it marked the first time she sang in pursuit of a job.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|6}} Although the director felt she was not right for the part, he encouraged her to begin including her talent as a singer on her résumé when looking for other work.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|6}}


That suggestion prodded Streisand to think seriously about a singing career, in addition to acting. She asked her boyfriend, ], to tape her singing, copies of which she could then give out to possible employers. Dennen had acted with her briefly in an off-Broadway play, but had no reason to think she had any talent as a singer, and she never mentioned it. Nevertheless, he agreed and found a guitarist to accompany her: Streisand asked her boyfriend, ], to tape her singing, copies of which she could then give out to possible employers. Dennen found a guitarist to accompany her:.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|6}}


{{quote|We spent the afternoon taping, and the moment I heard the first playback I went insane. . . . This nutty little kook had one of the most breathtaking voices I'd ever heard . . . when she was finished and I turned off the machine, I needed a long moment before I dared look up at her.<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|6}}}} {{blockquote|We spent the afternoon taping, and the moment I heard the first playback I went insane ... This nutty little kook had one of the most breathtaking voices I'd ever heard ... when she was finished and I turned off the machine, I needed a long moment before I dared look up at her.}}


Dennen grew enthusiastic and he convinced her to enter a talent contest at the Lion, a ] nightclub in Manhattan's ]. She performed two songs, after which there was a "stunned silence" from the audience, followed by "thunderous applause" when she was pronounced the winner.<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|7}} She was invited back and sang at the club for several weeks.<ref name="the lion">{{cite web|url=http://barbra-archives.com/live/60s/lion_streisand.html |title=The Lion |publisher=Barbra-archives.com |date=July 1, 1960 |accessdate=August 17, 2011| archiveurl= //web.archive.org/web/20110707212334/http://barbra-archives.com/live/60s/lion_streisand.html| archivedate= July 7, 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> It was during this time that she dropped the second "a" from her first name,<ref name="the lion" /> switching from "Barbara" to "Barbra", due to her dislike of her original name.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/60s/62_successful_yes.html |title=Barbra Streisand Archives &#124; 1962 Not Success Yet (Interview) |website=Barbra-archives.com |date=1962-06-17 |accessdate=2016-05-20}}</ref> Dennen grew enthusiastic and he convinced her to enter a talent contest at the Lion, a ] nightclub in Manhattan's ]. She performed two songs, after which there was a "stunned silence" from the audience, followed by "thunderous applause" when she was pronounced the winner.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|7}} She was invited back and sang at the club for several weeks.<ref name="the lion">{{cite web |date=July 1, 1960 |title=The Lion |url=http://barbra-archives.com/live/60s/lion_streisand.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707212334/http://barbra-archives.com/live/60s/lion_streisand.html |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |publisher=Barbra-archives.com}}</ref> During this time, disliking her name,<ref>{{cite web |date=June 17, 1962 |title=Successful, Yes—Famous, No (Interview) |url=http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/60s/62_successful_yes.html |publisher=Barbra Streisand Archives}}</ref> she changed it from "Barbara" to "Barbra".<ref name="the lion" />
In early days of her career Streisand was repeatedly told she was too ugly to be a star and was advised to get a ]—she did not.<ref name="control" />


=== Nightclub shows and Broadway stage === ==== Nightclub shows ====
Streisand was next asked to audition at the Bon Soir nightclub, after which she was signed up at $125 a week. It became her first professional engagement, in September 1960, where she was the opening act for comedian ]. She recalls it was the first time she had been in that kind of upper-scale environment: "I'd never been in a nightclub until I sang in one."<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|7}} Streisand was next asked to audition at the Bon Soir nightclub, after which she was signed up at $125 a week. It became her first professional engagement in September 1960, where she was the opening act for comedian ]. She recalls it was the first time she had been in that kind of upscale environment: "I'd never been in a nightclub until I sang in one."<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|7}}


Dennen now wanted to expose Streisand to his vast record collection of female singers, including ], ], ], and ]. His effort made a difference in her developing style, as she gained new respect for the art of popular singing. She also realized that she could still become an actress by first gaining recognition as a singer.<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|7}} According to biographer Christopher Nickens, hearing other great female singers benefited her style, as she began creating different emotional characters when performing, which gave her singing a greater range. Dennen now wanted to expose Streisand to his vast record collection of female singers, including ], ], ], and ]. Streisand realized she could still become an actress by first gaining recognition as a singer.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|7}} From his collection she drew the song that best defined her mission in singing: '']'', with music by ] and lyrics by ] for the 1954 musical '']''. "The lyrics to that song gave me the three acts of a play that I longed for as an actress," Streisand said. "And Harold was one of those writers who could write these magnificent melodies. That gave me what I needed."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Farber |first=Jim |date=October 24, 2022 |title=Barbra Streisand: 'It's the funniest thing to me that people still can't get my name wright' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/oct/23/barbra-streisand-interview-bon-soir-new-album |access-date=October 25, 2022 |journal=The Guardian}}</ref> According to biographer Christopher Nickens, hearing other great female singers benefited her style, as she began creating different emotional characters when performing, which gave her singing a greater range.


This range allowed her to sing with a dramatic voice or a lighthearted, and playful one. Feeling more self-confident, she improved her stage presence when speaking to the audience between songs. She discovered that her Brooklyn-bred style of humor was received quite favorably.<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|8}} During the next six months appearing at the club, some began comparing her singing voice to famous names such as ], ] and ]. Her conversational ability to charm an audience with spontaneous humor during performances became more sophisticated and professional.<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|8}} Theater critic ], in one of his reviews, could already envision her future success: "She's twenty; by the time she's thirty she will have rewritten the record books."<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|9}} Streisand improved her stage presence when speaking to the audience between songs. She discovered that her Brooklyn-bred style of humor was received favorably.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|8}} During the next six months appearing at the club, some began comparing her singing voice to famous names such as ], ] and ]. Her conversational ability to charm an audience with spontaneous humor during performances became more sophisticated and professional.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|8}} Theater critic ] wrote: "She's twenty; by the time she's thirty she will have rewritten the record books."<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|9}}


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Streisand, however, never lost her desire to be a stage actress, and accepted her first role on the New York stage in ''Another Evening with Harry Stoones'', a satirical comedy play in which she acted and sang two solos. The show received terrible reviews and closed the next day. With the help of her new personal manager, ], she had successful shows in Detroit and St. Louis. Erlichman then booked her at an even more upscale nightclub in Manhattan, the Blue Angel, where she became an even bigger hit during the period of 1961 to 1962. Streisand once told Jimmy Fallon, whom she sang a duet with,<ref>, fair use clip{{dead link|date=March 2016}}</ref> on the ], that Erlichman was a "fantastic manager" and still managed her career after 50 years.<ref>video: . fair use clip</ref>
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==== Early theatre roles and Broadway debut ====
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Streisand accepted her first role on the New York stage in ''Another Evening with Harry Stoones'', a satirical comedy play in which she acted and sang two solos. The show received terrible reviews and closed the next day. With the help of her new personal manager, ], she had successful shows in Detroit and St. Louis. Erlichman then booked her at an even more upscale nightclub in ], the Blue Angel, where she became a bigger hit during the period from 1961 to 1962. Streisand once told ], with whom she sang a duet,<ref>, fair use clip {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312122355/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEa_deCZaNA|date=March 12, 2016}}</ref> on the ], that ] was a "fantastic manager" and still managed her career after 50 years.<ref>video: . fair use clip</ref>


While appearing at the Blue Angel, theater director and playwright ] asked her to audition for a new musical comedy he was directing, '']''. She got the part of secretary to the lead actor businessman, played by then unknown ].<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|9}} They fell in love during rehearsals and eventually moved into a small apartment together above a seafood restaurant on Third Avenue. The show opened on March 22, 1962, at the ], and received rave reviews. Her performance "stopped the show cold," writes Nickens,<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|9}} and she became Broadway's most exciting and youngest new star.<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|10}} ], while hosting the ''Tonight Show'', told her that twenty was an "extremely young age to be a success on Broadway."<ref>video: , hosted by Groucho Marx, August 21, 1962 – fair use clip</ref> Streisand received a Tony nomination and a New York Drama Critic's prize for Best Supporting Actress.<ref>video: , Oct. 4, 1962 – fair use clip</ref> The show was recorded and it was the first time the public could purchase an album of her singing.<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|10}} While appearing at the Blue Angel, theater director and playwright ] asked her to audition for a new musical comedy he was directing, '']''. She got the part of secretary to the lead actor businessman, played by then unknown ].<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|9}} They fell in love during rehearsals and eventually moved into a small apartment together. The show opened on March 22, 1962, at the ], and received rave reviews. Her performance "stopped the show cold", wrote Nickens.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|9}}<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|10}} ], while hosting the ''Tonight Show'', told her that 20 was an "extremely young age to be a success on Broadway".<ref>video: , hosted by Groucho Marx, August 21, 1962 – fair use clip</ref> Streisand received a ] nomination and New York Drama Critic's prize for Best Supporting Actress.<ref>video: , October 4, 1962 – fair use clip</ref> The show was recorded and made into an album.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|10}}


=== Television appearances, marriage, and first albums === ==== Early television appearances ====
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Streisand's first television appearance was on '']'', then credited to its usual host ]. She was seen during an April 1961 episode on which ] substituted for Paar. She sang ]'s "]".<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/arts/music/27tomm.html?scp=1&sq=streisand%20arlen&st=cse | work=The New York Times | title=Streisand's Fine Instrument and Classic Instinct | first=Anthony | last=Tommasini | date=September 27, 2009 | accessdate=April 26, 2010}}</ref> During her appearance, ], also a guest on the show, called her "one of the great singing talents in the world."<ref>video: – fair use clip</ref>
Streisand's first television appearance was on '']'', then credited to its regular host, ]. She was seen during an April 1961 episode on which ] substituted for Paar. She sang ]'s "]".<ref>{{cite news |last=Tommasini |first=Anthony |date=September 27, 2009 |title=Streisand's Fine Instrument and Classic Instinct |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/arts/music/27tomm.html |access-date=April 26, 2010 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> During her appearance, ], also a guest on the show, called her "one of the great singing talents in the world."<ref>video: – fair use clip</ref>


Later in 1961, before she was cast in ''Another Evening With Harry Stoones'', she became a semi-regular on '']'', a talk/variety series hosted by ] and ].<ref name="barbra-archives1">{{cite web|url=http://barbra-archives.com/tv/60s/pm_east_streisand.html |title='P.M. East P.M. West' at |publisher=Barbra-archives.com |accessdate=August 17, 2011| archiveurl= //web.archive.org/web/20110707212349/http://barbra-archives.com/tv/60s/pm_east_streisand.html| archivedate= July 7, 2011|deadurl= no}}</ref> Later in 1961, before she was cast in ''Another Evening With Harry Stoones'', Streisand became a semi-regular on '']'', a talk/variety series hosted by ] and ].<ref name="barbra-archives1">{{cite web |title='P.M. East P.M. West' at |url=http://barbra-archives.com/tv/60s/pm_east_streisand.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707212349/http://barbra-archives.com/tv/60s/pm_east_streisand.html |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |publisher=Barbra-archives.com}}</ref> Some of Streisand's ''PM East'' segments survive as audio recordings, and still photos survive, but moving images do not.


In early 1962, she went into the Columbia Records studio for the cast recording of ''I Can Get It for You Wholesale''. Also that spring, she participated in a 25th anniversary studio recording of ''],'' the classic ] musical originated in 1937 by the ]. Reviews of both albums highlighted Streisand's performances.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mann |first=William J. |url=https://archive.org/details/hellogorgeousbec0000mann_c6n6/page/213 |title=Hello Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-547-36892-4 |location=Boston and New York |pages=}}</ref>
Her appearance with Orson Bean and his other guest Phyllis Diller on ''The Tonight Show'' was preserved by ] and has been viewed online by many people who were not alive in 1961. None of the video of Streisand on ''PM East/PM West'' was preserved for posterity.


In May 1962, Streisand appeared on ], where she sang "Happy Days Are Here Again" for the first time. Her sad, slow version of the 1930s upbeat Democratic Party theme song became her ] during this early phase of her career.<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|10}} In May 1962, Streisand appeared on '']'', where she sang "Happy Days Are Here Again" for the first time. Her sad, slow version of the 1930s upbeat Democratic Party theme song became her ] during this early phase of her career.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|10}}


] had her on the ''Tonight Show'' half a dozen times in 1962 and 1963, and she became a favorite of his television audience and himself personally. He described her as an "exciting new singer."<ref> – fair use clip</ref> During one show she joked with ], who liked her style of humor.<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|10}} In December 1962 she made the first of a number of appearances on the ], was later a cohost on the ], and made an impact on a number of ] specials. Performing with her on the Ed Sullivan Show was ] who became an instant fan of the young singer. Liberace invited her to Las Vegas, Nevada to perform as his opening act at the Riviera Hotel. Liberace is credited with introducing Barbara to Western American audiences.<ref>Thomas, Bob, (1987) "Liberace, The True Story." (London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson).</ref> The following September, during her ongoing shows at Harrah's Hotel in Lake Tahoe, she and Elliott Gould took time off to get married in Carson City, Nevada. With her career and popularity rising so quickly, she saw her marriage to Gould as a "stabilizing influence."<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|11}} ] had her on the ''Tonight Show'' half a dozen times in 1962 and 1963, and she became a favorite of his television audience and himself personally. He described her as an "exciting new singer."<ref> – fair use clip</ref> During one show, she joked with Groucho Marx, who liked her style of humor.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|10}}


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In December 1962, Streisand made the first of a number of appearances on '']''. She was later a cohost on '']'', and also made an impact on a number of ] specials. Performing with her on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' was ], who became an instant fan of the young singer. Liberace invited her to Las Vegas to perform as his opening act at the Riviera Hotel. He is credited with introducing Streisand to audiences on the West Coast.<ref>Thomas, Bob, (1987) "Liberace, The True Story." (London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson).</ref> The following September, during her ongoing shows at ] in Lake Tahoe, she and ] took time off to get married in ]. With her career and popularity rising so quickly, she saw her marriage to Gould as a "stabilizing influence."<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|11}}
Streisand returned to Broadway in 1964 with an acclaimed performance as entertainer ] in '']'' at the ]. The show introduced two of her signature songs, "People" and "Don't Rain on My Parade." Because of the play's overnight success, she appeared on the cover of ''Time''. In 1964 Streisand was nominated for a Tony Award for ] but lost to ] in '']!'' Streisand received an honorary "Star of the Decade" Tony Award in 1970.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/06/tony-awards-retire-competitive-special-theatrical-event-category.html|title=Tony Awards Drop Competitive Special Event Category| work = ] |date=June 19, 2009|accessdate=February 3, 2014}}</ref>


==== First albums ====
In 1966, she repeated her success with ''Funny Girl'' in London's West End at the ]. From 1965 to 1967 she appeared in her first four solo television specials.
When she was 21, Streisand signed a contract with ] that gave her full creative control, in exchange for less money.


Lieberson relented and agreed to sign her. Nearly three decades later, Streisand said:<ref>Barbra Streisand. ''Just for the Record...'' Columbia C4K 44111, 1991, ].</ref><ref name="control" />
== Career ==


{{Blockquote|text=The most important thing about that first contract – actually, the thing we held out for – was a unique clause giving me the right to choose my own material. It was the only thing I really cared about. I still received lots of pressure from the label to include some pop hits on my first album, but I held out for the songs that really meant something to me.}}
=== Singing ===
Streisand has recorded 50 studio albums, almost all with ]. Her early works in the 1960s (her debut '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', etc.) are considered classic renditions of theatre and cabaret standards, including her pensive version of the normally uptempo "]". She performed this in a duet with Judy Garland on '']''. Garland referred to her on the air as one of the last great ]. They also sang "]" with ] joining them.<ref>, 1963</ref>


She took advantage of this several times during her career.<ref name="control" />
]'' in 1969]]
Beginning with ''My Name Is Barbra'', her early albums were often medley-filled keepsakes of her television specials. Starting in 1969, she began attempting more contemporary material, but like many talented singers of the day, she found herself out of her element with rock. Her vocal talents prevailed, and she gained newfound success with the pop and ballad-oriented ]-produced album ''Stoney End'' in 1971. The title track, written by ], was a major hit for Streisand.


Columbia wanted to call her first album, in early 1963, ''Sweet and Saucy Streisand''; Streisand used her control to insist that it was called '']'', saying "if you saw me on TV, you could just go and ask for the Barbra Streisand album. It's common sense".<ref name="control" /> It reached the top 10 on the ''Billboard'' chart and won three ]s.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|11}} The album made her the best-selling female vocalist in the country.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|11}} That summer she also released '']'', which established her as the "most exciting new personality since ]."<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|11}} She ended that breakthrough year of 1963 by performing one-night concerts in Indianapolis, San Jose, Chicago, Sacramento, and Los Angeles.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|11}}
During the 1970s, she was also highly prominent on the pop charts, with Top 10 recordings such as "]" (US No. 1), "]" (US No. 1), "]" (1979, with ]), which as of 2010 is reportedly still the most commercially successful duet, (US No. 1), "]" (with ]) (US No. 1) and "The Main Event" (US No. 3), some of which came from soundtrack recordings of her films. As the 1970s ended, Streisand was named the most successful female singer in the U.S. — only ] and ] had sold more albums.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.riaa.com/news/newsletter/press1999/111099.asp |title=The American Recording Industry Announces its Artists of the Century |archiveurl=//web.archive.org/web/20070514091340/http://www.riaa.com/news/newsletter/press1999/111099.asp |date=November 10, 2009 |archivedate=May 14, 2007 |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America}}</ref> In 1980, she released her best-selling effort to date, the ]-produced '']''. The album contained the hits "]" (which spent several weeks on top of the pop charts in the fall of 1980), "]", and "]".


==== Return to the stage ====
After years of largely ignoring Broadway and traditional pop music in favor of more contemporary material, Streisand returned to her musical-theatre roots with 1985's '']'', which was unexpectedly successful, holding the coveted No. 1 Billboard position for three straight weeks, and being certified quadruple platinum. The album featured tunes by ], ], ], and ], who was persuaded to rework some of his songs especially for this recording. ''The Broadway Album'' was met with acclaim, including a Grammy nomination for album of the year and, ultimately, handed Streisand her eighth Grammy as Best Female Vocalist. After releasing the live album '']'' in 1986, Streisand was set to release another album of Broadway songs in 1988. She recorded several cuts for the album under the direction of ], including "]" (from '']''), a medley of "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" and "Heather on the Hill" (from '']'' and '']'', respectively), "]" (from '']''), "Warm All Over" (from '']'') and an unusual solo version of "]" (from '']''). Streisand was not happy with the direction of the project and it was ultimately scrapped. Only "Warm All Over" and a reworked, lite FM-friendly version of "All I Ask of You" were ever released, the latter appearing on Streisand's 1988 effort, '']''. At the beginning of the 1990s, Streisand started focusing on her film directorial efforts and became almost inactive in the recording studio. In 1991, a four-disc box set, ''Just for the Record'', was released. A compilation spanning Streisand's entire career to date, it featured over 70 tracks of live performances, greatest hits, rarities and previously unreleased material.
Streisand returned to Broadway in 1964 with an acclaimed performance as entertainer ] in '']'' at the ]. The show introduced two of her signature songs, "People" and "]." Because of the musical's overnight success, she appeared on the cover of '']''. In 1964, Streisand was nominated for a ] but lost to ] in '']!'' Streisand received an honorary "Star of the Decade" Tony Award in 1970.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 19, 2009 |title=Tony Awards Drop Competitive Special Event Category |url=http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/06/tony-awards-retire-competitive-special-theatrical-event-category.html |access-date=February 3, 2014 |work=]}}</ref>


In 1966, Streisand repeated her success with ''Funny Girl'' in London's West End at the ]. From 1965 to 1968 she appeared in her first four solo television specials, including the ]–winning '']''.
]
The following year, Streisand's concert fundraising events helped propel former ]. ] into the spotlight and into office.<ref>{{cite web |last=Newfield |first=Jack |url=http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/90s/george_1996.html |title=Diva Democracy |work=George |date=November 1996 |publisher=Barbra-archives.com |accessdate=August 17, 2011}}</ref> Streisand later introduced Clinton at his inauguration in 1993. Streisand's music career, however, was largely on hold. A 1992 appearance at an APLA benefit as well as the aforementioned inaugural performance hinted that Streisand was becoming more receptive to the idea of live performances. A tour was suggested, though Streisand would not immediately commit to it, citing her well-known stage fright as well as security concerns. During this time, Streisand finally returned to the recording studio and released '']'' in June 1993. The album was not as universally lauded as its predecessor, but it did debut at No. 1 on the pop charts (a rare feat for an artist of Streisand's age, especially given that it relegated ]'s '']'' to the No. 2 spot). One of the album's highlights was a medley of "]", a duet with ], who Streisand said is one of her favorite singers.<ref>{{cite book |last=Waldman |first=Allison J. |title=The Barbra Streisand Scrapbook |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-KkkPwXeGZkC&pg=PA14&dq=Johnny+Mathis+Barbra+Streisand+favorite+singer&hl=en&sa=X&ei=T3XJUK2jNcnW2gW4v4CAAw&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Johnny%20Mathis%20Barbra%20Streisand%20favorite%20singer&f=false |accessdate=December 13, 2012 |year=2001 |publisher=] |isbn=0-8065-2218-6 |page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Nudd |first1=Tim |last2=Wihlborg |first2=Ulrica|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20590521,00.html|title=Barbra Streisand Celebrates 70th Birthday with John Travolta & Celeb Pals|date=April 26, 2012|work=People|accessdate=December 13, 2012}}</ref>


=== Stardom ===
In 1993, ''New York Times'' music critic ] wrote that Streisand "enjoys a cultural status that only one other American entertainer, ], has achieved in the last half century".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/27/arts/recordings-view-barbra-streisand-mixes-star-power-and-high-concept.html?scp=1&sq=streisand%20holden%20sinatra&st=cse |title=Barbra Streisand Mixes Star Power And High Concept |first=Stephen |last=Holden |work=The New York Times |date=June 27, 1993 |accessdate=August 17, 2011}}</ref> In September 1993, Streisand announced her first public concert appearances in 27 years (if one does not count her Las Vegas nightclub performances between 1969 and 1972). What began as a two-night New Year's event at the ] eventually led to a multi-city tour in the summer of 1994. Tickets for the tour were sold out in under one hour. Streisand also appeared on the covers of major magazines in anticipation of what ''Time magazine'' named "The Music Event of the Century." The tour was one of the biggest all-media merchandise parlays in history. Ticket prices ranged from US$50 to US$1,500 – making Streisand the highest-paid concert performer in history. '']'' went on to be the top-grossing concert of the year and earned five ] and the ], while the taped broadcast on ] is, to date, the highest-rated concert special in HBO's 30-year history. Following the tour's conclusion, Streisand once again kept a low profile musically, instead focusing her efforts on acting and directing duties as well as a burgeoning romance with actor ].


==== Singing ====
In 1996, Streisand released "]" as a duet with Canadian singer and songwriter ]. The song was nominated for an Oscar as it was part of the soundtrack of Streisand's self-directed movie '']''. It reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was her first significant hit in almost a decade and her first top 10 hit on the Hot 100 (and first gold single) since 1981.
Streisand has recorded 50 studio albums, almost all with ]. Her early works in the 1960s (her debut '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', etc.) are considered classic renditions of theatre and cabaret standards, including her pensive version of the normally uptempo "]". She performed this in a duet with Judy Garland on '']''. Garland referred to her on the air as one of the last great ]. They also sang "]", with ] joining them.<ref>, 1963</ref>


]'' in 1969.]]
In 1997, she finally returned to the recording studio, releasing '']'', a collection of songs of a loosely inspirational nature which also featured a duet with ]. The album received generally favorable reviews and, remarkably, once again debuted at No. 1 on the pop charts. Following her marriage to Brolin in 1998, Streisand recorded an album of love songs entitled '']'' the following year. Reviews were mixed, with many critics complaining about the somewhat syrupy sentiments and overly-lush arrangements; however, it did produce a modest hit for Streisand in the country-tinged "If You Ever Leave Me", a duet with ].
Beginning with ''My Name Is Barbra'', her early albums were often medley-filled keepsakes of her television specials. Starting in 1969, she began attempting more contemporary material, but like many talented singers of the day, she found herself out of her element with rock. Her vocal talents prevailed, and she gained newfound success with the pop and ballad-oriented ]-produced album '']'' in 1971. The ], written by ], was a major hit for Streisand.


During the 1970s, she was also highly prominent on the pop charts, with Top 10 recordings such as "]" (US No. 1); "]" (US No. 1); "]" (1979, with ]), which {{as of|2010|lc=y}} is reportedly still the most commercially successful duet, (US No. 1); "]" (with ]) (US No. 1); and "The Main Event" (US No. 3), some of which came from soundtrack recordings of her films. As the 1970s ended, Streisand was named the most successful female singer in the U.S. — only ] and ] had sold more albums.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.riaa.com/news/newsletter/press1999/111099.asp |title=The American Recording Industry Announces its Artists of the Century |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070514091340/http://www.riaa.com/news/newsletter/press1999/111099.asp |date=November 10, 2009 |archive-date=May 14, 2007 |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1980, she released her best-selling effort to date, the ]-produced '']''. The album contained the hits "]" (which spent several weeks on top of the pop charts in the fall of 1980), "]", and "]".
On New Year's Eve 1999, Streisand returned to the concert stage, selling out in the first few hours, eight months before her return.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barbrastreisand.com/us/biography|title=Biography|publisher=barbrastreisand.com|accessdate=December 13, 2012}}</ref> At the end of the millennium, she was the number one female singer in the U.S., with at least two No. 1 albums in each decade since she began performing. A two-disc live album of the concert entitled '']'' was released in 2000. Streisand performed versions of the ''Timeless'' concert in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, in early 2000. In advance of four concerts (two each in Los Angeles and New York) in September 2000, Streisand announced that she was retiring from playing public concerts. Her performance of the song "]" was broadcast on the Internet via America Online.


After years of largely ignoring Broadway and traditional pop music in favor of more contemporary material, Streisand returned to her musical-theater roots. Columbia Records objected that the songs she wanted to sing were not pop songs, but Streisand asserted the full creative control her contract gave her—'I've always had the right to sing what I want'<ref name="control" />—with 1985's '']'', which was unexpectedly successful, holding the coveted No. 1 Billboard position for three straight weeks and being certified quadruple platinum. The album featured tunes by ], ], ], and ], who was persuaded to rework some of his songs especially for this recording. ''The Broadway Album'' was met with acclaim, including a Grammy nomination for album of the year, and handed Streisand her eighth Grammy as Best Female Vocalist. After releasing the live album '']'' in 1986, Streisand was set to release another album of Broadway songs in 1988. She recorded several cuts for the album under the direction of ], including "]" (from '']''), a medley of "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?", and "Heather on the Hill" (from '']'' and '']'', respectively), "]" (from '']''), "Warm All Over" (from '']''), and an unusual solo version of "]" (from '']''). Streisand was not happy with the direction of the project and it was scrapped. Only "Warm All Over" and a reworked, lite FM-friendly version of "All I Ask of You" were ever released, the latter appearing on Streisand's 1988 effort, '']''. At the beginning of the 1990s, Streisand started focusing on her film directorial efforts and became almost inactive in the recording studio. In 1991, a four-disc box set, ''Just for the Record'', was released. A compilation spanning Streisand's entire career to date, it featured over 70 tracks of live performances, greatest hits, rarities, and previously unreleased material.
Streisand's most recent albums have been '']'' (2001), a somewhat somber collection of holiday songs (which felt entirely —albeit unintentionally— appropriate in the early post-9/11 days), and '']'' (2003), featuring famous film themes and backed by a large symphony orchestra. '']'' (called ''Guilty Too'' in the UK), a collaboration with Barry Gibb and a sequel to their ''Guilty'', was released worldwide in 2005.


] in London]] ]
The following year, Streisand's concert fundraising events helped propel President ] into the spotlight and into office.<ref>{{cite web |last=Newfield |first=Jack |date=November 1996 |title=Diva Democracy |url=http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/90s/george_1996.html |access-date=August 17, 2011 |work=George |publisher=Barbra-archives.com}}</ref> Streisand later introduced Clinton at his inauguration in 1993. Streisand's music career, however, was largely on hold. A 1992 appearance at an APLA benefit, as well as the aforementioned inaugural performance, hinted that Streisand was becoming more receptive to the idea of live performances. A tour was suggested, though Streisand would not immediately commit to it, citing her well-known stage fright as well as security concerns. During this time, Streisand finally returned to the recording studio and released '']'' in June 1993. The album was not as universally lauded as its predecessor, but it did debut at No. 1 on the pop charts (a rare feat for an artist of Streisand's age, especially given that it relegated ]'s '']'' to the No. 2 spot). One of the album's highlights was a medley of "]", a duet with ], who Streisand said is one of her favorite singers.<ref>{{cite book |last=Waldman |first=Allison J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-KkkPwXeGZkC&pg=PA14 |title=The Barbra Streisand Scrapbook |publisher=] |year=2001 |isbn=0-8065-2218-6 |page=14 |access-date=December 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Nudd |first1=Tim |last2=Wihlborg |first2=Ulrica |date=April 26, 2012 |title=Barbra Streisand Celebrates 70th Birthday with John Travolta & Celeb Pals |url=https://people.com/tag/barbra-streisand/ |access-date=December 13, 2012 |work=People}}</ref>
In February 2006, Streisand recorded the song "Smile" alongside ] at Streisand's ] home. The song is included on Bennett's 80th birthday album, '']''. In September 2006, the pair filmed a live performance of the song for a special directed by ] entitled ''Tony Bennett: An American Classic''. The special aired on NBC November 21, 2006, and was released on DVD the same day. Streisand's duet with Bennett opened the special. In 2006, Streisand announced her intent to tour again, in an effort to raise money and awareness for multiple issues. After four days of rehearsal at the ] in ], the tour began on October 4 at the ] in ], continued with a featured stop in ], (this was the concert Streisand chose to film for a TV special), and concluded at Staples Center in Los Angeles on November 20, 2006. Special guests ] were interwoven throughout the show. The show was known as '']''.


In 1993, ''The New York Times'' music critic ] wrote that Streisand "enjoys a cultural status that only one other American entertainer, Frank Sinatra, has achieved in the last half century".<ref>{{cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |date=June 27, 1993 |title=Barbra Streisand Mixes Star Power And High Concept |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/27/arts/recordings-view-barbra-streisand-mixes-star-power-and-high-concept.html |access-date=August 17, 2011 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> In September 1993, Streisand announced her first public concert appearances in 27 years (discounting her Las Vegas nightclub performances between 1969 and 1972). What began as a two-night New Year's event at the ] led to a multi-city tour in the summer of 1994. Tickets for the tour sold out in under an hour. Streisand also appeared on the covers of major magazines in anticipation of what ''Time magazine'' named "The Music Event of the Century". The tour was one of the biggest all-media merchandise parlays in history. Ticket prices ranged from US$50 to US$1,500, making Streisand the highest-paid concert performer in history at the time. '']'' went on to be the top-grossing concert of the year and earned five ] and the ], while the taped broadcast on ] was the highest-rated concert special in HBO's 30-year history. Following the tour's conclusion, Streisand once again kept a low profile musically, instead focusing her efforts on acting and directing duties as well as a burgeoning romance with actor ].
Streisand's 20-concert tour set box-office records. At the age of 64, well past the prime of most performers, she grossed $92,457,062 and set house gross records in 14 of the 16 arenas played on the tour. She set the third-place record for her October 9, 2006 show at Madison Square Garden, the first- and second-place records of which are held by her two shows in September 2000. She set the second-place record at the ], with her December 31, 1999 show being the house record and the highest-grossing concert of all time. This led many people to openly criticize Streisand for ], as many tickets sold for upwards of $1,000.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tierney |first=John |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/26/magazine/the-big-city-scalping-fair-and-square.html |title=The Big City; Scalping, Fair and Square |work=The New York Times |date=June 26, 1994 |accessdate=December 4, 2013}}</ref>


In 1996, Streisand released "]" as a duet with Canadian singer and songwriter ]. The song was nominated for an Oscar, as it was part of the soundtrack of Streisand's self-directed movie '']''. It reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was her first significant hit in almost a decade and her first top 10 hit on the Hot 100 (and first gold single) since 1981.
A collection of performances culled from different stops on this tour, '']'', debuted at No. 7 on the ], making it Streisand's 29th Top 10 album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1052029/chart-beat-chat |title=Chart Beat Chat |work=Billboard |date=July 7, 2007 |accessdate=July 26, 2012}}</ref> In the summer of 2007, Streisand gave concerts for the first time in continental Europe. The first concert took place in ] (June 18), then Vienna (June 22), Paris (June 26), Berlin (June 30), ] (July 4, canceled), ] (July 10) and ], near ] (July 14), followed by three concerts in London (July 18, 22 and 25), the only European city where Streisand had performed before 2007. Tickets for the London dates cost between £100.00 and £1,500.00 and for the ] date between €118 and €500. The Ireland date was marred by problems, with serious parking and seating problems leading to the event's being dubbed a fiasco by '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/features/reports/The-Streisand-fiasco--Fear-and-loathing-in-Castletown-House/3926410.html |title=The Streisand fiasco: Fear and loathing in Castletown House |work=Hot Press |accessdate=December 4, 2013}}</ref> The tour included a 58-piece orchestra.


In 1997, she finally returned to the recording studio, releasing '']'', a collection of songs of a loosely inspirational nature that also featured a duet with ]. The album received generally favorable reviews and once again debuted at No. 1 on the pop charts. Following her marriage to Brolin in 1998, Streisand recorded '']'' the following year. Reviews were mixed, with many critics complaining about the somewhat syrupy sentiments and overly lush arrangements; however, it did produce a modest hit for Streisand in the country-tinged "If You Ever Leave Me", a duet with ].
In February 2008, '']'' listed Streisand as the No.-2-earning female musician, between June 2006 and June 2007, with earnings of about $60&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.forbes.com/2008/01/28/music-madonna-hollywood-biz-cz_dp_0129musicwomen_slide_3.html?thisSpeed=15000 |title=In Pictures: The Top-Earning Women In Music |work=Forbes |accessdate=November 2, 2008 |first=Dorothy |last=Pomerantz| archiveurl= //web.archive.org/web/20081027232611/http://www.forbes.com/2008/01/28/music-madonna-hollywood-biz-cz_dp_0129musicwomen_slide_3.html?thisSpeed=15000| archivedate= October 27, 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> On November 17, 2008, Streisand returned to the studio to begin recording what would be her sixty-third album<ref name=wash>Marks, Peter (December 7, 2008). ''].'' Retrieved December 10, 2008.</ref> and it was announced that ] was producing the album.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gardner |first=Elysa |url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2009-04-09-krall-quiet-nights_N.htm |title=For Diana Krall, quiet time is a rare thing |work=USA Today |date=April 10, 2009 |accessdate=August 17, 2011}}</ref> Streisand is one of the recipients of the 2008 Kennedy Center Honors.<ref>Frey, Jennifer. (December 8, 2008). ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved December 10, 2008.</ref> On December 7, 2008, she visited the White House as part of the ceremonies.<ref name=wash />


On New Year's Eve 1999, Streisand returned to the concert stage, selling out in the first few hours, eight months before her return.<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography |url=http://www.barbrastreisand.com/us/biography |access-date=December 13, 2012 |publisher=barbrastreisand.com}}</ref> At the end of the millennium, she was the number one female singer in the U.S., with at least two No. 1 albums in each decade since she began performing. A two-disc live album, '']'', was released in 2000. Streisand performed versions of the ''Timeless'' concert in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, in early 2000. In advance of four concerts (two each in Los Angeles and New York) in September 2000, Streisand announced that she was retiring from playing public concerts. Her performance of the song "]" was broadcast on the Internet via America Online.
On April 25, 2009, ] aired Streisand's latest television special, ''Streisand: Live in Concert'', highlighting the aforementioned featured stop from her 2006 North American tour, in ], Florida. On September 26, 2009, Streisand performed a one-night-only show at the ] in New York City's Greenwich Village.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/arts/music/28stre.html | work=The New York Times | title=Lucky Streisand Fans Were A-Listers for a Night | first=Ben | last=Sisario | date=September 28, 2009 | accessdate=April 26, 2010| archiveurl= //web.archive.org/web/20100325210509/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/arts/music/28stre.html?| archivedate= March 25, 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> This performance was later released on DVD as ''].'' On September 29, 2009, Streisand and Columbia Records released her newest studio album, '']'', produced by ].<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.barbrastreisand.com/ca/home?page=news&n_id=1258 |title=Barbra Streisand official site |date=June 22, 2009 |publisher=Barbrastreisand.com |accessdate=August 17, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20111001041844/http://www.barbrastreisand.com/ca/home?page=news&n_id=1258 |archivedate=October 1, 2011 }}</ref> On October 2, 2009, Streisand made her British television performance debut with an interview on '']'' to promote the album. This album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and registered her biggest weekly sales since 1997, making Streisand the only artist in history to achieve No. 1 albums in five different decades.


Streisand's subsequent albums included '']'' (2001), a somewhat somber collection of holiday songs, and '']'' (2003), featuring famous film themes and backed by a large symphony orchestra. '']'' (called ''Guilty Too'' in the UK), a collaboration with Barry Gibb and a sequel to their ''Guilty'', was released worldwide in 2005.
On February 1, 2010, Streisand joined over eighty other artists in recording a new version of the 1985 charity single "]". ] and ] planned to release the new version to mark the 25th anniversary of its original recording. These plans changed, however, in view of the devastating earthquake that hit ] on January 12, 2010, and on February 12, the song, now called "]", made its debut as a charity single to support relief aid for the beleaguered island nation.


] in London.]]
In 2011, she sang '']'' from the Broadway musical '']'', with ] ], on Evancho's album '']''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jackie Explains Duet|url=http://barbratimeless.com/2009jackie.htm|publisher=barbratimeless.com|date=June 17, 2011|accessdate=September 13, 2012}}</ref>


In February 2006, Streisand recorded the song "Smile" alongside ] at Streisand's ] home. The song is included on Bennett's 80th birthday album, '']''. In September 2006, the pair filmed a live performance of the song for ''Tony Bennett: An American Classic'', directed by ]. The special aired on NBC on November 21, 2006, and was released on DVD the same day. Streisand's duet with Bennett opened the special.
Streisand was honored as ] on February 11, 2011, two days prior to the 53rd Annual ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Barbra Streisand Named 2011 MusiCares Person Of The Year|url=http://www.grammy.org/musicares/news/barbra-streisand-named-2011-musicares-person-of-year|publisher=grammy.org|date=January 10, 2011|accessdate=September 13, 2012}}</ref>


That same year, Streisand announced her intent to tour again, in an effort to raise money and awareness for multiple issues. After four days of rehearsal at the ] in ], the ] began on October 4 at the ] in ], continued with a featured stop in ], and concluded at Staples Center in Los Angeles on November 20, 2006. Special guests ] were interwoven throughout the show. Streisand's 20-concert tour set box office records. At the age of 64, she grossed $92,457,062 and set house gross records in 14 of the 16 arenas played on the tour. She set the third-place record for her show of October 9, 2006, at Madison Square Garden, the first- and second-place records, of which are held by her two shows in September 2000. She set the second-place record at ], with her December 31, 1999, show being the house record and highest-grossing concert of all time. This led many people to openly criticize Streisand for ], as many tickets sold for upwards of $1,000.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tierney |first=John |date=June 26, 1994 |title=The Big City; Scalping, Fair and Square |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/26/magazine/the-big-city-scalping-fair-and-square.html |access-date=December 4, 2013 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
On October 11, 2012, Streisand gave a three-hour concert performance before a crowd of 18,000 as part of the ongoing inaugural events of ] (and part of her current ''Barbra Live'' tour) in her native Brooklyn (her first-ever public performance in her home borough). Streisand was joined onstage by trumpeter ], Italian operatic trio ], and her son ]. The concert included musical tributes by Streisand to ] and ], both of whom had died earlier in 2012. Confirmed attendees included ], ], ], ], ], ] and New York City mayor ], as well as designers ], ], ] and ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Her name is Barbra, and Brooklyn is her town |author=Gardner, Elysa |url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2012/10/11/barbra-streisand-brooklyn-concert/1628669/ |newspaper=] |date=October 12, 2012 |accessdate=October 12, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Barbra Streisand Is a Proud Brooklynite at Concert |author=Fekadu, Mesfin |url=http://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2012/10/12/barbra-streisand-is-a-proud-brooklynite-at-concert |newspaper=Associated Press (via ]) |date=October 12, 2012 |accessdate=October 12, 2012}}</ref> In June 2013 she gave two concerts in ], ].


A collection of performances culled from different stops on this tour, '']'', debuted at No. 7 on the ], making it Streisand's 29th Top 10 album.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=July 7, 2007 |title=Chart Beat Chat |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1052029/chart-beat-chat |access-date=July 26, 2012 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> In the summer of 2007, Streisand gave concerts for the first time in continental Europe. The first concert took place in ] (June 18), then Vienna (June 22), Paris (June 26), Berlin (June 30), ] (July 4, canceled), ] (July 10), and ], near ] (July 14), followed by three concerts in London (July 18, 22 and 25), the only European city where Streisand had performed before 2007. Tickets for the London dates cost between £100.00 and £1,500.00, and for Ireland, between €118 and €500. The Ireland date was marred by issues with serious parking and seating problems, leading to the event's being dubbed a fiasco by '']''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Streisand fiasco: Fear and loathing in Castletown House |url=http://www.hotpress.com/features/reports/The-Streisand-fiasco--Fear-and-loathing-in-Castletown-House/3926410.html |access-date=December 4, 2013 |work=Hot Press}}</ref> The tour included a 58-piece orchestra.
Streisand is one of many singers who use ]s during their live performances. Streisand has defended her choice in using teleprompters to display lyrics and, sometimes, banter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/streisands-stagefright-prompted-by-forgotten-lyrics_1117130 |title=Barbra Streisand &#124; Streisand's Stagefright Prompted By Forgotten Lyrics |publisher=Contactmusic |date=September 25, 2009 |accessdate=August 17, 2011}}</ref>


In February 2008, '']'' listed Streisand as the No. 2-earning female musician between June 2006 and June 2007, with earnings of about $60&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pomerantz |first=Dorothy |title=In Pictures: The Top-Earning Women In Music |url=https://www.forbes.com/2008/01/28/music-madonna-hollywood-biz-cz_dp_0129musicwomen_slide_3.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081027232611/http://www.forbes.com/2008/01/28/music-madonna-hollywood-biz-cz_dp_0129musicwomen_slide_3.html |archive-date=October 27, 2008 |access-date=November 2, 2008 |work=Forbes}}</ref> On November 17, 2008, Streisand returned to the studio to begin recording what would be her 63rd album<ref name="wash">Marks, Peter (December 7, 2008). ''].'' Retrieved December 10, 2008.</ref> and it was announced that ] was producing the album.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gardner |first=Elysa |date=April 10, 2009 |title=For Diana Krall, quiet time is a rare thing |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2009-04-09-krall-quiet-nights_N.htm |access-date=August 17, 2011 |work=USA Today}}</ref> Streisand is one of the recipients of the 2008 Kennedy Center Honors.<ref>Frey, Jennifer. (December 8, 2008). ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved December 10, 2008.</ref> On December 7, 2008, she visited the White House as part of the ceremonies.<ref name="wash" />
In September 2014,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/barbra-streisand-sings-with-elvis-on-new-album/059352|title=Barbra Streisand sings with Elvis on new album|work=Music Week|accessdate=November 8, 2014}}</ref> she released '']'', a new album of duets that features collaborations with ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. This album topped the ] with sales of 196,000 copies in the first week, making Streisand the only recording artist to have a number-one album in each of the last six decades.<ref>. ''Billboard'' Chart Beat. September 23, 2014.</ref> It was also certified gold in November 2014 and platinum in January 2015, thus becoming Streisand's 52nd gold and 31st Platinum album, more than any other female artist in history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/gay-icon-barbra-streisand-makes-more-history-latest-album071114#sthash.kqPUWSbU.dpuf|title=Gay icon Barbra Streisand makes more history with latest album|work=Gay Star News|accessdate= November 8, 2014}}</ref>


On April 25, 2009, ] aired Streisand's latest television special, ''Streisand: Live in Concert'', highlighting the featured stop from her 2006 North American tour in ], Florida. On September 26, 2009, Streisand performed a one-night-only show at the ] in New York City's Greenwich Village.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sisario |first=Ben |date=September 28, 2009 |title=Lucky Streisand Fans Were A-Listers for a Night |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/arts/music/28stre.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113194207/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/arts/music/28stre.html |archive-date=January 13, 2013 |access-date=April 26, 2010 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> This performance was later released on DVD as ''].'' On September 29, 2009, Streisand and Columbia Records released the studio album '']'', produced by ].<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.barbrastreisand.com/ca/home?page=news&n_id=1258 |title=Barbra Streisand official site |date=June 22, 2009 |publisher=Barbrastreisand.com |access-date=August 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001041844/http://www.barbrastreisand.com/ca/home?page=news&n_id=1258 |archive-date=October 1, 2011}}</ref> On October 2, 2009, Streisand made her British television performance debut with an interview on '']'' to promote the album. This album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and registered her biggest weekly sales since 1997, making Streisand the only artist in history to achieve No. 1 albums in five different decades.
In May 2016, Streisand announced the upcoming album '']'' to be released in August following a nine-city concert tour, '']'', including performances in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, and a return to her hometown of Brooklyn.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-News-Barbra-Streisand-is-Headed-Back-on-9-City-Tour-Plus-Reveals-Third-Broadway-Album-20160516|title=Breaking News: Barbra Streisand is Headed Back on 9-City Tour; Plus Reveals Third Broadway Album|work=broaDwayWorldNews|accessdate= May 16, 2016}}</ref>


On February 1, 2010, Streisand joined over 80 other artists in recording a new version of the 1985 charity single "]". ] and ] planned to release the new version to mark the 25th anniversary of its original recording. These plans changed, however, in view of the devastating earthquake that hit ] on January 12, 2010, and on February 12, the song, now called "]", made its debut as a charity single to support relief aid for the island nation.
=== Acting ===
]'' (1970)]]
Her first film was a reprise of her Broadway hit, '']'' (1968), an artistic and commercial success directed by Hollywood veteran ]. Streisand won the 1968 ] for the role,<ref>{{cite web|title=Funny Girl (1968)|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/25128/Funny-Girl/articles.html|work=]|accessdate=September 13, 2012}}</ref> sharing it with ] ('']''), the only time there has been a tie in this ] category.<ref>{{cite book|last=Heinemann|first=Sue|title=Timelines of American Women's History|year=1996|publisher=Perigee Trade|isbn=978-0-399-51986-4|page=362}}</ref> Her next two movies were also based on musicals, ]'s '']'', directed by ] (1969); and ]'s and ]'s '']'', directed by ] (1970); while her fourth film was based on the Broadway play '']'' (1970).<ref>{{cite web|title=The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)|url=http://www.amazon.com/The-Owl-Pussycat-Barbra-Streisand/dp/B00005QCTZ|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=September 13, 2012}}</ref>


Streisand was honored as ] on February 11, 2011, two days prior to the 53rd Annual ].<ref>{{cite news |date=January 10, 2011 |title=Barbra Streisand Named 2011 MusiCares Person of the Year |url=http://www.grammy.org/musicares/news/barbra-streisand-named-2011-musicares-person-of-year |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626193632/https://www.grammy.org/musicares/news/barbra-streisand-named-2011-musicares-person-of-year |archive-date=June 26, 2017 |access-date=September 13, 2012 |publisher=grammy.org}}</ref> That same year, Streisand sang "]" from the Broadway musical '']'', with ] ], on Evancho's album '']''.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 17, 2011 |title=Jackie Explains Duet |url=http://barbratimeless.com/2009jackie.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121002637/http://barbratimeless.com/2009jackie.htm |archive-date=January 21, 2013 |access-date=September 13, 2012 |publisher=barbratimeless.com}}</ref>
During the 1970s, Streisand starred in several ], including '']'' (1972) and '']'' (1979), both co-starring ], and '']'' (1974) with ]. One of her most famous roles during this period was in the drama '']'' (1973) with ], for which she received an ] nomination as Best Actress. She earned her second ] for ] (with lyricist ]) for the song "]", from '']'' in 1976,<ref>{{cite web|last=Ruhlmann|first=William|title=A Star Is Born|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-star-is-born-mw0000196532|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=September 13, 2012}}</ref> in which she also starred.


On October 11, 2012, Streisand gave a three-hour concert performance before a crowd of 18,000 as part of the ongoing inaugural events of ] (and part of her current ''Barbra Live'' tour) in Brooklyn (her first-ever public performance in her home borough). Streisand was joined onstage by trumpeter ], Italian operatic trio ], and her son, ]. The concert included musical tributes by Streisand to ] and ], both of whom had died earlier in 2012. Confirmed attendees included ], ], ], ], ], ], and New York City mayor ], as well as designers ], ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite news |author=Gardner, Elysa |date=October 12, 2012 |title=Her name is Barbra, and Brooklyn is her town |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2012/10/11/barbra-streisand-brooklyn-concert/1628669/ |access-date=October 12, 2012 |newspaper=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Fekadu, Mesfin |date=October 12, 2012 |title=Barbra Streisand Is a Proud Brooklynite at Concert |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2012/10/12/barbra-streisand-is-a-proud-brooklynite-at-concert |access-date=October 12, 2012 |newspaper=Associated Press (via ])}}</ref> In June 2013, she gave two concerts in ], ].
Along with ], ] and later ], Streisand formed ] Production Company in 1969, so that the actors could secure properties and develop movie projects for themselves. Streisand's initial outing with First Artists was '']'' (1972).<ref>{{cite web|title=Art Isn't Easy|url=http://barbratimeless.com/2009firstartists.htm|accessdate=September 13, 2012}}</ref>


Streisand is one of many singers who use ]s during their live performances. Streisand has defended her choice in using teleprompters to display lyrics and, sometimes, banter.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=September 25, 2009 |title=Barbra Streisand &#124; Streisand's Stagefright Prompted By Forgotten Lyrics |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/streisands-stagefright-prompted-by-forgotten-lyrics_1117130 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |magazine=Contactmusic}}</ref>
From a period beginning in 1969 and ending in 1980, Streisand appeared in ], the annual motion picture exhibitors poll of Top 10 Box Office attractions a total of 10 times,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.quigleypublishing.com/MPalmanac/Top10/Top10_lists.html |title=Top Ten Money Making Stars |work=
Quigley Publishing Company |date=April 14, 2005 |accessdate=August 17, 2011}}</ref> often as the only woman on the list. After the commercially disappointing '']'' in 1981, Streisand's film output decreased considerably. She has acted in only eight films since.


In September 2014,<ref>{{cite web |title=Barbra Streisand sings with Elvis on new album |url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/barbra-streisand-sings-with-elvis-on-new-album/059352 |access-date=November 8, 2014 |work=Music Week}}</ref> she released '']'', a new album of duets that features collaborations with ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ]. This album topped the ], with sales of 196,000 copies in the first week, making Streisand the only recording artist to have a number-one album in each of the last six decades.<ref>. ''Billboard'' Chart Beat. September 23, 2014.</ref> It was also certified gold in November 2014 and platinum in January 2015, thus becoming Streisand's 52nd gold and 31st Platinum album, more than any other female artist in history.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 7, 2014 |title=Gay icon Barbra Streisand makes more history with latest album |url=http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/gay-icon-barbra-streisand-makes-more-history-latest-album071114#sthash.kqPUWSbU.dpuf |access-date=November 8, 2014 |work=Gay Star News}}</ref>
{{quote box|quote="I'm impressed with her choosing ''Yentl''; it was extraordinary. But for some reason, Hollywood turned against her...there was a lack of sympathy toward her...Christ, she could have played ] better than ], with her enormous power and the subtlety of her singing...She is one of the great actresses and she hasn't been well used."|source=director ], ''Playboy'' interview, 1985<ref>Grobel, Lawrence. "Playboy Interview with John Huston," ''Playboy'' magazine, September 1985</ref>|align=left|width=25em|bgcolor = Cornsilk}}


In May 2016, Streisand announced the upcoming album '']'', to be released in August following a nine-city concert tour, '']'', including performances in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, and a return to her hometown of Brooklyn.<ref>{{cite web |title=Breaking News: Barbra Streisand is Headed Back on 9-City Tour; Plus Reveals Third Broadway Album |url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-News-Barbra-Streisand-is-Headed-Back-on-9-City-Tour-Plus-Reveals-Third-Broadway-Album-20160516 |access-date=May 16, 2016 |work=broaDwayWorldNews}}</ref> In June 2018, Streisand confirmed she was working on the new studio album '']'',<ref>{{cite web |last=Sheehan |first=Paul |date=June 21, 2018 |title=Barbra Streisand interview: Emmys and new Netflix concert special |url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2018/barbra-streisand-interview-netflix-emmy-news/ |access-date=September 27, 2018 |work=]}}</ref> released November 2, 2018, just prior to the U.S. midterm election. The album's lead single, "]", was written as a criticism of America's political climate amid the ],<ref name="billboard-9-27">{{cite magazine |title=Barbra Streisand Talks New Album ''Walls'' and its Trump-Dissing single "Don't Lie to Me" |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8477132/barbra-streisand-new-album-walls-interview |access-date=September 28, 2018 |magazine=]}}</ref><ref name="huffpost-9-27">{{cite web |date=September 27, 2018 |title=Barbra Streisand's New Song "Don't Lie to Me" Is a Pointed Trump Dig |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/barbra-streisand-dont-lie-to-me-donald-trump_us_5bacfe92e4b0425e3c2128c0 |access-date=September 28, 2018 |work=]}}</ref> while the title track alludes to Trump's frequent calls for a ].<ref>{{cite news |last=Haberman |first=Maggie |date=October 30, 2018 |title=Barbra Streisand Can't Get Trump Out of Her Head. So She Sang About Him. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/30/arts/music/barbra-streisand-walls-trump.html |access-date=October 30, 2018 |work=]}}</ref>
Streisand produced a number of her own films, setting up Barwood Films in 1972. For '']'' (1983), she was producer, director, and star, an experience she repeated for '']'' (1991) and '']'' (1996). There was controversy when ''Yentl'' received five Academy Award nominations, but none for the major categories of Best Picture, Actress, or Director.<ref>. Filmsite.com.</ref> ''The Prince of Tides'' received even more Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Screenplay, although not for director. Upon completion of the film, its screenwriter, ], who also authored the novel, called Streisand "a goddess who walks upon the earth."<ref name=Nickens/>{{rp|xii}}


Streisand released the single "Love Will Survive", from the television series '']'', on April 25, 2024.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Legaspi |first=Althea |date=April 17, 2024 |title=Barbra Streisand to Release 'Love Will Survive,' Her First-Ever Song for a TV Series |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/barbra-streisand-announces-love-will-survive-song-the-tattooist-of-auschwitz-1235005996/ |access-date=April 26, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=April 25, 2024 |title=Barbra Streisand, Love Will Survive, review: an astonishing confrontation of anti-Semitism |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/barbra-streisand-love-will-survive-tattooist-of-auschwitz/ |access-date=April 26, 2024 |website=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=April 25, 2024 |title=Barbra Streisand's New Single 'Love Will Survive' for 'Tattooist of Auschwitz' Is Here: Stream It Now |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/barbra-streisand-new-single-love-will-survive-listen-1235666054/ |access-date=April 26, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
Streisand also scripted ''Yentl'', something for which she is not always given credit. According to '']'' editorial page editor ] in an interview with Allan Wolper, "The one thing that makes Barbra Streisand crazy is when nobody gives her the credit for having written ''Yentl''."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wbgo-web.streamguys.net/audio/onDemand.php?podcastID=688|title=Listen to On-Demand audio|work=streamguys.net}}</ref>


==== Acting ====
In 2004, Streisand made a return to film acting after an eight-year hiatus, in the comedy '']'' (a sequel to '']''), playing opposite ], ], ] and ].
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Streisand's first film was a reprise of her Broadway hit '']'' (1968), an artistic and commercial success directed by Hollywood veteran ]. She won the 1968 ] for the role,<ref>{{cite web |title=Funny Girl (1968) |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/25128/Funny-Girl/articles.html |access-date=September 13, 2012 |work=]}}</ref> sharing it with ] ('']''), the only time there has been a tie in this ] category.<ref>{{cite book |last=Heinemann |first=Sue |url=https://archive.org/details/timelinesofameri00hein/page/362 |title=Timelines of American Women's History |publisher=Perigee Trade |year=1996 |isbn=978-0-399-51986-4 |page=}}</ref> Her next two movies were also based on musicals—]'s '']'', directed by ] (1969); and ]'s and ]'s '']'', directed by ] (1970)—while her fourth film was based on the Broadway play '']'' (1970).


During the 1970s, Streisand starred in several ], including '']'' (1972) and '']'' (1979), both co-starring ], and '']'' (1974) with ]. One of her most famous roles during this period was in the drama '']'' (1973) with ], for which she received an ] nomination as Best Actress. She earned her second ] for ] (with lyricist ]) for the song "]", from '']'' in 1976,<ref>{{cite web |last=Ruhlmann |first=William |title=A Star Is Born |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-star-is-born-mw0000196532 |access-date=September 13, 2012 |website=AllMusic}}</ref> in which she also starred.
]'' (1969)]]
In 2005, Streisand's Barwood Films, Gary Smith, and Sonny Murray purchased the rights to ]'s book ''Mendel's Dwarf''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117921148.html?cs=1&query=streisand+dwarf |title=Streisand buys 'Dwarf' |work=Variety |date=April 14, 2005 |accessdate=August 17, 2011}}</ref> In December 2008, she stated that she was considering directing an adaptation of ]'s play '']'', a project she has worked on since the mid-1990s.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/12/garden/at-home-with-larry-kramer-when-a-roaring-lion-learns-to-purr.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2 |title=AT HOME WITH: Larry Kramer; When a Roaring Lion Learns to Purr |first=Alex |last=Witchel |work=The New York Times |date=January 12, 1995 |accessdate=August 17, 2011}}</ref>


Along with ], ], and later ], Streisand formed ] in 1969 so that actors could secure properties and develop movie projects for themselves. Streisand's initial outing with First Artists was '']'' (1972).<ref>{{cite web |title=Looking at First Artists |url=http://barbratimeless.com/2009firstartists.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113170554/http://www.barbratimeless.com/2009firstartists.htm |archive-date=January 13, 2010 |access-date=September 13, 2012 |website=Barbratimes.com}}</ref>
In December 2010, Streisand appeared in '']'', the third film from the ]. She reprised the role of Roz Focker alongside ].


From 1969 to 1980, Streisand appeared in ], the annual motion picture exhibitors poll of Top 10 Box Office attractions a total of 10 times,<ref>{{cite news |date=April 14, 2005 |title=Top Ten Money Making Stars |url=http://www.quigleypublishing.com/MPalmanac/Top10/Top10_lists.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221063625/http://www.quigleypublishing.com/MPalmanac/Top10/Top10_lists.html |archive-date=December 21, 2014 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |publisher=Quigley Publishing Company}}</ref> often as the only woman on the list. After the commercially disappointing '']'' in 1981, Streisand's film output decreased considerably. She has acted in only eight films since.
On January 28, 2011, '']'' announced that Paramount Pictures had given the green light to begin shooting the ] comedy ''My Mother's Curse'', with ] playing Streisand's character's son. ] directed the project with a script by ], produced by ], ], and ]. Executive producers included Streisand, Rogen, Fogelman, and ], whose ] co-financed the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/barbra-streisand-seth-rogen-star-94217 |title=Exclusive: Barbra Streisand, Seth Rogen to Star in 'My Mother's Curse' for Paramount |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 28, 2011 |accessdate=July 26, 2012 |first=Matthew |last=Belloni}}</ref> Shooting began in spring 2011 and wrapped in July; the film's title was eventually altered to '']'', and the movie was released in December 2012.


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It's confirmed that Streisand has been set to star in a new feature film adaptation of the musical '']''{{spaced ndash}} featuring music by ], a book by ] and lyrics by ]{{spaced ndash}} with ] reportedly attached to the project as screenwriter.<ref>Perlman, Jake (August 1, 2014). . '']''. Retrieved June 16, 2015.</ref> In April 2016, it was reported that Streisand was in advanced negotiations to star in and produce the film, which will be directed by ] and distributed by ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://variety.com/2016/film/news/barbra-streisand-gypsy-barry-levinson-1201750655/|title=Barbra Streisand, Barry Levinson Reviving ‘Gypsy’ for STX Entertainment (EXCLUSIVE) |work=Variety|date=April 11, 2016 |accessdate=April 11, 2016 }}</ref>
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Streisand produced a number of her own films, setting up Barwood Films in 1972. '']'' (1983) was turned down by every Hollywood studio at least once when she proposed both directing and starring in the film, until Orion Pictures took on the project and gave the film a budget of $14&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Spada |first=James |date=December 1983 |title=Streisand's 15-Year Quest to Make 'Yentl' |journal=Billboard (Archive: 1963–2000) |volume=95 |pages=BS8, BS10 |via=ProQuest}}</ref> For ''Yentl'' (1983), she was producer, director, and star, an experience she repeated for '']'' (1991) and '']'' (1996). There was controversy when ''Yentl'' received five Academy Award nominations but none for the major categories of Best Picture, Actress, or Director.<ref>. Filmsite.com.</ref> ''The Prince of Tides'' received even more Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Screenplay, although not for director. Upon completion of the film, its screenwriter, ], who also authored the novel, called Streisand "a goddess who walks upon the earth."<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|xii}}
Barbra Streisand is set to direct the historical drama ], a feature biopic about the 18th-century Russian empress, based on the top 2014 Black List script, produced by Gil Netter.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://variety.com/2015/film/news/barbra-streisand-catherine-the-great-movie-1201653005/ |title=Barbra Streisand Directing 'Catherine the Great' Movie |work=Variety Media|date=December 3, 2015 |accessdate=December 10, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/03/barbra-streisand-direct-catherine-great|title=Barbra Streisand to direct Catherine the Great |work=Entertainment Weekly|date=December 3, 2015 |accessdate=December 10, 2015 }}</ref>

Streisand also co-scripted ''Yentl'' (with ]), something for which she is not always given credit.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yentl (1983) |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086619/reference |website=IMDb}}</ref> According to '']'' editor ], in an interview with Allan Wolper, "The one thing that makes Barbra Streisand crazy is when nobody gives her the credit for having written ''Yentl''."<ref>{{cite web |title=Listen to On-Demand audio |url=http://wbgo-web.streamguys.net/audio/onDemand.php?podcastID=688 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425152920/http://wbgo-web.streamguys.net/audio/onDemand.php?podcastID=688 |archive-date=April 25, 2011 |access-date=September 11, 2009 |work=streamguys.net}}</ref>

After an eight-year hiatus of screen roles, Streisand returned to film acting for the comedy '']'' (2004, a sequel to '']''), playing opposite ], ], ], and ].

]'' (1970).]]
In 2005, Streisand's Barwood Films, Gary Smith, and Sonny Murray purchased the rights to ]'s book ''Mendel's Dwarf''.<ref>{{cite news |date=April 14, 2005 |title=Streisand buys 'Dwarf' |url=https://variety.com/article/VR1117921148.html |access-date=August 17, 2011 |work=Variety}}{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In December 2008, she stated that she was considering directing an adaptation of ]'s play '']'', a project she has worked on since the mid-1990s.<ref>{{cite news |last=Witchel |first=Alex |date=January 12, 1995 |title=AT HOME WITH: Larry Kramer; When a Roaring Lion Learns to Purr |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/12/garden/at-home-with-larry-kramer-when-a-roaring-lion-learns-to-purr.html |access-date=August 17, 2011 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

Streisand reprised the role of Roz Focker in '']'' (2010, alongside Dustin Hoffman), the third film from the ].

Paramount Pictures gave the green light to begin shooting the ] comedy ''My Mother's Curse'' in early 2011, with ] playing Streisand's character's son. ] directed the project, with a script by ], produced by ], ], and ]. Executive producers included Streisand, Rogen, Fogelman, and ], whose ] co-financed the ].<ref>{{cite news |last=Belloni |first=Matthew |date=January 28, 2011 |title=Exclusive: Barbra Streisand, Seth Rogen to Star in 'My Mother's Curse' for Paramount |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/barbra-streisand-seth-rogen-star-94217 |access-date=July 26, 2012 |work=]}}</ref> Shooting began in spring 2011 and wrapped in July; the film's title was eventually altered to '']'', and the movie was released in December 2012.

Plans emerged in 2015 for Streisand to direct a feature biopic about the 18th-century Russian empress ], based on the top 2014 Black List script produced by ],<ref>{{cite news |date=December 3, 2015 |title=Barbra Streisand Directing 'Catherine the Great' Movie |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/barbra-streisand-catherine-the-great-movie-1201653005/ |access-date=December 10, 2015 |work=Variety Media}}</ref> with ] starring.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 17, 2016 |title=Keira Knightley Circling Catherine the Great Biopic |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/keira-knightley-circling-catherine-great-867127 |access-date=May 31, 2020 |work=]}}</ref> Streisand was also set to star in a film adaptation of the musical '']''{{spaced ndash}} featuring music by ], book by ], and lyrics by ]{{spaced ndash}} with ] attached to the project as screenwriter.<ref>Perlman, Jake (August 1, 2014). . '']''. Retrieved June 16, 2015.</ref> Streisand was in advanced negotiations to star and produce the film in April 2016, to be directed by ] and distributed by ].<ref>{{cite news |date=April 11, 2016 |title=Barbra Streisand, Barry Levinson Reviving 'Gypsy' for STX Entertainment (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/barbra-streisand-gypsy-barry-levinson-1201750655/ |access-date=April 11, 2016 |work=Variety}}</ref> Two months later, the film's script had been completed and production was scheduled to begin in early 2017.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 14, 2016 |title=Barbra Streisand Gypsy Film Script Complete and Aiming for 2017 Start |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/barbra-streisand-gypsy-film-script-complete-and-aiming-for-2017-start |access-date=July 14, 2016 |work=Playbill}}</ref> Streisand reportedly exited the project,<ref>{{cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=February 6, 2019 |title='Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's Amy Sherman-Palladino Revives 'Gypsy' At New Regency |url=https://deadline.com/2019/02/gypsy-amy-sherman-palladino-the-marvelous-mrs-maisel-revival-new-regency-1202551539/ |access-date=December 29, 2022 |work=Deadline}}</ref> and both ].


== Artistry == == Artistry ==
Streisand is a ] who has a range consisting of three octaves and 2 notes from B2 to a D6.<ref>Pleasants, H. (1985). ''The Great American Popular Singers''. Simon and Schuster.</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Pohly|first=Linda|title=The Barbra Streisand companion: a guide to her vocal style and repertoire|year=2000|publisher=Greenwood|isbn=978-0-313-30414-9|page=74}}</ref> However, she has been identified by Whitney Balliett of ''The New Yorker ''as "a contralto with a couple of octaves at her command, and she wows her listeners with her shrewd dynamics (in-your-ear soft here, elbowing-loud there), her bravura climbs, her rolling vibrato, and the singular Streisand-from-Brooklyn nasal quality of her voice a voice as immediately recognizable in its way as Louis Armstrong's."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1994/06/20/barbra-streisand|title=Barbra Streisand profile|date=June 20, 1994|accessdate=November 30, 2014|work=]|last=Balliett|first=Whitney}}</ref> Music writer Allegra Rossi adds that Streisand creates complete compositions in her head: Streisand possesses a ] ],<ref>{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Cliff |date=September 25, 2014 |title=Five reasons Barbra Streisand has stayed on top for 50 years |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/five-reasons-barbra-streisand-has-stayed-on-top-for-50-years/article20790923/ |access-date=March 11, 2018 |work=]}}</ref><ref name="Miami">{{cite news |last=Cohen |first=Howard |date=December 6, 2016 |title=Miami, did you hear her? Barbra Streisand sounded better than buttah in concert |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/article119104988.html |access-date=March 11, 2018 |work=]}}</ref> which Howard Cohen of the '']'' described as "peerless".<ref name="Miami" /> ] wrote, "Streisand wows her listeners with her shrewd dynamics (in-your-ear soft here, elbowing-loud there), her bravura climbs, her rolling vibrato, and the singular Streisand-from-Brooklyn nasal quality of her voice a voice as immediately recognizable in its way as Louis Armstrong's."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Balliett |first=Whitney |date=June 20, 1994 |title=Barbra Streisand profile |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1994/06/20/barbra-streisand |access-date=November 30, 2014 |magazine=]}}</ref> Music writer Allegra Rossi adds that Streisand creates complete compositions in her head:<ref name="Rossi2">Rossi, Allegra (2012). ''Barbra: A Retrospective''. New York: Sterling Publishing. pp. 176–179. {{Isbn|9781402788239}}.</ref>


{{quote|Even though she can't read or write music, Barbra hears melodies as completed compositions in her head. She hears a melody and takes it in, learning it quickly. Barbra developed her ability to sustain long notes because she wanted to. She can mold a tune that others cannot; she's able to sing between song and speech, keeping in tune, carrying rhythm and meaning. <ref name=Rossi>Rossi, Allegra. ''Barbra: A Retrospective'', Sterling Publishing, N.Y. (2012) pp. 176-179</ref>}} {{blockquote|Even though she can't read or write music, Barbra hears melodies as completed compositions in her head. She hears a melody and takes it in, learning it quickly. Barbra developed her ability to sustain long notes because she wanted to. She can mold a tune that others cannot; she's able to sing between song and speech, keeping in tune, carrying rhythm and meaning.}}


While she is predominantly a pop singer, Streisand's voice has been described as "semi-operatic" due to its strength and quality of tone.<ref name="nytimes1">{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/13/arts/music/a-sentimental-and-glorious-brooklyn-homecoming-for-streisand.html?_r=0|work=The New York Times|first=Stephen|last=Holden|title=Barbra Streisand at Barclays Center, a Homecoming|date=October 12, 2012}}</ref> According to Adam Feldman of '']'', Streisand's "signature vocal style" is "a suspension bridge between old-school belting and microphone pop."<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/broadways-25-all-time-greatest-divas-broadway|title = The 25 best Broadway divas of all time|date = January 23, 2012|access-date = February 15, 2016|website = Time Out|publisher = |last = Feldman|first = Alan}}</ref> She is known for her ability to hold relatively high notes, both loud and soft, with great intensity, as well as for her ability to make slight but unobtrusive embellishments on a melodic line. The former quality led classical pianist ] to call himself "a Streisand freak".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/70s/high_fidelity_1976.html|title=Barbra Streisand Archives|publisher=Barbra-archives.com|accessdate= July 4, 2014}}</ref> While she is predominantly a pop singer, Streisand's voice has been described as "semi-operatic" due to its strength and quality of tone.<ref name="nytimes1">{{cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |date=October 12, 2012 |title=Barbra Streisand at Barclays Center, a Homecoming |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/13/arts/music/a-sentimental-and-glorious-brooklyn-homecoming-for-streisand.html |work=The New York Times}}</ref> According to Adam Feldman of '']'', Streisand's "signature vocal style" is "a suspension bridge between old-school belting and microphone pop."<ref>{{cite web |last=Feldman |first=Adam |date=January 23, 2012 |title=The 25 best Broadway divas of all time |url=https://timeout.com/newyork/theater/broadways-25-all-time-greatest-divas-broadway |access-date=February 15, 2016 |website=Time Out}}</ref> She is known for her ability to hold relatively high notes, both loud and soft, with great intensity—which led classical pianist ] to call himself "a Streisand freak"<ref>{{cite web |last=Gould |first=Glenn |date=May 1976 |title=Streisand as Schwarzkopf |url=http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/70s/high_fidelity_1976.html |publisher=Barbra Streisand Archives}}</ref>—as well as for her ability to make slight but unobtrusive embellishments on a melodic line.


In recent years, critics and audiences have noted that her voice has "lowered and acquired an occasionally husky edge". However, ''New York Times'' music critic Stephen Holden noted that her distinctive tone and musical instincts remain, and that she still "has the gift of conveying a primal human longing in a beautiful sound".<ref name="nytimes1" /> Paul Taylor of ''] ''wrote that Streisand "has sounded a little scratchy and frayed, though the stout resolve and superb technique with which Streisand manages to hoist it over these difficulties has come to seem morally as well aesthetically impressive."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/music-review-barbra-streisands-unparallelled-vocal-gifts-were-in-awesome-evidence-at-the-o2-8641790.html|title=Music review: Barbra Streisand's unparallelled vocal gifts were in awesome evidence at the O2|date=June 3, 2013|accessdate=November 11, 2014|website=The Independent|publisher=independent.co.uk|last=Taylor|first=Paul}}</ref> Reviewing Streisand's most recent studio effort '']'', Gil Naveh of ''] ''described Streisand's voice as "velvety, clear and powerful and the passing years have given it a fascinating depth and roughness."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/life/music-theater/.premium-1.616032|title=Come rain and not shine: Barbra Streisand's 'Partners' is pretentious kitsch|date=September 16, 2014|accessdate=November 30, 2014|website=Haaretz|publisher=Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd|last=Naveh|first=Gil}}</ref> Since about 2010 critics and audiences noted that her voice had "lowered and acquired an occasionally husky edge". However, ''New York Times'' music critic Stephen Holden noted that her distinctive tone and musical instincts remained, and that she still had "the gift of conveying a primal human longing in a beautiful sound".<ref name="nytimes1" /> Paul Taylor of ''] ''wrote that Streisand "has sounded a little scratchy and frayed, though the stout resolve and superb technique with which Streisand manages to hoist it over these difficulties has come to seem morally as well aesthetically impressive."<ref>{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Paul |date=June 3, 2013 |title=Music review: Barbra Streisand's unparallelled vocal gifts were in awesome evidence at the O2 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/music-review-barbra-streisands-unparallelled-vocal-gifts-were-in-awesome-evidence-at-the-o2-8641790.html |access-date=November 11, 2014 |work=The Independent}}</ref> Reviewing Streisand's 2014 studio album '']'', Gil Naveh of ''] ''described Streisand's voice as "velvety, clear and powerful ... and the passing years have given it a fascinating depth and roughness."<ref>{{cite web |last=Naveh |first=Gil |date=September 16, 2014 |title=Come rain and not shine: Barbra Streisand's 'Partners' is pretentious kitsch |url=http://www.haaretz.com/life/music-theater/.premium-1.616032 |access-date=November 30, 2014 |website=Haaretz |publisher=Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd}}</ref>


== Personal life == == Personal life ==
=== Marriages and relationships ===
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Streisand has been married twice. Her first husband was actor ], whom she married on September 13, 1963. They announced their separation on February 12, 1969, and divorced on July 6, 1971.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZXAeAAAAIBAJ&pg=4185%2C2883840|title=Barbra Streisand And Husband Separating|date=February 13, 1969|work=Daytona Beach Morning Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ETFgAAAAIBAJ&pg=4837%2C1203322|title=Gould divorced|date=July 7, 1971|work=The Star-Phoenix}}</ref> They had one child, ], who appeared as her on-screen son in '']''.


In 1969 and 1970, Streisand dated Canadian Prime Minister ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Tierney|first=Ben|date=January 30, 1970|title=Pierre Shy But Barbra Loved It|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QGtkAAAAIBAJ&pg=5746%2C2992239|work=The Calgary Herald}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Klassen|first=Nicholas|date=September 27, 2012|title=Longing for a Suave Prime Minister |url=http://ballastmag.com/2012/09/longing-for-a-suave-prime-minister/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214162228/http://ballastmag.com/2012/09/longing-for-a-suave-prime-minister/|archive-date=December 14, 2012|website=Ballast}}</ref>
=== Relationships and family ===
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Streisand has been married twice. Her first husband was actor ], to whom she was married from 1963 until 1971. They had one child, ], who appeared as her on-screen son in '']''. In 1969 and 1970, Streisand dated ] Prime Minister ].<ref>{{cite news |work=Calgary Herald |last=Tierney |first=Ben |date=January 30, 1970 |accessdate=February 1, 2013 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QGtkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-HwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5746%2C2992239 |title=Pierre Shy But Barbra Loved It |quote=Miss Streisand arrived in Ottawa Wednesday night...and attended a performance of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company, in capital's posh National Arts Centre, with the prime minister. The outing, their third together, was enough, said a local newspaper, to 'set Ottawa buzzing with romantic speculation.'}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Klassen |first=Nicholas |url=http://ballastmag.com/2012/09/longing-for-a-suave-prime-minister/|title=Longing for a Suave Prime Minister |publisher=Ballast|date=September 27, 2012 |accessdate=September 27, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bcgyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3OwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5817,2172460&dq=trudeau+streisand |title=Barbra—Act 2 |work=Ottawa Citizen |date=June 8, 1970 |accessdate=February 1, 2013}}</ref>


She started a relationship with hairdresser/producer ] in 1974. He went on to be her manager and producer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jon Peters|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005307/bio|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=November 27, 2013}}</ref> She is the godmother of his daughters, ] and Skye Peters.<ref>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Liz|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/696838721.html?dids=696838721:696838721&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+22%2C+2004&author=Liz+Smith&pub=Newsday+%28Combined+editions%29&desc=Time+to+say%2C+Youre+Friared!&pqatl=google|title=Time to say, You're Friared!|date=September 22, 2004|work=Newsday|accessdate=December 13, 2012}}</ref> She started a relationship with hairdresser/producer ] in 1973.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/381792139|title=Jon, Barbra More Than Patron, Client|date=November 26, 1973|first=Joyce|last=Haber|work=Los Angeles Times|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He went on to be her manager and producer. They broke up in 1982 during the making of '']'', but remain friends. She is the godmother of his daughters, Caleigh Peters and Skye Peters.<ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Liz |date=September 22, 2004 |title=Time to say, You're Friared! |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/696838721.html?dids=696838721:696838721&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+22%2C+2004&author=Liz+Smith&pub=Newsday+%28Combined+editions%29&desc=Time+to+say%2C+Youre+Friared!&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131175832/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/696838721.html?dids=696838721:696838721&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+22,+2004&author=Liz+Smith&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Time+to+say,+Youre+Friared!&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |access-date=December 13, 2012 |work=Newsday}}</ref>


Streisand briefly dated film director ] in early 1983, though they kept their relationship secret. Cimino had considered her for a role in his planned adaptation of '']'' by ], which was not made.<ref>{{cite book |last=Elton |first=Charles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DESPzgEACAAJ |title=Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven's Gate, and the Price of a Vision |publisher=Abrams Press |year=2022 |isbn=9781419747113 |page=223}}</ref>
Streisand dated tennis champion ] in the early 1990s. Writing about the relationship in his 2009 autobiography, Agassi said: "We agree that we're good for each other, and so what if she's twenty-eight years older? We're simpatico, and the public outcry only adds spice to our connection. It makes our friendship feel forbidden, taboo – another piece of my overall rebellion. Dating Barbra Streisand is like wearing Hot Lava."<ref name=Open_bio>{{Citation |last=Agassi |first=Andre |date=2009 |title=Open: An Autobiography |publisher=Vintage |url=http://www.amazon.com/Open-An-Autobiography-Andre-Agassi/dp/0307388409 |accessdate= July 27, 2014 }}</ref>


From November 1983 to October 1987, Streisand lived with ] ice cream heir ],<ref>{{cite news |last=Eder |first=Shirley |date=October 27, 1987 |title=Streisand-Baskin split-up for real, but it's friendly |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/99914783/ |url-access=subscription |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> who composed the lyrics to "Here We Are At Last" on her 1984 album '']''. They remained friends after the split, and Baskin would accompany Streisand to public events in between her subsequent romances.<ref>{{cite web|title=Is Barbra Streisand still secretly seeing Clint Eastwood? Are they in love?|date=December 11, 1989|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1989/12/11/q-is-barbra-streisand-still-secretly-seeing/|work=Orlando Sentinel|quote=Barbra's private life of late has become predictable. Her fling with Eastwood was short-lived, shorter than her romp with Don Johnson before his marriage. A steady companion throughout has been Richard Baskin, the ice-cream mogul. He still squires Streisand around Hollywood no matter what her flings of the moment.}}</ref>
Her second husband is actor ], whom she married on July 1, 1998.<ref>{{cite web|last=Schindehette |first=Susan |title=The Way They Were |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20125806,00.html |work=] |date=July 20, 1998 | accessdate=September 13, 2012}}</ref> While they have no children together, Brolin has two children from his first marriage, including actor ], and one child from his second marriage. Both of her husbands, Gould and Brolin, starred in the 1970s conspiracy sci-fi thriller '']''.

She dated actor ] from December 1987 until at least September 1988;<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dougherty |first1=Margot |date=May 9, 1988 |title=Spring Fervor |url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-spring-fervor-vol-29-no-18/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228021948/https://people.com/archive/cover-story-spring-fervor-vol-29-no-18/ |archive-date=February 28, 2023 |website=People}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Byrne |first1=Suzy |date=May 9, 2018 |title=30 years ago, Barbra Streisand and Don Johnson were a 'gooey-eyed' Hollywood 'it' couple — and #couplehairgoals to the max |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/30-years-ago-barbra-streisand-don-johnson-gooey-eyed-hollywood-couple-couplehairgoals-max-191936016.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313184134/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/30-years-ago-barbra-streisand-don-johnson-gooey-eyed-hollywood-couple-couplehairgoals-max-191936016.html |archive-date=March 13, 2023 |publisher=Yahoo}}</ref> they recorded a duet of "]".

In 1983 and 1989 respectively, Streisand briefly dated actors ]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=89ZOAAAAIBAJ&pg=7129%2C4397660|date=February 17, 1983|title=Tipoff|work=Wilmington Morning Star}}</ref><ref>Andersen 2006, p. .</ref> and ].<ref>{{cite news|title=What's this about Clint Eastwood falling for Barbra Streisand?|date=May 16, 1989|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1989/05/16/whats-this-about-clint-eastwood-falling-for|newspaper=Orlando Sentinel|quote=It's the talk of all Hollywood. Eastwood and Streisand are on the rebound – he from a 15-year relationship with actress-director Sondra Locke, she from a short but intense fling with Don Johnson. The result: Eastwood and Streisand are Tinseltown's most provocative couple of the moment.}}</ref>

From 1989 to 1991, she was involved with composer ].<ref name="tcm">{{cite web |title=Companions for Barbra Streisand |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/185903%7C17967/Barbra-Streisand/companions.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726141240/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/185903%7C17967/Barbra-Streisand/companions.html |archive-date=July 26, 2020 |publisher=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref>

Streisand dated tennis champion ] from 1992 to 1993. Writing about the relationship in his 2009 autobiography, Agassi said: "We agree that we're good for each other, and so what if she's twenty-eight years older? We're ], and the public outcry only adds spice to our connection. It makes our friendship feel forbidden, taboo – another piece of my overall rebellion. Dating Barbra Streisand is like wearing Hot Lava."<ref name="Open_bio">{{Cite book|last=Agassi|first=Andre|title=Open: An Autobiography|page=174|year=2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wSzxa9ZaVcUC&pg=PA174|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=9780307388407}}</ref>

During the early-to-mid-1990s, Streisand was in romantic relationships with several high-profile men, including newscaster ],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gleick |first1=Elizabeth |date=August 29, 1994 |title=Suddenly Single |url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-suddenly-single-vol-42-no-9/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228021948/https://people.com/archive/cover-story-suddenly-single-vol-42-no-9/ |archive-date=February 28, 2023 |website=People}}</ref> and actors ],<ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Dinitia |date=December 4, 1994 |title=It's...! Liam Neeson |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/04/magazine/it-s-liam-neeson.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825232406/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/04/magazine/it-s-liam-neeson.html |archive-date=August 25, 2023 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> ]<ref>{{cite web |last=Lampert |first=Nicole |date=April 12, 2012 |title=Barbra's 'royal conquest' |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/barbra-s-royal-conquest-7274090.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227145831/https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/barbra-s-royal-conquest-7274090.html |archive-date=February 27, 2023 |website=London Evening Standard}}</ref> and ].<ref>{{cite web |last=Saltonstall |first=Dave |date=November 16, 1993 |title='People who love people'? Streisand doesn't share wealth with mom, book claims |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-11-16-1993320166-story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616011000/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-11-16-1993320166-story.html |archive-date=June 16, 2020 |website=The Baltimore Sun}}</ref>

Her second husband is actor ], whom she married on July 1, 1998.<ref>{{cite web |last=Schindehette |first=Susan |date=July 20, 1998 |title=The Way They Were |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20125806,00.html |access-date=September 13, 2012 |work=]}}</ref> They have no children together. Brolin has two sons from his first marriage, including actor ], and one daughter from his second marriage.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 2, 2018 |title=Barbra Streisand and James Brolin Celebrate 20th Anniversary |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/barbra-streisand-and-james-brolin-celebrate-20th-anniversary/ |access-date=July 3, 2018 |work=Us Weekly}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Barbra Streisand celebrates 20 years of marriage with James Brolin |url=http://www.music-news.com/news/UK/114093/Barbra-Streisand-celebrates-20-years-of-marriage-with-James-Brolin |access-date=July 3, 2018 |website=Music-News.com}}</ref>

Streisand has several dogs; she loved her dog Samantha so much that she had her ].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Streisand |first=Barbra |date=March 2, 2018 |title=Barbra Streisand Explains: Why I Cloned My Dog |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/style/barbra-streisand-cloned-her-dog.html |access-date=March 29, 2018 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In March 2019, Streisand apologized for her controversial statements about ]'s accusers.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 24, 2019 |title=Barbra Streisand apologises for comments on Michael Jackson's accusers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/mar/23/michael-jackson-barbra-streisand-leaving-neverland |work=The Guardian}}</ref>


=== Name === === Name ===
Streisand changed her name from Barbara to Barbra because, she said, "I hated the name, but I refused to change it."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/60s/rogue_streisand.html|title=The Mouse That Wails|work=Rogue|publisher=Barbra |date=November 1963|accessdate=August 26, 2010}}</ref> Streisand further explained, "Well, I was 18 and I wanted to be unique, but I didn't want to change my name because that was too false. You know, people were saying you could be Joanie Sands, or something like that. (My middle name is Joan.) And I said, 'No, let's see, if I take out the 'a,' it's still 'Barbara,' but it's unique."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/08/sunday/main6753884.shtml|title=Her name is Barbra|publisher=]|date=September 27, 2010|accessdate=August 26, 2010| archiveurl= //web.archive.org/web/20100825050655/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/08/sunday/main6753884.shtml| archivedate= August 25, 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> A 1967 biography with a concert program said, "the spelling of her first name is an instance of partial rebellion: she was advised to change her last name and retaliated by dropping an "a" from the first instead."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://barbra-archives.com/live/60s/hollywood_bowl_67_streisand.html|title=An Evening With Barbra Streisand|publisher=Barbra Archives|date=July 9, 1967|accessdate=August 26, 2010}}</ref> Streisand changed her name from "Barbara" to "Barbra" because, she said, "I hated the name, but I refused to change it."<ref>{{cite web |date=November 1963 |title=The Mouse That Wails |url=http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/60s/rogue_streisand.html |access-date=August 26, 2010 |work=Rogue |publisher=Barbra}}</ref> Streisand further explained, "Well, I was 18 and I wanted to be unique, but I didn't want to change my name because that was too false. You know, people were saying you could be Joanie Sands, or something like that. (My middle name is Joan.) And I said, 'No, let's see, if I take out the 'a,' it's still 'Barbara,' but it's unique."<ref>{{cite news |date=September 27, 2010 |title=Her name is Barbra |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/her-name-is-barbra-08-08-2010/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825050655/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/08/sunday/main6753884.shtml |archive-date=August 25, 2010 |access-date=August 26, 2010 |work=]}}</ref> A 1967 biography with a concert program said, "the spelling of her first name is an instance of partial rebellion: she was advised to change her last name and retaliated by dropping an "a" from the first instead."<ref>{{cite web |date=July 9, 1967 |title=An Evening With Barbra Streisand |url=http://barbra-archives.com/live/60s/hollywood_bowl_67_streisand.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217144634/http://barbra-archives.com/live/60s/hollywood_bowl_67_streisand.html |archive-date=February 17, 2012 |access-date=August 26, 2010 |publisher=Barbra Archives}}</ref>

According to Streisand, her surname is pronounced with an "s" sound "like sand on the beach," not the "z" sound often used.<ref>{{cite news |last=Graye |first=Megan |date=October 24, 2022 |title=Barbra Streisand says people still can't say her name correctly |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/barbra-streisand-name-b2209318.html |newspaper=The Independent}}</ref> The ] voice digital assistant ] originally pronounced her surname wrong, prompting Streisand to personally contact Apple CEO ] to complain about the pronunciation, which Apple soon corrected.<ref>{{cite news |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=November 6, 2023 |title=Barbra Streisand: I haven't had much fun in my life |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67283909 |website=BBC News}}</ref>


=== Politics === === Politics ===
In the early years of her career, Streisand's interest in politics was limited, with the exception of her participation in activities of the anti-nuclear group ] in 1961 and 1962.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mann |title=Hello Gorgeous |page=165}}</ref> In 1968, her political activism increased, and she helped promote the presidential campaign of ] who held an anti–] stance.<ref>{{cite web |last=Brownstein |first=Ronald |date=June 3, 2011 |title=Top 20 Celebrity Activists of All Time |url=https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/advocacy/info-06-2011/NJ-Top-20-Celebrities.html |accessdate=August 12, 2020 |website=AARP}}</ref> In July 1968, with ] and others, she performed at the Hollywood Bowl in a fundraising concert sponsored by the ] to benefit the poor.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 2, 2016 |title=Hollywood Flashback: Barbra Streisand Sang for Civil Rights in 1968 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywood-flashback-barbra-streisand-sang-898675 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
Streisand has long been an active supporter of the ] and many of its causes.


Streisand has been an active supporter of the ] and many of its causes. She was among the celebrities on President ]'s ].<ref>{{cite news |date=June 27, 1973 |title=Harassment plots for Nixon's foes |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9RwfAAAAIBAJ&pg=3962,4375455 |access-date=February 1, 2013 |work=Anchorage Daily News |agency=Associated Press}}{{Dead link|date=January 2022|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> In 1972, she assisted the presidential campaign of anti-war candidate ] by headlining the ] ], organized by actor ] and record producer ]; her concert recording was released as '']''.<ref name="DFP">{{cite news |last=Greenberg |first=Peter |date=April 23, 1972 |title=A New Political Beat to Follow: Rock and Roll |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |page=33 |authorlink=Peter Greenberg}}</ref> The next year, in association with liberal activist ] and the ], Streisand performed a benefit at the mansion of film mogul ] to pay for the legal defense of ] of ] fame. Accompanied by a small combo including ] on piano, Streisand took paid song requests from the star-studded audience and by telephone to bring the night's total to $50,000.<ref name="Sheinbaum2012">{{cite web |last=Sheinbaum |first=Stanley |authorlink=Stanley Sheinbaum |date=November 13, 2012 |title=Hooray for Hollywood |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hollywood-fundraising-books-_b_2121510 |accessdate=August 12, 2020 |website=HuffPost}}</ref>
In 1971, Streisand was one of the celebrities listed on President ]'s infamous ].<ref>{{cite news |work=Anchorage Daily News |agency=Associated Press |date=June 27, 1973 |accessdate=February 1, 2013 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9RwfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rKYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3962,4375455&q=streisand |title=Harassment plots for Nixon's foes}}</ref>


In 1984, Streisand joined ] and ten other television and film industry notables to establish the activist group ] (HWPC), the membership eventually growing to 300. The HWPC fought for liberal causes for more than a decade, contributing to the Democratic Party taking majority control in the ],<ref name="Smith1993">{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Timothy K. |date=May 14, 1993 |title=What Does Barbra Believe in, Anyway? 'Repair the World' |newspaper=]}}</ref> and in 1992 funding ]'s ]<ref>{{cite news |date=September 7, 2004 |title=Clinton fell for Hollywood, but not before the stars fell for him |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Clinton-fell-for-Hollywood-but-not-before-the-2727296.php |accessdate=September 10, 2020 |newspaper=SF Gate}} Quoting from ]'s book ''Coast of Dreams: California on the Edge, 1990-2003''.</ref> as well as helping to usher in the ] by electing more women senators.<ref name="Ross2011">{{cite book |last=Ross |first=Steven J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JNma11zsi6MC&pg=PA277 |title=Hollywood Left and Right: How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics |date=2011 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195181722 |pages=277–278}}</ref> In 1995 Streisand spoke at ] ] about the role of the artist as citizen, in support of arts programs and funding.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Artist as Citizen – Barbra Streisand |url=http://www.barbrastreisand.com/news/artist-citizen/ |access-date=November 3, 2018 |website=Barbrastreisand.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Artist as Citizen Barbra Streisand |url=http://iop.harvard.edu/forum/artist-citizen-barbra-streisand |access-date=November 3, 2018 |website=Iop.harvard.edu}}</ref>
Streisand is a supporter of gay rights, and in 2007 helped raise funds in an unsuccessful attempt to defeat ] in California.<ref>{{cite news|title=Barbra Streisand among host of stars to support gay marriage campaign in California|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1078505/Barbra-Streisand-host-stars-support-gay-marriage-campaign-California.html|work=Daily Mail|accessdate=October 17, 2008|location=London}}</ref>


Streisand is a supporter of ] and backed the "No on 8" campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to defeat ] of 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prop. 8 Reignites Calif. Same-Sex Marriage Battle |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95568740 |access-date=September 13, 2020 |website=NPR.org |language=en}}</ref>
In June 2013 she helped celebrate the 90th birthday of ] held at ]'s international convention center.<ref></ref> She also performed at two other concerts in Tel Aviv that same week, part of her first concert tour of Israel.<ref>, ''The Guardian'', June 19, 2013</ref>


In 2012, Streisand stated, "The new ] at the poll are designed to deprive elderly and minority citizens of the precious right to cast their vote.&nbsp;These regressive laws are themselves the most dangerous voter fraud threatening American democracy."<ref>{{cite web |title=Taking aim at ID laws |url=http://www.malibutimes.com/news/article_f8125386-99bc-5b71-bc33-84c3aa21078c.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210530220745/http://www.malibutimes.com/news/article_f8125386-99bc-5b71-bc33-84c3aa21078c.html |archive-date=May 30, 2021 |access-date=October 1, 2020 |website=Malibu Times |language=en}}</ref> Streisand continued her voter rights advocacy in 2020, tweeting a link to ], a nonprofit that assists citizens with obtaining voter ID.<ref>{{cite web |last=Streisand |first=Barbra |date=August 18, 2020 |title=Barbra Streisand on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/barbrastreisand/status/1295772554397995008 |access-date=October 1, 2020 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref>
=== Philanthropy ===
In 1984, Streisand donated the Emanuel Streisand Building for Jewish Studies to the ], in the Mount Scopus campus, in memory of her father, an educator and scholar who died when she was young.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Barbra-Streisand-given-honorary-doctorate-at-Hebrew-University-316843 |title=Barbra Streisand given honorary doctorate at HU |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |first=Daniel K. |last=Eisenbud |date=June 17, 2013 |accessdate=June 17, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.barbratimeless.com/2009isr.htm |title=Barbra Picks Up PhD, Sees the Sights, Sings for President |date=June 17, 2013 |accessdate=June 17, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/barbra_streisand_expected_to_perform_publicly_in_israel_for_the_first_time |accessdate=June 17, 2013 |newspaper=Jewish Journal |date=May 20, 2013 |title=Barbra Streisand expected to perform publicly in Israel for the first time |first=Danielle |last=Berrin }}</ref>


In June 2013, she helped celebrate the 90th birthday of ] held at ]'s international convention center.<ref>Archived at {{cbignore}} and the {{cbignore}}: {{cite web |date=June 27, 2013 |title=Barbra Streisand sings Avinu Malkeinu & People for Shimon Peres 90 birthday |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEfHmKTy0to |access-date=November 3, 2018 |via=]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She also performed at two other concerts in Tel Aviv that same week, part of her first concert tour of Israel.<ref>, ''The Guardian'', June 19, 2013</ref>
Streisand has personally raised $25&nbsp;million<ref>{{cite web|last=Grein |first=Paul |url=http://www.grammy.com/news/barbra-streisand-the-way-she-is-part-one |title=Interview with Barbra Streisand |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |accessdate=August 17, 2011| archiveurl= //web.archive.org/web/20110711122524/http://www.grammy.com/news/barbra-streisand-the-way-she-is-part-one| archivedate= July 11, 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> for organizations through her live performances. The Streisand Foundation,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barbranews.com/streisandfoundint.htm |title=Barbra News.com 2006 Interview with Marge Tabankin |publisher=Barbranews.com |date=October 24, 2006 |accessdate=August 17, 2011| archiveurl= //web.archive.org/web/20110720163109/http://www.barbranews.com/streisandfoundint.htm| archivedate= July 20, 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> established in 1986, has contributed over $16&nbsp;million through nearly 1,000 grants to "national organizations working on preservation of the environment, voter education, the protection of ] and ], ]<ref name="Heartworknews.com">{{cite news |title=Barbra Streisand Endows Program at Cedars-Sinai Women's Heart Center: $5 Million Gift Supports Women's Cardiovascular Research and Education |url=http://heartworknews.com/news/Barbra_Streisand_Endows_Program_at_Cedars_Sinai_Womens_Heart_Center_5_Million_Gift_Supports_Womens_Cardiovascular_Research_and_ |publisher=Heartworknews.com |accessdate=April 22, 2008 |archiveurl=//web.archive.org/web/20080621000419/http://heartworknews.com/news/Barbra_Streisand_Endows_Program_at_Cedars_Sinai_Womens_Heart_Center_5_Million_Gift_Supports_Womens_Cardiovascular_Research_and_ |archivedate=June 21, 2008}}</ref> and ]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/BarbraStreisand/foundationguidelines.html |archiveurl=//web.archive.org/web/20080227020438/http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/BarbraStreisand/foundationguidelines.html |archivedate=February 27, 2008 |title=Barbra Streisand |publisher=Sonymusic.com |accessdate=July 26, 2012}}</ref>


In January 2017, she participated in ] in Los Angeles. Introduced by ], Streisand appeared on stage and made a speech.<ref name="CBSNewscelebsattend">{{cite news |date=January 21, 2017 |title=Celebrities attend Women's Marches around the world (Photos) |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/celebrities-attend-womens-marches-around-the-world/4/ |access-date=January 25, 2017 |work=CBS News}}</ref>
In 2006, Streisand donated $1&nbsp;million to the ] in support of former President ]'s climate change initiative.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dugger |first=Celia W. |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/23/world/23aid.html?_r=1&oref=slogin |title=Clinton Effort Reaps Pledges of $7.3 Billion in Global Aid |work=The New York Times |date=September 23, 2006 |accessdate=August 17, 2011}}</ref>


In an October 2018 interview with ] of '']'', Streisand discussed the theme of her new album '']'': the danger she believed President ] posed towards the United States. She said, "This is a dangerous time in this nation, this republic: a man who is corrupt and indecent and is assaulting our institutions. It's really, really frightening. And I just pray that people who are compassionate and respect the truth will come out and vote. I'm saying more than just vote. Vote for Democrats!"<ref>{{cite news |last=Brockes |first=Emma |date=October 26, 2016 |title=Barbra Streisand: 'Trump is corrupt and indecent and is assaulting our institutions' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/26/barbra-streisand-trump-is-corrupt-and-indecent-and-is-assaulting-our-institutions |access-date=April 6, 2021 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> In November 2023, she praised President ], saying "I like Biden. I think he has done a good job. I think he is compassionate, smart, supports the right things."<ref>{{cite news |date=November 14, 2023 |title=Barbra Streisand Talks Israel-Gaza 'Insanity' and Antisemitism with Stephen Colbert |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/barbra-streisand-talks-israel-gaza-insanity-and-antisemitism-with-stephen-colbert |work=The Daily Beast}}</ref>
In 2009, Streisand gifted $5&nbsp;million to endow the Barbra Streisand Women's Cardiovascular Research and Education Program at ]'s Women's Heart Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discoveringforlife.org/womens-heart-center/your-gift/barbra-streisand |title=Raising awareness about women's heart health |publisher=Discoveringforlife.org |accessdate=August 17, 2011| archiveurl= //web.archive.org/web/20110726001245/http://www.discoveringforlife.org/womens-heart-center/your-gift/barbra-streisand| archivedate= July 26, 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> In September that year, ''Parade'' magazine included Streisand on its Giving Back Fund's second annual Giving Back 30 survey, "a ranking of the celebrities who have made the largest donations to charity in 2007 according to public records",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.givingback.org/Programs_Services/GivingBack30_2007.html |title=The Giving Back Fund press release. September 14, 2008 |publisher=Givingback.org |accessdate=August 17, 2011| archiveurl= //web.archive.org/web/20110726110211/http://www.givingback.org/Programs_Services/GivingBack30_2007.html| archivedate= July 26, 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> as the third most generous celebrity. The Giving Back Fund claimed Streisand donated $11&nbsp;million, which The Streisand Foundation distributed. In 2012 she raised $22&nbsp;million to support her women's cardiovascular center, bringing her own personal contribution to $10&nbsp;million. The program was officially named the Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center.


== Philanthropy ==
At Julien's Auctions in October 2009, Streisand, a longtime collector of art and furniture, sold 526 items, with all the proceeds going to her foundation. Items included a costume from ''Funny Lady'' and a vintage dental cabinet purchased by the performer at 18 years old. The sale's most valuable lot was a painting by ].<ref>Douglas, Sarah. "."'']'', October 2009.</ref> In December 2011, she appeared at a fundraising gala for ] charities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/the_way_we_were_20111214/ | title=The way we were: Streisand and Saban shore up for Israel | work=Jewish Journal |date=2011-12-14 |accessdate=2015-07-29}}</ref>
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In 1984, Streisand donated the Emanuel Streisand Building for Jewish Studies to the ], in the Mount Scopus campus, in memory of her father, an educator and scholar who died when she was young.<ref>{{cite news |last=Eisenbud |first=Daniel K. |date=June 17, 2013 |title=Barbra Streisand given honorary doctorate at HU |url=http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Barbra-Streisand-given-honorary-doctorate-at-Hebrew-University-316843 |access-date=June 17, 2013 |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=June 17, 2013 |title=Barbra Picks Up PhD, Sees the Sights, Sings for President |url=http://www.barbratimeless.com/2009isr.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203050516/http://www.barbratimeless.com/2009isr.htm |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |access-date=June 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Berrin |first=Danielle |date=May 20, 2013 |title=Barbra Streisand expected to perform publicly in Israel for the first time |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/barbra_streisand_expected_to_perform_publicly_in_israel_for_the_first_time |access-date=June 17, 2013 |newspaper=Jewish Journal}}</ref>


Streisand has personally raised $25&nbsp;million<ref>{{cite web |last=Grein |first=Paul |title=Interview with Barbra Streisand |url=http://www.grammy.com/news/barbra-streisand-the-way-she-is-part-one |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711122524/http://www.grammy.com/news/barbra-streisand-the-way-she-is-part-one |archive-date=July 11, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences}}</ref> for organizations through her live performances. The Streisand Foundation,<ref>{{cite web |date=October 24, 2006 |title=Barbra News.com 2006 Interview with Marge Tabankin |url=http://www.barbranews.com/streisandfoundint.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720163109/http://www.barbranews.com/streisandfoundint.htm |archive-date=July 20, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |publisher=Barbranews.com}}</ref> established in 1986, has contributed over $16&nbsp;million through nearly 1,000 grants to "national organizations working on preservation of the environment, voter education, the protection of ] and ], ]<ref name="Heartworknews.com">{{cite news |title=Barbra Streisand Endows Program at Cedars-Sinai Women's Heart Center: $5 Million Gift Supports Women's Cardiovascular Research and Education |url=http://heartworknews.com/news/Barbra_Streisand_Endows_Program_at_Cedars_Sinai_Womens_Heart_Center_5_Million_Gift_Supports_Womens_Cardiovascular_Research_and_ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621000419/http://heartworknews.com/news/Barbra_Streisand_Endows_Program_at_Cedars_Sinai_Womens_Heart_Center_5_Million_Gift_Supports_Womens_Cardiovascular_Research_and_ |archive-date=June 21, 2008 |access-date=April 22, 2008 |publisher=Heartworknews.com |df=mdy}}</ref> and ]".<ref>{{cite web |title=Barbra Streisand |url=http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/BarbraStreisand/foundationguidelines.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227020438/http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/BarbraStreisand/foundationguidelines.html |archive-date=February 27, 2008 |access-date=July 26, 2012 |publisher=Sonymusic.com}}</ref>
== Legacy ==


In 2006, Streisand donated $1&nbsp;million to the ] in support of former President ]'s climate change initiative.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dugger |first=Celia W. |date=September 23, 2006 |title=Clinton Effort Reaps Pledges of $7.3 Billion in Global Aid |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/23/world/23aid.html |access-date=August 17, 2011 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
=== Honors ===
Streisand was presented Distinguished Merit Award by ] in 1964, and selected as Miss Ziegfeld in 1965. In 1968, she received the Israel Freedom Medal, the highest civilian award of ], and she was awarded Pied Piper Award by ] and ] in 1969, Crystal Apple by her hometown City of New York, Woman of Achievement in the Arts by ] in 1978. In 1984, Streisand was awarded the ] for outstanding women who, through their endurance and the excellence of their work, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wif.org/past-recipients |title=Past Recipients |publisher=Wif.org |accessdate=August 17, 2011| archiveurl= //web.archive.org/web/20110724120329/http://www.wif.org/past-recipients| archivedate= July 24, 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> She received the Woman of Courage Award by the ] (NOW), ] <ref name="whoswho.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.whoswho.com/us/barbra-streisand |title=Barbra Streisand Career Professional honors and awards |publisher=whoswho.com|accessdate=December 10, 2014}}</ref> and Scopus Award by ].


In 2009, Streisand gifted $5&nbsp;million to endow the Barbra Streisand Women's Cardiovascular Research and Education Program at ]'s Women's Heart Center.<ref>{{cite web |title=Raising awareness about women's heart health |url=http://www.discoveringforlife.org/womens-heart-center/your-gift/barbra-streisand |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726001245/http://www.discoveringforlife.org/womens-heart-center/your-gift/barbra-streisand |archive-date=July 26, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |publisher=Discoveringforlife.org}}</ref> In September that year, '']'' magazine included Streisand on its Giving Back Fund's second annual Giving Back 30 survey, "a ranking of the celebrities who have made the largest donations to charity in 2007 according to public records",<ref>{{cite web |title=The Giving Back Fund press release. September 14, 2008 |url=http://www.givingback.org/Programs_Services/GivingBack30_2007.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726110211/http://www.givingback.org/Programs_Services/GivingBack30_2007.html |archive-date=July 26, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |publisher=Givingback.org}}</ref> as the third most generous celebrity. The Giving Back Fund claimed Streisand donated $11&nbsp;million, which The Streisand Foundation distributed. In 2012 she raised $22&nbsp;million to support her women's cardiovascular center, bringing her own personal contribution to $10&nbsp;million. The program was officially named the Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center.<ref>{{cite web |title=Barbra Streisand Talks Up Women's Heart Health {{!}} NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |url=https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-events/barbra-streisand-talks-womens-heart-health |access-date=February 8, 2021 |website=www.niaid.nih.gov |language=en}}</ref>
She received Breakthrough Awards for "making films that portray women with serious complexity" at the Women, Men and Media symposium in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://articles.latimes.com/1991-04-05/news/vw-2038_1_breakthrough-awards|title = Breakthrough Awards to Go to 12 in Media|publisher = Los Angeles Times|accessdate = |date = April 5, 1991}}</ref> In 1992, she was given the Commitment to Life Award by ](APLA), and the Bill of Rights Award by the ], the Dorothy Arzner Special Recognition by ], and the Golden Plate by the ]. She was honored with the Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award from the ] in 1994 and the ] in 1995, the same year she was accorded an Honorary Doctorate In Arts and Humanities by ].<ref name="whoswho.com" /> She was also awarded Filmmaker of the Year Award for "lifetime achievement in filmmaking" by ShowEast and ] in 1996, ] in 1998.


At Julien's Auctions in October 2009, Streisand, a longtime collector of art and furniture, sold 526 items, with all the proceeds going to her foundation. Items included a costume from ''Funny Lady'' and a vintage dental cabinet purchased by the performer at 18 years old. The sale's most valuable lot was a painting by ].<ref>Douglas, Sarah. "."'']'', October 2009.</ref>
In 2000, President Bill Clinton presented Streisand with the ],the highest honor specifically given for achievement in the arts,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html#00 |title=Lifetime Honors – National Medal of Arts |publisher=Nea.gov |accessdate=August 17, 2011| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110721054307/http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html| archivedate= July 21, 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> and ], she also received the highest honor for a career in film ] from ] and Liberty and Justice Award from ] Coalition, ],First Annual Jewish Image Awards in 2001, and Humanitarian Award "for her years of leadership, vision, and activism in the fight for civil liberties, including religion, race, gender equality and freedom of speech, as well as all aspects of gay rights" from ] in 2004. In 2007, French President Nicolas Sarkozy presented Streisand with ], the highest decoration in France, and President George W. Bush presented her ], the highest recognition of cultural achievement.


In December 2011, she appeared at a fundraising gala for ] charities.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 14, 2011 |title=The way we were: Streisand and Saban shore up for Israel |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/the_way_we_were_20111214/ |access-date=July 29, 2015 |work=Jewish Journal}}</ref>
In 2011, she was given Board of Governors Humanitarian Award for her efforts on behalf of women's heart health and her many other philanthropic activities." by ]. She received the L'Oréal Paris Legend Award in 18th ''Elle'' Magazine Women in Hollywood. In 2012, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the ]. She was accorded an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy by the ] in 2013. In that year, she was also recipient of the Charlie Chaplin Award for Lifetime Achievement by the ] as the only female artist to direct, write, produce and star in the same major studio film, ''Yentl,''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2013/04/23/on-the-scene-barbra-streisand-chaplin-award |title=On the Scene: Barbra Streisand Receives Film Society of Lincoln Center's Charlie Chaplin Award |work = ] |accessdate=April 23, 2013 }}</ref> along with a Lifetime Achievement ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glamour.com/inspired/women-of-the-year/2013/barbra-streisand |title=Barbra Streisand: The Legend |publisher=Glamour |accessdate=December 10, 2013}}</ref> In 2014, Streisand was on one of eight different ''New York Magazine'' covers celebrating the magazine's "100 Years, 100 Songs, 100 Nights: A Century of Pop Music in New York". She also received the ] (ASC) Board of Governors Award,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/news/ni58169626/ |title=Barbra Streisand to be Honored by American Society of Cinematographers |publisher= ]|accessdate=January 14, 2015}}</ref> the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at ]'s annual Women in Entertainment Breakfast,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6723076/barbra-streisand-honored-hollywood-reporter-women-in-entertainment |title=Barbra Streisand to be Honored at The Hollywood Reporter 2015 Women in Entertainment Breakfast |publisher= Billboard |accessdate=October 13, 2015 }}</ref> and came first in the 1010 Wins Iconic Celebrity Poll by CBS in 2015.<ref name="whoswho.com" /> In November 2015, President ] announced that Streisand would receive the ], the highest ] of the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/11/16/president-obama-names-recipients-presidential-medal-freedom |title=President Obama Names Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom | accessdate=November 16, 2015 |date=November 16, 2015|work=The White House}}</ref>
Streisand was inducted into and ] in 1976, ] in 2002,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldminemag.com/blogs/great-blogs-of-fire/goldmine-hof-volume-3 |title=Goldmine's Hall of Fame Inductees |publisher=Goldmine Hall of Fame |accessdate=July 5, 2012 }}</ref> ] in 2007,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.limusichalloffame.org/project/5907 |title=Barbra Streisand &#124; Long Island Music Hall of Fame |publisher=Long Island Music Hall of Fame|accessdate=April 23, 2014 }}</ref> the ] in 2009,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparadehalloffame.com/barbra-streisand/ |title=Barbra Streisand &#124; Hit Parade Hall of Fame |publisher=Hit Parade Hall of Fame|accessdate=January 23, 2014 }}</ref> ] and ] in 2010.<ref name="whoswho.com" />


In June 2020, she gifted ]'s daughter, Gianna Floyd, Disney shares.<ref>{{cite news |last=Owoseje |first=Toyin |title=Barbra Streisand gifts George Floyd's daughter Disney shares |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/15/entertainment/george-floyd-daughter-barbra-streisand-disney-shares-intl-scli/index.html |access-date=June 15, 2020 |website=CNN}}</ref>
In 1970, she received a ] named Star of the Decade,and selected as Star of the Decade by the ] (NATO) in 1980, Star of Decade by NATO/ShowWest and President's Award by ] in 1988. That year she was also named as All-Time Favorite Musical Performer by ]. In 1986, ] named her as one of Five Hollywood's Most Powerful Women.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wonderwall.com/movies/Jessica-Lange-photos-850.celebrity?photoId=160187 |title=Hollywood's Most Powerful Women|publisher= Life magazine|accessdate=January 14, 2015}}</ref> In 1998, ] reported that she is the "Most Popular Singer Among Adult Americans of All Ages." She was also featured on ]'s 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll,<ref name="Barbra Streisand's trivia">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000659/bio?ref_=nm_dyk_trv_sm#trivia |title=Barbra Streisand's Trivia |publisher= ] |accessdate=January 14, 2015}}</ref> the Top 100 Singers of all time by '']'' magazine,<ref name=mojolist>{{cite web |title=''Mojo'' Readers Top&nbsp;100 Singers of All Time |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/mojo_p3.htm |publisher=Rock List Music (Julian White) |accessdate=30 June 2012}}</ref> named the century's best female singer in a Reuters/Zogby poll and "Top Female Artist of the Century" by ] in 1999.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,616842,00.html|title=Century Bests|agency=Time Inc|date=October 12, 1998|accessdate=August 28, 2005}}</ref><ref name="*foot notes">{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/jan/07/local/me-51816|title=*foot notes|agency=Los Angeles Times|date=January 7, 2000|accessdate=August 28, 2004}}</ref> In 2006, Streisand was one of honorees at ].<ref name="abc">{{cite web|url=http://abc.go.com/primetime/legendsball/ |work=ABC.com|title=Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball<!-- Bot generated title --> |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071007071949/http://abc.go.com/primetime/legendsball/ |archivedate = 2007-10-07}}</ref> In 2011, the British tabloid '']'' ranked Streisand as "The 50 female singers who will never be forgotten".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://br.noticias.yahoo.com/s/080513/48/gjni65.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204230158/http://br.noticias.yahoo.com/s/080513/48/gjni65.html|title=As 50 cantoras que nunca serão esquecidas|work=] Brazil|archivedate=February 4, 2010|accessdate=April 16, 2013|language=Portuguese}}</ref>


On September 22, 2022, ], the president of Ukraine, invited Streisand to become an ambassador for the ] platform, focusing on the Medical Aid direction of support.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barbra Streisand |url=https://u24.gov.ua/ambassador/barbra_streisand |access-date=May 8, 2023 |website=u24.gov.ua |language=en}}</ref> Streisand helped raise $240,000 for medical care.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barbra Streisand donated $240,000 to Medical Aid |url=https://u24.gov.ua/news/streisand_donation |access-date=May 8, 2023 |website=u24.gov.ua |language=en}}</ref>
'']'' ranked Streisand as the 10 top female singer-songwriters of all time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/9645702/The-50-top-female-singer-songwriters.html?frame=2384360|title=The 50 top female singer-songwriters|agency=The Daily Telegraph|date=May 29, 2015|accessdate=August 28, 2015}}</ref> ]'s ''Biography'' magazine ranked Streisand as one of their favorite leading actress of all time,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Audrey+Hepburn+Named+Favorite+All-Time+Oscar-Winning+Actress+by...-a075081004|title=Audrey Hepburn Named Favorite All-Time Oscar-Winning Actress by Biography Magazine Readers|agency=PR Newswire|date=May 29, 2001|accessdate=October 28, 2012}}</ref> she was also featured on the Voices of the Century list by ],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/apr/17/helencarter|title=Ol' Blue Eyes is tops, poll shows |agency=The Guardian |date=May 17, 2001|accessdate=October 28, 2012}}</ref> the "100 Greatest Movie Stars of Time" list compiled by '']'',{{sfn|Laufenberg|2005|p=120}} ]'s list of the "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons of All Time",<ref>{{vcite press release | url = http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-200-greatest-pop-culture-icons-complete-ranked-list-70807437.html | title = The 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons Complete Ranked List | publisher = VH1 | date = July 21–25, 2003 | accessdate =March 17, 2011}}</ref> the "100 Greatest Entertainers of All Time"(ranked at #13) and the "Greatest Movie Star of all time list" by ],<ref name="Barbra Streisand's trivia" /> "The 50 Greatest Actresses of All Tim" by ],<ref>{{cite web|title = The 50 Greatest Actresses of All Time|url = http://www.amc.com/movie-guide/the-50-greatest-actresses-of-all-time|website = AMC|accessdate = 2015-11-24}}</ref> and Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists.<ref>{{vcite web | url = http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-artists-20.shtml | title = The ''Billboard'' Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists | publisher = Nielsen Business Media, Inc. | year = 2008 | accessdate =March 17, 2011}}</ref> '']'' also ranked Streisand as the top female Jewish musician of all time.<ref>{{vcite web | url = http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/1481533/the-top-30-jewish-musicians?page=0%2C2 | title = The Top 30 Jewish Musicians | publisher = Nielsen Business Media, Inc. | year = 2013 | accessdate =March 17, 2014}}</ref> As a gay icon, Streisand was named by '']'' as one of the "25 Coolest Women" and the "9 Coolest Women Appealing to Both Lesbians and Gay Men",<ref name="advocate">{{Cite news |title=The Advocate's 25 Coolest Women |date = November 23, 1999 |periodical=]}}</ref> and was also placed among the "12 Greatest Female Gay Icons of All Time" by ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.out.com/entertainment/michael-musto/2014/08/25/12-greatest-female-gay-icons-all-time-also-nathan-matthew|title=The 12 Greatest Female Gay Icons of All Time|agency=Out magazine|date=May 17, 2014|accessdate=October 28, 2014}}</ref> She was recognized as one of the top gay icons of the past three decades by ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/gay-times-top-30-gay-icons-of-the-last-30-years-9756312.html?action=gallery |title=Gay Times Top 30 gay icons of the last 30 years |agency=Gay Times |date=May 17, 2014|accessdate=October 28, 2014}}</ref>


== Legacy ==
During the first decade of the 21st century, the ] celebrated 100 years of the greatest films in American cinema. Four of Streisand's songs were represented on ], which highlighted "America's Greatest Music in the Movies": "The Way We Were" at #8, "Evergreen (Love Theme From ''A Star Is Born'')" at # 16, "People" at #13, and "Don't Rain On My Parade" at #46. Many of her films were represented on AFI's 100 Years... series. ], highlighting "the films and film artists that have made audiences laugh throughout the century," ranked ] at #61. ] highlighted the top 100 greatest love stories in American cinema and placed '']'' at #8, ] at #41, and ] at #68. ] highlighted the 25 greatest American movie musicals, ranking ] at #16.
Streisand is regarded as the "Queen of the Divas" by various media outlets.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 29, 2017 |title=Diva Alert #10: Barbra Streisand |url=https://performerstuff.com/mgs/diva-alert-10-barbra-streisand/ |access-date=April 25, 2022 |website=PerformerStuff More Good Stuff |language=en-US}}</ref> '']'' called her among the three of America's Most Beloved Divas (alongside ] and ]).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yanagihara |first=Hanya |date=November 30, 2020 |title=Celebrating Three of America's Most Beloved Divas |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/30/t-magazine/barbra-streisand-dolly-parton-patti-labelle.html |access-date=April 25, 2022 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ] honored her enduring legacy saying her works influence "extends to ], the 1980s output of ] and ], and the more maudlin ballads of ], ], and ]."<ref>{{cite web |last=Frank |first=Alex |date=November 27, 2017 |title=The Enduring Legacy of Barbra Streisand |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/11/the-enduring-legacy-of-barbra-streisand.html |access-date=April 25, 2022 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}}</ref> ] hailed Streisand as the "Queen of the Charts" for her unmistakable longevity on the Billboard charts.<ref>{{cite web |last=McIntyre |first=Hugh |title=4 Reasons Why Barbra Streisand Is Still Queen Of The Charts |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2016/09/08/4-reasons-why-barbra-streisand-is-still-queen-of-the-charts/ |access-date=April 25, 2022 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> The '']'' also hailed her as the "most influential female vocalist" and the "most revolutionary of performers" for being responsible for changing the rules for female performers to come.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 28, 2016 |title=A case for Barbra Streisand as the most revolutionary of performers |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-barbra-streisand-revolution-20160501-story.html |access-date=April 25, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> ] listed her as one of the most romantic singers of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite news |title=Most romantic singers of the 20th century |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/12/entertainment/gallery/most-romantic-singers/index.html |access-date=April 25, 2022 |website=CNN}}</ref> In 2023, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked Streisand at number 147 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=January 1, 2023 |title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/barbra-streisand-5-1234642944/ |access-date=April 7, 2023 |magazine=]}}</ref> In 1997, ] magazine acknowledged her fashion sense saying "she embarked on a surreal, chameleonic, personal fashion quest" that single-handedly began the retro revolution in the 1960s.<ref name="Western">{{cite magazine |last=Paglia |first=Camille |author-link=Camille Paglia |date=February 24, 1997 |title=Pop Shoots |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XegCAAAAMBAJ&dq=Streisand&pg=PA104 |access-date=November 6, 2023 |magazine=New York |page=104}}</ref>


=== Professional memberships === === Honors ===
Streisand was presented the Distinguished Merit Award by '']'' in 1964, and selected as Miss Ziegfeld in 1965. In 1968, she received the Israel Freedom Medal, the highest civilian award of Israel, and she was awarded Pied Piper Award by ] and ] in 1969, Crystal Apple by her hometown City of New York, Woman of Achievement in the Arts by ] in 1978. In 1984, Streisand was awarded the ] for outstanding women who, through their endurance and the excellence of their work, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Recipients |url=http://wif.org/past-recipients |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724120329/http://www.wif.org/past-recipients |archive-date=July 24, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |publisher=Wif.org}}</ref> She received the Woman of Courage Award by the ] (NOW), ]<ref name="whoswho.com">{{cite web |title=Barbra Streisand Career Professional honors and awards |url=http://www.whoswho.com/us/barbra-streisand |access-date=December 10, 2014 |publisher=whoswho.com}}</ref> and Scopus Award by ].
As one of the most acclaimed actresses, singers, directors, writers, composers, producers, designers, photographers, and activists in every medium that she's worked in, Barbra is the only artist who is concurrently a member of the ], the ], the ], the ], and ], as well as the honorary chairwoman of the board of directors of ]'s International Research Institute on Women.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whoswho.com/us/barbra-streisand |title=Barbra Streisand Career Professional memberships |publisher=whoswho.com|accessdate=December 10, 2014}}</ref>


She received Breakthrough Awards for "making films that portray women with serious complexity" at the Women, Men and Media symposium in 1991.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 5, 1991 |title=Breakthrough Awards to Go to 12 in Media |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-05-vw-2038-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> In 1992, she was given the Commitment to Life Award by ] (APLA), and the Bill of Rights Award by the ], the Dorothy Arzner Special Recognition by ], and the Golden Plate by the ]. She was honored with the Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award from the ] in 1994 and the ] in 1995, the same year she was accorded an Honorary Doctorate in Arts and Humanities by ].<ref name="whoswho.com" /> She was also awarded Filmmaker of the Year Award for "lifetime achievement in filmmaking" by ShowEast and ] in 1996, ] in 1998.
=== References in television ===
On the sketch comedy show '']'', in the recurring skit "]", character ], played by ], hosts a talk show dedicated to, among other things, the adoration of Streisand. Streisand, in turn, made an unannounced guest appearance on the show, surprising Myers and his guests ] and ]. Myers also appeared as the Linda Richman character on stage with Streisand at her 1994 MGM Grand concert, as well as a few of the 1994 Streisand tour shows.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gliatto |first=Tom |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20107779,00.html |title=Oy! It's the Queen of Farklemt! |work=People |date=April 4, 1994 |accessdate=August 17, 2011}}</ref>


In 2000, President Bill Clinton presented Streisand with the ], the highest honor specifically given for achievement in the arts,<ref>{{cite web |title=Lifetime Honors – National Medal of Arts |url=http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html#00 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721054307/http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html |archive-date=July 21, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |publisher=Nea.gov}}</ref> and ], she also received the highest honor for a career in film ] from ] and Liberty and Justice Award from ] Coalition, ], First Annual Jewish Image Awards in 2001, and Humanitarian Award "for her years of leadership, vision, and activism in the fight for civil liberties, including religion, race, gender equality and freedom of speech, as well as all aspects of gay rights" from ] in 2004. In 2007, French President Nicolas Sarkozy presented Streisand with ], the highest decoration in France, and President George W. Bush presented her ], the highest recognition of cultural achievement.
=== References in music ===
Sound clips of Streisand's heated exchange with a supporter of former U.S. president ] were sampled in the 2009 ] dance song "]", making it sound as if she were arguing with actor ] (whose recorded outbursts during the filming of '']'' were the centerpiece of the song).<ref name="lowe">{{cite news | last =Lowe | first =Andy | title =Christian Bale flips out on T4 set: Yes, yes. We know you've heard it. But the remixes are even better&nbsp;... | work =] | publisher =] | date =February 3, 2009 | url =http://www.totalfilm.com/news/christian-bale-flips-out-on-t4-set | accessdate =February 2, 2010}}</ref>


In 2011, she was given Board of Governors Humanitarian Award for her efforts on behalf of women's heart health and her many other philanthropic activities." by ]. She received the L'Oréal Paris Legend Award in 18th ''Elle'' Magazine Women in Hollywood. In 2012, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the ]. She was accorded an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy by the ] in 2013. In that year, she was also recipient of the Charlie Chaplin Award for Lifetime Achievement by the ] as the only female artist to direct, write, produce and star in the same major studio film, ''Yentl,''<ref>{{cite magazine |title=On the Scene: Barbra Streisand Receives Film Society of Lincoln Center's Charlie Chaplin Award |url=https://ew.com/article/2013/04/23/on-the-scene-barbra-streisand-chaplin-award |access-date=April 23, 2013 |magazine=]}}</ref> along with a Lifetime Achievement ].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Barbra Streisand: The Legend |url=http://www.glamour.com/inspired/women-of-the-year/2013/barbra-streisand |access-date=December 10, 2013 |magazine=Glamour}}</ref>
"]" is a disco house song by American-Canadian DJ duo ] (] & ]). It was released on September 10, 2010. The song peaked at number one in Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, Switzerland and Austria. It became a top ten hit in Australia, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, and Italy.


In 2014, Streisand was on one of eight different ''New York Magazine'' covers celebrating the magazine's "100 Years, 100 Songs, 100 Nights: A Century of Pop Music in New York". She also received the ] (ASC) Board of Governors Award,{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at ]'s annual Women in Entertainment Breakfast,<ref>{{cite magazine |date=October 13, 2015 |title=Barbra Streisand to be Honored at The Hollywood Reporter 2015 Women in Entertainment Breakfast |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6723076/barbra-streisand-honored-hollywood-reporter-women-in-entertainment |access-date=October 13, 2015 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> and came first in the 1010 Wins Iconic Celebrity Poll by CBS in 2015.<ref name="whoswho.com" /> In November 2015, President ] announced that Streisand would receive the ], the highest ] of the United States.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 16, 2015 |title=President Obama Names Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/11/16/president-obama-names-recipients-presidential-medal-freedom |access-date=November 16, 2015 |work=] |via=]}}</ref>
=== References on stage ===
Daniel Stern's 2003 Off-Broadway play ''Barbra's Wedding'' was set against the backdrop of Streisand's 1998 wedding to James Brolin.


Streisand was inducted into and ] in 1976, ] in 2002,<ref>{{cite news |date=July 5, 2012 |title=Goldmine's Hall of Fame Inductees |url=http://www.goldminemag.com/blogs/great-blogs-of-fire/goldmine-hof-volume-3 |access-date=July 5, 2012 |newspaper=Goldmine Magazine: Record Collector & Music Memorabilia |publisher=Goldmine Hall of Fame}}</ref> ] in 2007,<ref>{{cite web |title=Barbra Streisand |url=http://www.limusichalloffame.org/project/5907 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413214541/http://www.limusichalloffame.org/project/5907/ |archive-date=April 13, 2014 |access-date=April 23, 2014 |publisher=Long Island Music Hall of Fame}}</ref> the ] in 2009,<ref>{{cite web |title=Barbra Streisand |url=http://hitparadehalloffame.com/barbra-streisand/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007194812/http://hitparadehalloffame.com/barbra-streisand/ |archive-date=October 7, 2014 |access-date=January 23, 2014 |publisher=Hit Parade Hall of Fame}}</ref> ] and ] in 2010.<ref name="whoswho.com" />
The 2013 comedy play ''Buyer & Cellar'', written by Jonathan Tolins, is set in Streisand's Malibu house cellar. A struggling actor finds a job there and one day meets the star. It is a one-man show starring ] that premiered at Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre in April 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://offbroadway.broadwayworld.com/article/BUYER-CELLAR-Starring-Michael-Urie-to-Transfer-to-Barrow-Street-Theatre-618-24-20130508 |title= Buyer & Cellar, Starring Michael Urie, to Transfer to Barrow Street Theatre, 6/18-24 |publisher=Offbroadway.broadwayworld.com |accessdate=December 4, 2013}}</ref>


In 1970, she received a ] named "Star of the Decade", and was selected "Star of the Decade" by the ] (NATO) in 1980, "Star of Decade" by NATO/ShowWest and President's Award by ] in 1988. That year she was also named as All-Time Favorite Musical Performer by ]. In 1986, ] named her as one of "Five Hollywood's Most Powerful Women".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Hollywood's Most Powerful Women |url=http://www.wonderwall.com/movies/Jessica-Lange-photos-850.celebrity?photoId=160187 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624161127/http://www.wonderwall.com/movies/Jessica-Lange-photos-850.celebrity?photoId=160187 |archive-date=June 24, 2015 |access-date=January 14, 2015 |magazine=Life}}</ref> In 1998, ] reported that she is the "Most Popular Singer Among Adult Americans of All Ages." She was also featured on ]'s 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll,<ref name="Barbra Streisand's trivia">{{cite web |title=Barbra Streisand's Trivia |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000659/bio |access-date=January 14, 2015 |website=]}}</ref> Top 100 Singers of all time by '']'' magazine,<ref name="mojolist">{{cite web |title=''Mojo'' Readers Top&nbsp;100 Singers of All Time |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/mojo_p3.htm |access-date=June 30, 2012 |publisher=Rock List Music (Julian White)}}</ref> named the century's best female singer in a Reuters/Zogby poll, and "Top Female Artist of the Century" by ] in 1999.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 12, 1998 |title=Century Bests |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,616842,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409070231/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,616842,00.html |archive-date=April 9, 2008 |access-date=August 28, 2005 |agency=Time Inc}}</ref><ref name="*foot notes">{{cite news |date=January 7, 2000 |title=*foot notes |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-07-me-51816-story.html |access-date=August 28, 2004 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> In 2006, Streisand was one of honorees at ].<ref name="abc">{{cite web |title=Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball |url=http://abc.go.com/primetime/legendsball/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007071949/http://abc.go.com/primetime/legendsball/ |archive-date=October 7, 2007 |publisher=American Broadcasting Company}}</ref>
=== References in fashion ===
In 1972, the modern ] iron was invented by Geri Cusenza, the original founder of Sebastian, for Streisand's hair.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hairboutique.com/tips/tip100.htm |title=Overview and History |publisher=Hairboutique.com |date= September 28, 2009 |accessdate= July 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name="POPSUGAR">{{cite web|url=http://www.popsugar.com/beauty/photo-gallery/3958100/image/3958945/Barbra-Streisand | title = You're Crimpin' My Style: 30 Stars Who Love the Crimping Iron | publisher= Popsugar |date= June 27, 2011 |accessdate= July 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.hairfinder.com/techniques/how_to_crimp_hair.htm | title = How to Crimp Hair | publisher=Hairfinder |date= June 27, 2011 |accessdate= July 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| author = Susong, Josh | url=http://articles.latimes.com/1998/may/03/magazine/tm-45723 | title = Feelin' Frizzy | work = ] |date= May 3, 1998 |accessdate= June 16, 2015}}</ref>


In 2015, '']'' ranked Streisand as one of the 10 top female singer-songwriters of all time.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 29, 2015 |title=The 50 top female singer-songwriters |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/9645702/The-50-top-female-singer-songwriters.html?frame=2384360 |access-date=August 28, 2015 |work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> ]'s ''Biography'' magazine ranked Streisand as one of their favorite leading actress of all time,<ref>{{cite news |date=May 29, 2001 |title=Audrey Hepburn Named Favorite All-Time Oscar-Winning Actress by Biography Magazine Readers |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Audrey+Hepburn+Named+Favorite+All-Time+Oscar-Winning+Actress+by...-a075081004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110213336/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Audrey+Hepburn+Named+Favorite+All-Time+Oscar-Winning+Actress+by...-a075081004 |archive-date=November 10, 2012 |access-date=October 28, 2012 |agency=PR Newswire}}</ref> she was also featured on the Voices of the Century list by ],<ref>{{cite news |date=May 17, 2001 |title=Ol' Blue Eyes is tops, poll shows |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/apr/17/helencarter |access-date=October 28, 2012 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> the "100 Greatest Movie Stars of Time" list compiled by '']'',{{sfn|Laufenberg|2005|p=120}} ]'s list of the "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons of All Time",<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-200-greatest-pop-culture-icons-complete-ranked-list-70807437.html |title=The 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons Complete Ranked List |publisher=VH1 |date=July 21–25, 2003 |accessdate=March 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501100900/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-200-greatest-pop-culture-icons-complete-ranked-list-70807437.html |archive-date=May 1, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> the "100 Greatest Entertainers of All Time", "ranked at #13" and the "Greatest Movie Star of all time list" by '']'',<ref name="Barbra Streisand's trivia" /> "The 50 Greatest Actresses of All Tim" by ],<ref>{{cite web |title=The 50 Greatest Actresses of All Time |url=http://www.amc.com/movie-guide/the-50-greatest-actresses-of-all-time |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027161757/http://www.amc.com/movie-guide/the-50-greatest-actresses-of-all-time |archive-date=October 27, 2015 |access-date=November 24, 2015 |website=AMC}}</ref> and Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists.<ref>{{cite magazine |year=2008 |title=The ''Billboard'' Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-artists-20.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913205920/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-artists-20.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 13, 2008 |access-date=March 17, 2011 |magazine=]}}</ref> '']'' also ranked Streisand as the top female Jewish musician of all time.<ref>{{cite magazine |year=2013 |title=The Top 30 Jewish Musicians |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/1481533/the-top-30-jewish-musicians?page=0%2C2 |access-date=March 17, 2014 |magazine=]}}</ref> As a ], Streisand was named by '']'' as one of the "25 Coolest Women" and the "9 Coolest Women Appealing to Both Lesbians and Gay Men",<ref name="advocate">{{Cite news |date=November 23, 1999 |title=The Advocate's 25 Coolest Women |periodical=]}}</ref> and was also placed among the "12 Greatest Female Gay Icons of All Time" by '']'' magazine.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 17, 2014 |title=The 12 Greatest Female Gay Icons of All Time |url=http://www.out.com/entertainment/michael-musto/2014/08/25/12-greatest-female-gay-icons-all-time-also-nathan-matthew |access-date=October 28, 2014 |work=Out magazine}}</ref> She was recognized as one of the top gay icons of the past three decades by '']''.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 17, 2014 |title=Gay Times Top 30 gay icons of the last 30 years |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/gay-times-top-30-gay-icons-of-the-last-30-years-9756312.html?action=gallery |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624162552/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/gay-times-top-30-gay-icons-of-the-last-30-years-9756312.html?action=gallery |archive-date=June 24, 2015 |access-date=October 28, 2014 |work=Gay Times}}</ref>
In 1977, Streisand become the first woman celebrity to be on the cover of ] who was interviewed inside.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://s44.photobucket.com/user/tomasp23/media/playboy1977_003.jpg.html|title=Barbra Streisand Interview |publisher=Playboy magazine|date= October 14, 1977|accessdate= July 22, 2013}}</ref>


During the first decade of the 21st century, the ] celebrated 100 years of the greatest films in American cinema. Four of Streisand's songs were represented on ], which highlighted "America's Greatest Music in the Movies": "The Way We Were" at #8, "Evergreen (Love Theme From ''A Star Is Born'')" at # 16, "People" at #13, and "Don't Rain on My Parade" at #46. Many of her films were represented on AFI's 100 Years ... series. ], highlighting "the films and film artists that have made audiences laugh throughout the century," ranked ] at #61. ] highlighted the top 100 greatest love stories in American cinema and placed '']'' at #8, ] at #41, and ''What's Up, Doc?'' at #68. ] highlighted the 25 greatest American movie musicals, ranking ''Funny Girl'' at #16.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
In 2011, ] paid tribute to Streisand in a series of poses that recreated some of Streisand's classic looks on the cover of ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/photography/g1211/jennifer-aniston-barbra-streisand-pictures-0910/ | title = Jennifer Aniston: The Barbra Streisand Cover Shoot | work = ] |date= June 27, 2011 |accessdate= June 16, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| author = Moodie, Clemmie | url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/jennifer-aniston-pays-tribute-to-barbra-240675 | title = Jennifer Aniston Pays Tribute to Barbra Streisand in a Series of Poses for Harper's Bazaar{{spaced ndash}} Pics | work = ] |date= August 10, 2010 |accessdate= June 16, 2015}}</ref>


The ] chose ''Funny Girl'' for preservation in the ] in December 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=With '20,000 Leagues', the National Film Registry Reaches 700 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-16-209/with-20000-leagues-the-national-film-registry-reaches-700/2016-12-14/ |access-date=November 3, 2018 |website=Loc.gov}}</ref> When "People" was selected in March 2017 for preservation in the ], Streisand said she was humbled to have the song honored "as part of the flow of our nation's culture."<ref>{{cite web |date=March 29, 2016 |title=National Recording Registry Picks Are 'Over the Rainbow' |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-17-029/ |access-date=March 29, 2016 |work=Library of Congress}}</ref>
In 2013, ] revealed that Streisand was her own style icon. "She is the epitome of chic. She looked magnificent. She wears lots of ], and she had on this fabulous Donna Karan dress that just draped perfectly. She had this gorgeous hair. She was just beautiful. I love her.".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elleuk.com/fashion/celebrity-style/barbra-streisand-is-victoria-beckham-style-icon|title=Victoria Beckham's style icon revealed|publisher=Elle Uk |date=March 6, 2013 |accessdate=July 26, 2013}}</ref>


=== Professional memberships ===
In celebrating Streisand's 72nd birthday in 2014, ] wrote, "She is an icon in every sense of the world. The Brooklyn-born triple threat went from a NYC cabaret singer to Broadway star overnight and went on to conquer the silver screen, pop charts, and every stage she set foot on. She also established herself as a fashion icon thanks to her fearless sense of style".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marieclaire.com/fashion/g2204/barbra-streisand-style/|title=Happy 72nd Birthday, Barbra Streisand! |publisher=Marie Clairet |date=Apr 24, 2014|accessdate=July 26, 2014}}</ref>
As one of the most acclaimed actresses, singers, directors, writers, composers, producers, designers, photographers and activists in every medium that she's worked in, Streisand is the only artist who is concurrently a member of the ], ], ], ] and ], as well as the honorary chairwoman of the board of directors of ]'s International Research Institute on Women.<ref>{{cite web |title=Barbra Streisand Career Professional memberships |url=http://www.whoswho.com/us/barbra-streisand |access-date=December 10, 2014 |publisher=whoswho.com}}</ref>


=== "Streisand effect" === === "Streisand effect" ===
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{{Main|Streisand effect}} {{Main|Streisand effect}}
In 2003, Streisand sued aerial photographer Kenneth Adelman for displaying a photograph of her ] home, along with 12,000 other photos of the California coastline taken to illustrate coastal erosion. The picture had at that point been downloaded a total of six times, two of which were by Streisand's lawyers. The suit had the ] of drawing attention to the photograph, which suddenly became wildly popular and was rapidly copied to multiple ]s outside the immediate reach of US law. Her lawsuit was eventually dismissed under the anti-] provisions of California law.<ref>''Streisand v. Adelman, et al., in California Superior Court; Case SC077257''</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Adelman |first=Kenneth | title=Barbra Streisand Sues to Suppress Free Speech Protection for Widely Acclaimed Website | url=http://www.californiacoastline.org/streisand/lawsuit.html | publisher=California Coastal Records Project | date=May 13, 2007 | accessdate=April 8, 2008| archiveurl= //web.archive.org/web/20080407234728/http://www.californiacoastline.org/streisand/lawsuit.html| archivedate= April 7, 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | title=Streisand's Lawsuit to Silence Coastal Website Dismissed | url=http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2003/Barbra-Streisand-Coastal3dec03.htm | publisher=Mindfully.org | date=December 3, 2003 | accessdate=April 8, 2008| archiveurl= //web.archive.org/web/20080417071950/http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2003/Barbra-Streisand-Coastal3dec03.htm| archivedate= April 17, 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> ] of ] coined the term "]" in January 2005 to describe the publicity generated by Streisand's efforts to suppress the publication of the photograph.


In a 2003 lawsuit, Streisand claimed that a website illustrating coastal erosion invaded her privacy because one of its over 12,000 images happened to show her ] home; Streisand wanted the photo removed from the site. The suit was dismissed and the resultant publicity prompted hundreds of thousands of people to download the photo, which had been accessed only four times prior to Streisand initiating legal action.<ref>{{cite web |last=Adelman |first=Kenneth |date=May 13, 2007 |title=Barbra Streisand Sues to Suppress Free Speech Protection for Widely Acclaimed Website |url=http://www.californiacoastline.org/streisand/lawsuit.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407234728/http://www.californiacoastline.org/streisand/lawsuit.html |archive-date=April 7, 2008 |access-date=April 8, 2008 |publisher=California Coastal Records Project}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=Streisand's Lawsuit to Silence Coastal Website Dismissed |url=http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2003/Barbra-Streisand-Coastal3dec03.htm |publisher=Mindfully.org |date=December 3, 2003 |access-date=April 8, 2008 |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090706034700/http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2003/Barbra-Streisand-Coastal3dec03.htm |archive-date=July 6, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> The term ''Streisand effect'' was coined to refer to an attempt to censor information which unintentionally publicizes that information.<ref>{{cite web |last=Siegel |first=Robert |date=February 29, 2008 |title=The Streisand Effect' Snags Effort to Hide Documents |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87809195 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306072519/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87809195 |archive-date=March 6, 2018 |work=] |publisher=] |quote=The episode is the latest example of a phenomenon known as the 'Streisand Effect.' Robert Siegel talks with Mike Masnick, CEO of Techdirt Inc., who coined the term. }}</ref>
== Awards ==

===Namesakes===
The ''Barbra Streisand Cup'' is a ] match held in ],<ref>{{cite web |date=May 20, 2022 |title=Maccabi rugby seal Streisand cup versus Convicts |url=https://www.australianjewishnews.com/maccabi-rugby-seal-streisand-cup-versus-convicts/ |access-date=February 19, 2024 |publisher=]}}</ref> Australia each year played between the Sydney Convicts, Australia's first gay and inclusive Rugby Union club, and the ], Sydney's only Jewish rugby team. It's a friendly match, typically played in or around April, between the rival clubs and is named in Streisand's honour as she is known to have a large fan base in both the gay and the Jewish communities.


=== Music awards === == Awards and nominations ==
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Barbra Streisand}}
Streisand's works have been nominated for 40 ]s; she won 10 of these, including the ] and the ]. She has been inducted into the ] four times. In 2011, she was honored as ] by the Grammy Foundation for her artistic achievement in the music industry.
Barbra Streisand is one of the most decorated entertainers in history. She has won two Academy Awards - one for ] in ] and another for ] for ], making her the first woman to receive the latter. Streisand has earned 10 ], including ] for ]. She was also awarded the prestigious ], an honor received by only 14 other artists, as well as the ]. She has won five ], comprising four ] and one ]. She has received four ], the ] and nine ]. Additionally, she received a ] in ], recognizing her contributions to Broadway. In 2011, she was honored as ] by the ] for her artistic achievement in the music industry.


== Discography ==
{{Main|Barbra Streisand discography}}
{{div col}}
* '']'' (1963)
* '']'' (1963)
* '']'' (1964)
* '']'' (1964)
* '']'' (1965)
* '']'' (1965)
* '']'' (1966)
* '']'' (1966)
* '']'' (1967)
* '']'' (1967)
* '']'' (1969)
* '']'' (1971)
* '']'' (1971)
* '']'' (1973)
* '']'' (1974)
* '']'' (1974)
* '']'' (1975)
* '']'' (1976)
* '']'' (1977)
* '']'' (1978)
* '']'' (1979)
* '']'' (1980)
* '']'' (1984)
* '']'' (1985)
* '']'' (1988)
* '']'' (1993)
* '']'' (1997)
* '']'' (1999)
* '']'' (2001)
* '']'' (2003)
* '']'' (2005)
* '']'' (2009)
* '']'' (2011)
* '']'' (2014)
* '']'' (2016)
* '']'' (2018)
{{div col end}}

== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable" {| class="wikitable"
!Year
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
!Title
! Year !! Award !! Category !! Work !! Result
!Role
!Notes
|- |-
|1968
| rowspan="3"|1963 || rowspan="11"|]s || ] || rowspan="2"| '']'' || {{Won}}
|'']''
|]
|
|- |-
|1969
| ] || {{Won}}
|'']''
|]
|
|- |-
| rowspan="2" |1970
| ] || "]" || {{nom}}
|'']''
|Daisy Gamble / Melinda Tentrees
|
|- |-
|'']''
| rowspan="3"|1964 || Best Female Vocal Performance || rowspan="3"| '']'' || {{Won}}
|Doris Wilgus/Wadsworth/Wellington/Waverly
|
|- |-
| rowspan="2" |1972
| Album of the Year || {{nom}}
|'']''
|Judy Maxwell
|
|- |-
|'']''
| Record of the Year || {{nom}}
|Margaret Reynolds
|
|- |-
|1973
| rowspan="2"|1965 || Best Female Vocal Performance || rowspan="2"| '']'' || {{Won}}
|'']''
|Katie Morosky
|
|- |-
|1974
| Album of the Year || {{nom}}
|'']''
|Henrietta "Henry" Robbins
|
|- |-
|1975
| rowspan="2"|1966 || Best Female Vocal Performance || rowspan="2"| '']'' || {{nom}}
|'']''
|]
|
|- |-
|1976
| Album of the Year || {{nom}}
|'']''
|Esther Hoffman Howard
|Also producer
|- |-
|1979
| 1968 || Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance || '']'' Soundtrack || {{nom}}
|'']''
|Hillary Kramer
|
|- |-
|1981
| 1970 || ] Georgie Award || Entertainer of the Year || style="text-align:center;"|— || {{Won}}
|'']''
|Cheryl Gibbons
|
|- |-
|1983
| rowspan="2"|1972 || Grammy Awards || Best Pop Female Vocal Performance || "Sweet Inspiration / Where You Lead" || {{nom}}
|'']''
|Yentl Mendel / Anshel Mendel
|Also director, producer, and co-writer
|- |-
|1987
| AGVA Georgie Award || Singing Star of the Year || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|— || {{Won}}
|'']''
|Claudia Faith Draper
|Also producer
|- |-
|1991
| 1975 || ] || Favorite Female Singer of the Year || {{Won}}
|'']''
|Dr. Susan Lowenstein
|Also director and producer
|- |-
|1996
| 1976 || rowspan="5"|Grammy Awards || Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance || '']'' || {{nom}}
|'']''
|Rose Morgan
|Also director and producer
|- |-
|2004
| rowspan="5"|1977 || Best Pop Female Vocal Performance || rowspan="4"| "]" <small>(from '']'')</small> || {{Won}}
|'']''
| rowspan="2" |Rozalin "Roz" Focker
|
|- |-
|2010
| Song of the Year || {{Won}}
|'']''
|
|- |-
|2012
| Record of the Year || {{nom}}
|'']''
|-
|Joyce Brewster
| Best Original Score – Motion Picture or Television Special || {{nom}}
|Also executive producer
|-
| AGVA Georgie Award || Singing Star of the Year || style="text-align:center;"|— || {{Won}}
|-
| 1978 || rowspan="7"|Grammy Awards || Best Pop Female Vocal Performance || rowspan="3"| "]" <small>(with ]</small>) || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|1979 || Record of the Year || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|Best Pop Vocal Performance – Duo, Group, or Chorus || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="5"|1980 || rowspan="2"| '']'' <small>(with ])</small> || {{Won}}
|-
| Album of the Year || {{nom}}
|-
| Record of the Year || rowspan="2"| "]" || {{nom}}
|-
| Best Pop Vocal Female Performance || {{nom}}
|-
| AGVA Georgie Awards || Singing Star of the Year || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|— || {{Won}}
|-
| 1985 || People's Choice Awards || Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer || {{Won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"|1986 || rowspan="5"|Grammy Awards || Best Pop Vocal Female Performance || rowspan="2"| '']'' || {{Won}}
|-
| Album of the Year || {{nom}}
|-
| Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal || "]" || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|1987 || Best Pop Vocal Female Performance || rowspan="2"| '']'' || {{nom}}
|-
| Best Music Video Performance || {{nom}}
|-
| 1988 || People's Choice Awards || Favorite All-Time Musical Performer || style="text-align:center;"|— || {{Won}}
|-
| 1991 || rowspan="19"|Grammy Awards || Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance || "Warm All Over" || {{nom}}
|-
| 1992 || '''Grammy Legend Award''' || style="text-align:center;"|— || '''Special award'''
|-
| 1993 || Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance || '']'' || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3"|1994 || '''Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award''' || style="text-align:center;"|— || '''Special award'''
|-
| Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance || ''Barbra: The Concert'' || {{nom}}
|-
| Best Pop Vocal Female Performance || "Ordinary Miracles" || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|1997 || rowspan="2"|Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals || "]" <small>(with ])</small> || {{nom}}
|-
| "]" <small>(with ])</small> || {{nom}}
|-
| 1998 || '''Grammy Hall of Fame''' || "]" || '''Inducted'''
|-
| 2000 || rowspan="3"|Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album || ''Timeless – Live In Concert'' || {{nom}}
|-
| 2002 || '']'' || {{nom}}
|-
| 2003 || '']'' || {{nom}}
|-
| 2004 || rowspan="2"|'''Grammy Hall of Fame''' || '']'' <small>(Barbra Streisand and ])</small> || rowspan="2"|'''Inducted'''
|-
| 2006 || '']''
|-
| 2007 || Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album || '']'' || {{nom}}
|-
| 2008 || '''Grammy Hall of Fame''' || "]" || '''Inducted'''
|-
| 2011 || Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album || '']'' || {{nom}}
|-
| 2012 || Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album || '']'' || {{nom}}
|-
| 2015 || Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album || '']'' || {{nom}}
|} |}


=== Film awards === === Television ===
Streisand has won two ]s (Oscar) against five nominations: two for acting, two for songwriting and one for ]. She won Oscars for Best Actress (''Funny Girl'') and Best Original Song ("Evergreen"). The three films she directed received a total of fourteen Oscar nominations.

{| class="wikitable" {| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Notes
|- |-
|1965
! Year !! Award !! Category !! Work !! Result !! Notes
|'']''
|Filmed in 1964; aired on CBS April 28, 1965
|- |-
|1966
| rowspan="2"|1969 || ] || Best Actress || rowspan="2"| '']'' || {{Won}} || Tied with ]
|'']''
|Filmed 1965; aired on CBS March 30, 1966
|- |-
|1967
| rowspan="5"| ] || rowspan="2"|Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical) || {{Won}} ||
|''The Belle of 14th Street''
|Aired on CBS October 11, 1967
|- |-
|1968
| rowspan="2"|1970 || '']'' || {{nom}} ||
|'']''
|Recorded June 17, 1967; aired on CBS September 15, 1968, to coincide with release of '']''
|- |-
|1973
| ] || style="text-align:center;"|— || '''Special award''' ||
|'']''
|Aired on CBS November 2, 1973
|- |-
|1975
| rowspan="2"|1971 || Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical) || '']'' || {{nom}} ||
|''Funny Girl to Funny Lady''
|Aired live on ABC March 9, 1975
|- |-
|1976
| Henrietta World Film Favorite || style="text-align:center;"|— || '''Special award''' ||
|''Barbra: With One More Look at You''
|
|- |-
|1978
| rowspan="2"|1974 || Academy Awards || Best Actress || rowspan="2"| '']'' || {{nom}} ||
|''Getting in Shape for The Main Event''
|
|- |-
|1983
| rowspan="3"|Golden Globe Awards || Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama) || {{nom}} ||
|''A Film Is Born: The Making of 'Yentl{{'}}''
|
|- |-
| rowspan="2" |1986
| 1975 || Henrietta World Film Favorite || style="text-align:center;"|— || '''Special award''' ||
|''Putting it Together: The Making of The Broadway Album''
|
|- |-
|'']''
| 1976 || Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical) || '']'' || {{nom}} ||
|Recorded September 6, 1986; aired on HBO December 27, 1986
|- |-
|1994
| rowspan="3"|1977 || Academy Awards || Best Original Song || rowspan="3"| "]" <small>(from '']'')</small> || {{Won}} ||
|''Barbra Streisand: The Concert''
|Recorded July 24, 1994; aired on HBO August 21, 1994 (also producer and director)
|- |-
|2001
| rowspan="6"|Golden Globe Awards || Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical) || {{Won}} ||
|''Barbra Streisand: Timeless''
|Aired on FOX February 14, 2001 (1 hour edited version)
|- |-
|2009
| Best Original Song || {{Won}} ||
|''Streisand: Live in Concert''
|Aired on CBS April 25, 2009<ref>CBS.com Online Schedule. Retrieved April 16, 2009.</ref> (Filmed in Florida in 2006)
|- |-
|2011
| 1978 || Henrietta World Film Favorite || style="text-align:center;"|— || '''Special award''' ||
|''Barbra Streisand: One Night Only at The Village Vanguard''
|Aired on PBS, premiered August 6, 2011
|- |-
|2013
| rowspan="3"|1984 || Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical) || rowspan="4"| '']'' || {{nom}} ||
|''Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn''
|Aired on PBS, premiered November 29, 2013
|- |-
|2017
| Best Director (Motion Picture) || {{Won}} ||
|''The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!''
|-
|Aired on Netflix, premiered November 22, 2017
| Best Motion Picture (Comedy Or Musical) || {{Won}} ||
|-
| 1985 || ] || ] ||{{nom}} ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|1988 || rowspan="2"|Golden Globe Awards||Best Actress in Motion Picture (Drama) || rowspan="2"|'']'' || {{nom}} ||
|-
| Best Motion Picture (Drama) || {{nom}} ||
|-
| rowspan="3"|1992 || Academy Awards || Best Picture || rowspan="3"| '']'' || {{nom}} ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|Golden Globe Awards || Best Director (Motion Picture) || {{nom}} ||
|-
| Best Motion Picture – (Drama) || {{nom}} ||
|-
| rowspan="3"|1997 || Academy Awards || Best Original Song || "]" <small>(from '']'')</small> || {{nom}} ||
|-
| rowspan="3"|Golden Globe Awards || Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical) || ''The Mirror Has Two Faces'' || {{nom}} ||
|-
| Best Original Song || "I Finally Found Someone" <small>(from ''The Mirror Has Two Faces'')</small> || {{nom}} ||
|-
| 2000 || Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement || style="text-align:center;"|— || '''Special award''' ||
|-
| 2010 || rowspan="2"|Golden Raspberry Award || ]||'']''|| {{nom}} ||
|-
| 2012 ||]||'']''|| {{nom}} ||
|} |}


== Appearances == === Theatre ===

=== Broadway performances ===
{| class="wikitable" {| class="wikitable"
!Year
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Title !! Notes !Title
!Role
!Venue
!Ref.
|- |-
|1961–1963
| 1961–1963 || '']'' || Nominated—]
|'']''
| Miss Marmelstein
| ], ]
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://m.playbill.com/production/i-can-get-it-for-you-wholesale-shubert-theatre-vault-0000010490|title= I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1961, Broadway)|website= Playbill|accessdate= September 1, 2024}}</ref>
|- |-
|1964–1965
| 1964–1965 || '']'' || Nominated—]
|rowspan=2|'']''
|}
|rowspan=2| ]

| ], Broadway
=== West End performances ===
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://m.playbill.com/production/funny-girl-winter-garden-theatre-vault-0000011552|title= Funny Girl (1964, Broadway)|website= Playbill|accessdate= September 1, 2024}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
|1966
! Year !! Title !! Notes
| ], ]
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/funny-girl-a-history-of-the-hit-musical-50-years-on|title= Funny Girl: A History of the Hit Musical 50 years|website= London Theatre|date= June 13, 2016|accessdate= September 1, 2024}}</ref>
|- |-
| 1966 || '']'' || April 13, 1966 – July 16, 1966 at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London.
|} |}


=== Television specials === == Tours ==
{| class="wikitable" {| class="wikitable"
!Year
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Title !! Notes !Title
!Continents
!Box-office proceeds
!Total audience
|- |-
|1966
| 1965 || '']'' || Filmed in 1964 | Aired on CBS April 28, 1965
|An Evening with Barbra Streisand Tour
|- style="background:#f0f0f0"
|North America
| 1966 || '']'' || Filmed 1965 | Aired on CBS March 30, 1966
|$480,000
|67,500
|- |-
|1993–1994
| 1967 || ''The Belle of 14th Street'' ||Aired on CBS October 11, 1967
|]
|- style="background:#f0f0f0"
|North America and Europe
| 1968 || '']'' || Aired on CBS June 17, 1967
|$50&nbsp;million
|400,000
|- |-
|1999–2000
| 1973 || '']'' || Aired on CBS Nov 2, 1973
|]
|- style="background:#f0f0f0"
|North America and Australia
| 1975 || ''Funny Girl to Funny Lady'' || Aired on ABC
|$70&nbsp;million
|200,000
|- |-
|2006–2007
| 1976 || ''Barbra: With One More Look at You'' ||
|]
|- style="background:#f0f0f0"
|North America and Europe
| 1983 || ''A Film Is Born: The Making of 'Yentl{{'}}'' ||
|$119.5&nbsp;million
|425,000
|- |-
|2012–2013
| 1986 || ''Putting it Together: The Making of The Broadway Album'' ||
|]
|- style="background:#f0f0f0"
|North America and Europe
| 1986 || '']'' ||
|$66&nbsp;million
|254,958
|- |-
|2016–2017
| 1994 || ''Barbra Streisand: The Concert'' || Also producer and director
|]
|-
|North America
| 2001 || ''Barbra Streisand: Timeless'' || Aired on FOX February 14, 2001 (1 hour edited version)
|$53&nbsp;million
|-
|203,423
| 2009 || ''Streisand: Live in Concert'' || Aired on CBS April 25, 2009<ref>CBS.com Online Schedule. Retrieved April 16, 2009.</ref> (Filmed in Florida in 2006)
|-
| 2011 || ''Barbra Streisand: One Night Only at The Village Vanguard'' || Aired on PBS, premiered on August 6, 2011
|-
| 2012 || "Katie: Barbra is Back!" || September 25, 2012

|} |}


== Autobiography ==
== Tours and live performances ==
Streisand's writing of her autobiography stalled at various stages,<ref>''People'', September 29, 2014</ref> and ] announced in May 2015 that they anticipated publishing her long-awaited memoir in 2017, spanning Streisand's entire life and career.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 20, 2015 |title=Barbra Streisand Memoir Coming in 2017 |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/barbra-streisand-memoir-coming-in-2017/ |access-date=May 20, 2015}}</ref>
{{Main|List of Barbra Streisand concert tours and live performances}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Continents !! Box-office benefits !! Total audience
|-
| 1966 || An Evening with Barbra Streisand Tour || North America || $480,000 || 67,500
|- style="background:#f0f0f0"
| 1993–94 || ] || North America and Europe || $50 million || 400,000
|-
| 1999–2000 ||] || North America and Australia|| $70 million || 200,000
|- style="background:#f0f0f0"
| 2006–07 || ] || North America and Europe || $119.5 million || 425,000
|-
| 2012–13 || ]|| North America and Europe|| $66 million || 254,958
|- style="background:#f0f0f0"
| 2016 || ]|| North America|| starts May 25 || n/a
|}

== Discography ==
{{Main|Barbra Streisand discography}}
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</div>

== Books ==
*2010: '']''
This book details the creation and construction of Streisand's New England Farmhouse in California. Streisand states in the introduction of '']'' that she began work on this home when she failed to obtain financing for a film project and needed to redirect her energy into another passion. The sumptuous volume, which she not only wrote but provided the principal photography for, was released in a coffee table hardback format. A special slip-cased, signed and numbered version with accompanying 15 minute DVD, limited to 500 copies, sold out during pre-order in advance of publication.

*2017: Untitled Autobiography
Streisand has stated that she is writing her autobiography, but has stopped and started at various points.<ref>''People'' September 29, 2014</ref> In May 2015, Viking Press announced it had bought Streisand's memoirs, which will cover her entire life and career, and would publish it in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/barbra-streisand-memoir-coming-in-2017/?ref=topics&_r=0 |title=Barbra Streisand Memoir Coming in 2017 |date=May 20, 2015 |accessdate=May 20, 2015 }}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width="40"| Year
! style="width:150px;"|Title
! style="width:150px;"|Role
! style="width:300px;"| Notes
|-
| 1968
| '']''
| ]
| ] <small>Tied with ] for '']''</small><br />] <small>Tied with ] for '']''</small><br />]<br />Nominated—]
|-
| 1969
| '']''
| Dolly Levi
| Nominated—]<br />Nominated—]
|-
| rowspan=2| 1970
| '']''
| Daisy Gamble / Melinda Tentres
|
|-
| '']''
| Doris Wilgus / Wadsworth / Wellington / Waverly
| Nominated—]
|-
| rowspan=2| 1972
| '']''
| Judy Maxwell
|
|-
| '']''
| Margaret Reynolds
|
|-
| 1973
| '']''
| Katie Morosky
| ] <small>Tied with ] for '']''</small><br />Nominated—]<br />Nominated—]<br />Nominated—]
|-
| 1974
| '']''
| Henrietta 'Henry' Robbins
|
|-
| 1975
| '']''
| ]
| Nominated—]
|-
| 1976
| '']''
| Esther Hoffman Howard
| ] <small>Shared with ] (lyrics) for the song "]"</small><br />]<br />] <small>Shared with ] (lyrics) for the song "]"</small><br />Nominated—] <small>Shared with ], ], ], ], ], ], Donna Weiss</small>
|-
| 1979
| '']''
| Hillary Kramer
|
|-
| 1981
| '']''
| Cheryl Gibbons
| Nominated—]
|-
| 1983
| '']''
| Yentl Mendel / Anshel Mendel
| Also director, producer, and co-writer <br />]<br /> Special ] for Best New Foreign Director<br />Nominated—]<br />Nominated—]
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| 1987
| '']''
| Claudia Faith Draper
| Nominated—]
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| 1991
| '']''
| Dr. Susan Lowenstein
| Also director and producer<br />Nominated—] <small>Shared with Andrew S. Karsch</small><br />Nominated—]<br />Nominated—]
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| 1996
| '']''
| Rose Morgan
| Also director and producer<br />Nominated—] <small>Shared with ], ] and ] for the song "]"</small><br />Nominated—]<br />Nominated—] <small>Shared with ], ] and ] for the song "]"</small>
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| 2004
| '']''
|Rozzlynn "Roz" Focker
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| 2010
| '']''
|Rozzlynn "Roz" Focker
| Nominated—]
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| 2012
| '']''
| Joyce Brewster
| Nominated—]
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Upon the release of '']'' on November 7, 2023,<ref>{{Cite web |title=My Name Is Barbara Official Memoir |url=https://releases.barbrastreisand.com/ |access-date=November 6, 2023 |website=releases.barbrastreisand.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Knight |first1=Lucy |date=February 7, 2023 |title=Barbra Streisand to publish her first memoir |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/07/barbra-streisand-to-publish-her-first-memoir |newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> her ] interview concluded with Streisand claiming she wanted "to have more fun" in life.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 6, 2023 |title=Barbra Streisand: I haven't had much fun in my life |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67283909 |access-date=November 6, 2023 |publisher=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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*{{Cite book | last=Andersen | first=Christopher | title=Barbra: The Way She Is | location= | publisher=Harper-Collins | year=2006 | isbn=0-06-056256-0}} * {{Cite book |last=Andersen |first=Christopher |title=Barbra: The Way She Is |publisher=Harper-Collins |year=2006 |url=https://archive.org/details/barbrawaysheisande |isbn=0-06-056256-0}}
*{{Cite book | last=Edwards | first=Anne | title=Streisand: A Biography | publisher=Little, Brown | year=1997 | isbn=978-0-316-21138-3}} * {{Cite book |last=Edwards |first=Anne |title=Streisand: A Biography |publisher=Little, Brown |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-316-21138-3}}
*Gabler, Neal. (2016). ''Barbra Streisand: Redefining Beauty, Femininity, and Power'', Yale University Press ISBN 978-0300210910 * {{Cite book |last=Gabler |first=Neal |title=Barbra Streisand: Redefining Beauty, Femininity, and Power |publisher=Yale University Press |year=2016 |isbn=978-0300210910 |location=New Haven, CT}}
*{{Cite book | last=Riese | first=Randall | title=Her Name Is Barbra: An Intimate Portrait of the Real Barbra Streisand | publisher=Birch Lane Press | year=1993 | isbn=1-55972-203-7}} * {{cite book |last=Laufenberg |first=Norbert B. |title=Entertainment Celebrities |publisher=] |year=2005 |isbn=1-4120-5335-8}}
*{{Cite book | last=Santopietro | first=Tom | title=The Importance of Being Barbra: The Brilliant, Tumultuous Career of Barbra Streisand | publisher=Thomas Dunne | year=2006 | isbn=978-0-312-34879-3}} * {{Cite book |last=Pohly |first=Linda |url=https://archive.org/details/barbrastreisandc00lind |title=The Barbra Streisand Companion: A Guide to Her Vocal Style and Repertoire |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=2000 |isbn=0-313-30414-9}}
*{{Cite book | last=Spada | first=James | title=Streisand: Her Life | location= | publisher=Crown Publishers, Inc | year=1995 | isbn=0-517-59753-5}} * {{Cite book |last=Riese |first=Randall |url=https://archive.org/details/hernameisbarbrai00ries_0 |title=Her Name Is Barbra: An Intimate Portrait of the Real Barbra Streisand |publisher=Birch Lane Press |year=1993 |isbn=1-55972-203-7}}
*{{Cite book | last=Pohly | first=Linda | title=The Barbra Steisand Companion: A Guide to Her Vocal Style and Repertoire| location= | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=2000 | isbn= 0-313-30414-9}} * {{Cite book |last=Santopietro |first=Tom |url=https://archive.org/details/importanceofbein00sant |title=The Importance of Being Barbra: The Brilliant, Tumultuous Career of Barbra Streisand |publisher=Thomas Dunne |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-312-34879-3}}
* {{Cite book |last1=Schapiro |first1=Steve |title=Barbra Streisand |last2=Schiller |first2=Lawrence |publisher=Taschen |year=2016 |isbn=9783836563239}}
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American singer and actress (born 1942) "Streisand" redirects here. For her tour, see Streisand (concert tour). For the phenomenon named after her, see Streisand effect. For other uses, see Barbra Streisand (disambiguation).

Barbra Streisand
Streisand in 2018
BornBarbara Joan Streisand
(1942-04-24) April 24, 1942 (age 82)
New York City, U.S.
EducationErasmus Hall High School
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
  • filmmaker
  • songwriter
WorksDiscography
Spouses
Partners
ChildrenJason Gould
Relatives
AwardsFull list
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Years active1960–present
LabelsColumbia
Musical artist
Websitebarbrastreisand.com
Signature

Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (/ˈstraɪsænd/ STRY-sand; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, producer, and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success across multiple fields of entertainment, being the first performer awarded an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony).

Streisand's career began in the early 1960s performing in nightclubs and Broadway theaters. Following guest appearances on various television shows, she signed to Columbia Records—retaining full artistic control in exchange for accepting lower pay, an arrangement that continued throughout her career. Her studio debut The Barbra Streisand Album (1963) won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Throughout her recording career, Streisand has topped the US Billboard 200 chart with 11 albums (the record for a woman until 2023), including People (1964), The Way We Were (1974), Guilty (1980), and The Broadway Album (1985). She also topped the US Billboard Hot 100 with five singles: "The Way We Were", "Evergreen", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (with Neil Diamond), "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (with Donna Summer), and "Woman in Love".

Following her established recording success, Streisand ventured into film by the end of the 1960s. She starred in the critically acclaimed Funny Girl (1968), winning the Academy Award for Best Actress at the 41st Academy Awards. Additional fame on the big screen followed with the extravagant musical Hello, Dolly! (1969), the screwball comedy What's Up, Doc? (1972), and the romantic drama The Way We Were (1973). Streisand won the Academy Award for Best Original Song 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), Streisand became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major studio film. The film won an Oscar for Best Original Score and a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Musical. Streisand also received the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, becoming the first (and for 37 years, the only) woman to win that award. Streisand later produced and directed The Prince of Tides (1991), and The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996).

With sales exceeding 150 million records worldwide, Streisand 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 Streisand as the greatest solo artist on the Billboard 200 chart and the top Adult Contemporary female artist of all time.

Her accolades span ten Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Grammy Legend Award; nine Golden Globe Awards; five Emmy Awards; four Peabody Awards; two Academy Awards; the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award; and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Early life

Family

Streisand was born April 24, 1942, in Brooklyn, New York City, to Diana Ida (née Rosen; 1908–2002) and Emanuel Streisand (1908–1943). Her mother had been a soprano in her youth and considered a career in music, but later became a school secretary. Her father was a high school teacher at the same school, where they first met. Streisand's family is Jewish. Her paternal grandparents emigrated from Galicia (modern-day Poland and Ukraine) in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and her maternal grandparents from the Russian Empire, where her grandfather had been a cantor.

In August 1943, a few months after Streisand's first birthday, her father died at age 34 from complications from an epileptic seizure, possibly the result of a head injury years earlier. The family fell into near poverty, with her mother working as a low-paid bookkeeper. As an adult, Streisand remembered those early years as always feeling like an "outcast", explaining, "Everybody else's father came home from work at the end of the day. Mine didn't." Her mother tried to pay their bills but could not give her daughter the attention she craved: "When I wanted love from my mother, she gave me food," Streisand says.

Streisand recalled that her mother had a "great voice" and sang semi-professionally on occasion. In a 2016 interview with Rosie O'Donnell, Streisand recounted that when she was 13, she and her mother recorded some songs on tape during a visit to the Catskills. That session was the first time Streisand ever asserted herself as an artist, which also became her "first moment of inspiration."

She has an older brother, Sheldon, and a younger half-sister, singer Roslyn Kind, from her mother's remarriage to Louis Kind in 1950.

Education

Streisand began her education at the Jewish Orthodox Yeshiva of Brooklyn when she was five. She was considered bright and inquisitive; however, she lacked discipline, often shouting answers to questions out of turn. She next attended Public School 89 in Brooklyn, and during those early school years began watching television and going to movies. "I always wanted to be somebody, to be famous... You know, get out of Brooklyn."

Streisand became known by others in the neighborhood for her voice. She remembers sitting on the stoop in front of their apartment building with the other kids and singing: "I was considered the girl on the block with the good voice." That talent became a way for her to gain attention. She would often practice her singing in the hallway of her apartment building, which gave her voice an echoing quality.

She made her singing debut at a PTA assembly, where she became a hit to everyone but her mother, who was mostly critical of her daughter. Streisand was invited to sing at weddings and summer camp, along with having an unsuccessful audition at MGM records when she was nine. By the time she was 13, her mother began supporting her talent, helping her make a four-song demo tape, including "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" and "You'll Never Know".

Becoming an actress was her main objective. That desire was made stronger when she saw her first Broadway play, The Diary of Anne Frank, when she was 14. The star in the play was Susan Strasberg, whose acting she wanted to emulate. Streisand began spending her spare time in the library, studying the biographies of various stage actresses such as Eleanora Duse and Sarah Bernhardt. In addition, she began reading novels and plays and studying the acting theories of Konstantin Stanislavski and Michael Chekhov.

In 1956, she attended Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, where she became an honor student in modern history, English, and Spanish. She also joined the Freshman Chorus and Choral Club, where she sang with another choir member and classmate, Neil Diamond. Diamond recalls, "We were two poor kids in Brooklyn. We hung out in the front of Erasmus High and smoked cigarettes." The school was near an art movie house, and he recalls that she was always aware of the films they were showing. She had a crush on 15-year-old US Chess Champion and fellow student Bobby Fischer, whom she found to be "very sexy".

During the summer of 1957, she landed her first stage experience as a walk-on at the Playhouse, in Malden Bridge, New York. That small part was followed by a role as the kid sister in Picnic and as a vamp in Desk Set. In her second year, she took a night job at the Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village, helping backstage. When she was a senior, she rehearsed for a small part in Driftwood, a play staged in a midtown attic space.

She graduated from Erasmus Hall in January 1959 at age 16, and despite her mother's pleas that she stay out of show business, she set out trying to get roles on the New York City stage. After renting a small apartment on 48th St. in the heart of the theater district, she accepted any job she could involving the stage, and at every opportunity, she "made the rounds" of the casting offices.

Career

Beginnings

Streisand, c. 1962

Living on her own at 16, Streisand took various menial jobs to have some income. During one period, she lacked a permanent address, and found herself sleeping at the home of friends or anywhere else she could set up the army cot she carried around. When desperate, she returned to her mother's flat in Brooklyn for a home-cooked meal. However, her mother was horrified by her daughter's "gypsy-like lifestyle", wrote biographer Karen Swenson, and again begged her to give up trying to get into show business, but Streisand took her mother's pleadings as even more reason to keep trying: "My desires were strengthened by wanting to prove to my mother that I could be a star."

Streisand took a job as an usher at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater for The Sound of Music early in 1960. During the run of the play, she heard that the casting director was auditioning for more singers, and it marked the first time she sang in pursuit of a job. Although the director felt she was not right for the part, he encouraged her to begin including her talent as a singer on her résumé when looking for other work.

Streisand asked her boyfriend, Barry Dennen, to tape her singing, copies of which she could then give out to possible employers. Dennen found a guitarist to accompany her:.

We spent the afternoon taping, and the moment I heard the first playback I went insane ... This nutty little kook had one of the most breathtaking voices I'd ever heard ... when she was finished and I turned off the machine, I needed a long moment before I dared look up at her.

Dennen grew enthusiastic and he convinced her to enter a talent contest at the Lion, a gay nightclub in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. She performed two songs, after which there was a "stunned silence" from the audience, followed by "thunderous applause" when she was pronounced the winner. She was invited back and sang at the club for several weeks. During this time, disliking her name, she changed it from "Barbara" to "Barbra". In early days of her career Streisand was repeatedly told she was too ugly to be a star and was advised to get a nose job—she did not.

Nightclub shows

Streisand was next asked to audition at the Bon Soir nightclub, after which she was signed up at $125 a week. It became her first professional engagement in September 1960, where she was the opening act for comedian Phyllis Diller. She recalls it was the first time she had been in that kind of upscale environment: "I'd never been in a nightclub until I sang in one."

Dennen now wanted to expose Streisand to his vast record collection of female singers, including Billie Holiday, Mabel Mercer, Ethel Waters, and Édith Piaf. Streisand realized she could still become an actress by first gaining recognition as a singer. From his collection she drew the song that best defined her mission in singing: A Sleepin' Bee, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Truman Capote for the 1954 musical House of Flowers. "The lyrics to that song gave me the three acts of a play that I longed for as an actress," Streisand said. "And Harold was one of those writers who could write these magnificent melodies. That gave me what I needed." According to biographer Christopher Nickens, hearing other great female singers benefited her style, as she began creating different emotional characters when performing, which gave her singing a greater range.

Streisand improved her stage presence when speaking to the audience between songs. She discovered that her Brooklyn-bred style of humor was received favorably. During the next six months appearing at the club, some began comparing her singing voice to famous names such as Judy Garland, Lena Horne and Fanny Brice. Her conversational ability to charm an audience with spontaneous humor during performances became more sophisticated and professional. Theater critic Leonard Harris wrote: "She's twenty; by the time she's thirty she will have rewritten the record books."

Her name is Barbra Streisand. She is 20 years old, she has a three-octave promiscuity of range, she packs more personal dynamic power than anybody I can recall since Libby Holman or Helen Morgan. She can sing as loud as Ethel Merman and as persuasively as Lena or Ella, or as brassy as a Sophie Tucker ... and only Barbra Streisand can turn "Cry Me a River" into something comparable to Enrico Caruso having his first bash at Pagliacci. When Streisand cries you a river, you got a river, Sam ... and she will be around 50 years from now if good songs are still written to be sung by good singers.

—Syndicated columnist Robert Ruark,
on her 1963 performances at the Blue Angel.

Early theatre roles and Broadway debut

Streisand accepted her first role on the New York stage in Another Evening with Harry Stoones, a satirical comedy play in which she acted and sang two solos. The show received terrible reviews and closed the next day. With the help of her new personal manager, Martin Erlichman, she had successful shows in Detroit and St. Louis. Erlichman then booked her at an even more upscale nightclub in Manhattan, the Blue Angel, where she became a bigger hit during the period from 1961 to 1962. Streisand once told Jimmy Fallon, with whom she sang a duet, on the Tonight Show, that Erlichman was a "fantastic manager" and still managed her career after 50 years.

While appearing at the Blue Angel, theater director and playwright Arthur Laurents asked her to audition for a new musical comedy he was directing, I Can Get It for You Wholesale. She got the part of secretary to the lead actor businessman, played by then unknown Elliott Gould. They fell in love during rehearsals and eventually moved into a small apartment together. The show opened on March 22, 1962, at the Shubert Theater, and received rave reviews. Her performance "stopped the show cold", wrote Nickens. Groucho Marx, while hosting the Tonight Show, told her that 20 was an "extremely young age to be a success on Broadway". Streisand received a Tony Award nomination and New York Drama Critic's prize for Best Supporting Actress. The show was recorded and made into an album.

Early television appearances

Streisand in 1966

Streisand's first television appearance was on The Tonight Show, then credited to its regular host, Jack Paar. She was seen during an April 1961 episode on which Orson Bean substituted for Paar. She sang Harold Arlen's "A Sleepin' Bee". During her appearance, Phyllis Diller, also a guest on the show, called her "one of the great singing talents in the world."

Later in 1961, before she was cast in Another Evening With Harry Stoones, Streisand became a semi-regular on PM East/PM West, a talk/variety series hosted by Mike Wallace and Joyce Davidson. Some of Streisand's PM East segments survive as audio recordings, and still photos survive, but moving images do not.

In early 1962, she went into the Columbia Records studio for the cast recording of I Can Get It for You Wholesale. Also that spring, she participated in a 25th anniversary studio recording of Pins and Needles, the classic popular front musical originated in 1937 by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Reviews of both albums highlighted Streisand's performances.

In May 1962, Streisand appeared on The Garry Moore Show, where she sang "Happy Days Are Here Again" for the first time. Her sad, slow version of the 1930s upbeat Democratic Party theme song became her signature song during this early phase of her career.

Johnny Carson had her on the Tonight Show half a dozen times in 1962 and 1963, and she became a favorite of his television audience and himself personally. He described her as an "exciting new singer." During one show, she joked with Groucho Marx, who liked her style of humor.

She did three or four songs, and she was beyond brilliant – so amazing.

Elliott Gould, about their first play together in 1961

In December 1962, Streisand made the first of a number of appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. She was later a cohost on The Mike Douglas Show, and also made an impact on a number of Bob Hope specials. Performing with her on The Ed Sullivan Show was Liberace, who became an instant fan of the young singer. Liberace invited her to Las Vegas to perform as his opening act at the Riviera Hotel. He is credited with introducing Streisand to audiences on the West Coast. The following September, during her ongoing shows at Harrah's Hotel in Lake Tahoe, she and Elliott Gould took time off to get married in Carson City, Nevada. With her career and popularity rising so quickly, she saw her marriage to Gould as a "stabilizing influence."

First albums

When she was 21, Streisand signed a contract with Columbia Records that gave her full creative control, in exchange for less money.

Lieberson relented and agreed to sign her. Nearly three decades later, Streisand said:

The most important thing about that first contract – actually, the thing we held out for – was a unique clause giving me the right to choose my own material. It was the only thing I really cared about. I still received lots of pressure from the label to include some pop hits on my first album, but I held out for the songs that really meant something to me.

She took advantage of this several times during her career.

Columbia wanted to call her first album, in early 1963, Sweet and Saucy Streisand; Streisand used her control to insist that it was called The Barbra Streisand Album, saying "if you saw me on TV, you could just go and ask for the Barbra Streisand album. It's common sense". It reached the top 10 on the Billboard chart and won three Grammy Awards. The album made her the best-selling female vocalist in the country. That summer she also released The Second Barbra Streisand Album, which established her as the "most exciting new personality since Elvis Presley." She ended that breakthrough year of 1963 by performing one-night concerts in Indianapolis, San Jose, Chicago, Sacramento, and Los Angeles.

Return to the stage

Streisand returned to Broadway in 1964 with an acclaimed performance as entertainer Fanny Brice in Funny Girl at the Winter Garden Theatre. The show introduced two of her signature songs, "People" and "Don't Rain on My Parade." Because of the musical's overnight success, she appeared on the cover of Time. In 1964, Streisand was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical but lost to Carol Channing in Hello, Dolly! Streisand received an honorary "Star of the Decade" Tony Award in 1970.

In 1966, Streisand repeated her success with Funny Girl in London's West End at the Prince of Wales Theatre. From 1965 to 1968 she appeared in her first four solo television specials, including the Emmy Award–winning My Name is Barbra.

Stardom

Singing

Streisand has recorded 50 studio albums, almost all with Columbia Records. Her early works in the 1960s (her debut The Barbra Streisand Album, The Second Barbra Streisand Album, The Third Album, My Name Is Barbra, etc.) are considered classic renditions of theatre and cabaret standards, including her pensive version of the normally uptempo "Happy Days Are Here Again". She performed this in a duet with Judy Garland on The Judy Garland Show. Garland referred to her on the air as one of the last great belters. They also sang "There's No Business Like Show Business", with Ethel Merman joining them.

On The Ed Sullivan Show in 1969.

Beginning with My Name Is Barbra, her early albums were often medley-filled keepsakes of her television specials. Starting in 1969, she began attempting more contemporary material, but like many talented singers of the day, she found herself out of her element with rock. Her vocal talents prevailed, and she gained newfound success with the pop and ballad-oriented Richard Perry-produced album Stoney End in 1971. The title track, written by Laura Nyro, was a major hit for Streisand.

During the 1970s, she was also highly prominent on the pop charts, with Top 10 recordings such as "The Way We Were" (US No. 1); "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" (US No. 1); "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (1979, with Donna Summer), which as of 2010 is reportedly still the most commercially successful duet, (US No. 1); "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (with Neil Diamond) (US No. 1); and "The Main Event" (US No. 3), some of which came from soundtrack recordings of her films. As the 1970s ended, Streisand was named the most successful female singer in the U.S. — only Elvis Presley and The Beatles had sold more albums. In 1980, she released her best-selling effort to date, the Barry Gibb-produced Guilty. The album contained the hits "Woman in Love" (which spent several weeks on top of the pop charts in the fall of 1980), "Guilty", and "What Kind of Fool".

After years of largely ignoring Broadway and traditional pop music in favor of more contemporary material, Streisand returned to her musical-theater roots. Columbia Records objected that the songs she wanted to sing were not pop songs, but Streisand asserted the full creative control her contract gave her—'I've always had the right to sing what I want'—with 1985's The Broadway Album, which was unexpectedly successful, holding the coveted No. 1 Billboard position for three straight weeks and being certified quadruple platinum. The album featured tunes by Rodgers and Hammerstein, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, and Stephen Sondheim, who was persuaded to rework some of his songs especially for this recording. The Broadway Album was met with acclaim, including a Grammy nomination for album of the year, and handed Streisand her eighth Grammy as Best Female Vocalist. After releasing the live album One Voice in 1986, Streisand was set to release another album of Broadway songs in 1988. She recorded several cuts for the album under the direction of Rupert Holmes, including "On My Own" (from Les Misérables), a medley of "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?", and "Heather on the Hill" (from Finian's Rainbow and Brigadoon, respectively), "All I Ask of You" (from The Phantom of the Opera), "Warm All Over" (from The Most Happy Fella), and an unusual solo version of "Make Our Garden Grow" (from Candide). Streisand was not happy with the direction of the project and it was scrapped. Only "Warm All Over" and a reworked, lite FM-friendly version of "All I Ask of You" were ever released, the latter appearing on Streisand's 1988 effort, Till I Loved You. At the beginning of the 1990s, Streisand started focusing on her film directorial efforts and became almost inactive in the recording studio. In 1991, a four-disc box set, Just for the Record, was released. A compilation spanning Streisand's entire career to date, it featured over 70 tracks of live performances, greatest hits, rarities, and previously unreleased material.

Streisand taping her TV Special Barbra Streisand ... and other Musical Instruments in 1973.

The following year, Streisand's concert fundraising events helped propel President Bill Clinton into the spotlight and into office. Streisand later introduced Clinton at his inauguration in 1993. Streisand's music career, however, was largely on hold. A 1992 appearance at an APLA benefit, as well as the aforementioned inaugural performance, hinted that Streisand was becoming more receptive to the idea of live performances. A tour was suggested, though Streisand would not immediately commit to it, citing her well-known stage fright as well as security concerns. During this time, Streisand finally returned to the recording studio and released Back to Broadway in June 1993. The album was not as universally lauded as its predecessor, but it did debut at No. 1 on the pop charts (a rare feat for an artist of Streisand's age, especially given that it relegated Janet Jackson's Janet to the No. 2 spot). One of the album's highlights was a medley of "I Have A Love" / "One Hand, One Heart", a duet with Johnny Mathis, who Streisand said is one of her favorite singers.

In 1993, The New York Times music critic Stephen Holden wrote that Streisand "enjoys a cultural status that only one other American entertainer, Frank Sinatra, has achieved in the last half century". In September 1993, Streisand announced her first public concert appearances in 27 years (discounting her Las Vegas nightclub performances between 1969 and 1972). What began as a two-night New Year's event at the MGM Grand Las Vegas led to a multi-city tour in the summer of 1994. Tickets for the tour sold out in under an hour. Streisand also appeared on the covers of major magazines in anticipation of what Time magazine named "The Music Event of the Century". The tour was one of the biggest all-media merchandise parlays in history. Ticket prices ranged from US$50 to US$1,500, making Streisand the highest-paid concert performer in history at the time. Barbra Streisand: The Concert went on to be the top-grossing concert of the year and earned five Emmy Awards and the Peabody Award, while the taped broadcast on HBO was the highest-rated concert special in HBO's 30-year history. Following the tour's conclusion, Streisand once again kept a low profile musically, instead focusing her efforts on acting and directing duties as well as a burgeoning romance with actor James Brolin.

In 1996, Streisand released "I Finally Found Someone" as a duet with Canadian singer and songwriter Bryan Adams. The song was nominated for an Oscar, as it was part of the soundtrack of Streisand's self-directed movie The Mirror Has Two Faces. It reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was her first significant hit in almost a decade and her first top 10 hit on the Hot 100 (and first gold single) since 1981.

In 1997, she finally returned to the recording studio, releasing Higher Ground, a collection of songs of a loosely inspirational nature that also featured a duet with Céline Dion. The album received generally favorable reviews and once again debuted at No. 1 on the pop charts. Following her marriage to Brolin in 1998, Streisand recorded A Love Like Ours the following year. Reviews were mixed, with many critics complaining about the somewhat syrupy sentiments and overly lush arrangements; however, it did produce a modest hit for Streisand in the country-tinged "If You Ever Leave Me", a duet with Vince Gill.

On New Year's Eve 1999, Streisand returned to the concert stage, selling out in the first few hours, eight months before her return. At the end of the millennium, she was the number one female singer in the U.S., with at least two No. 1 albums in each decade since she began performing. A two-disc live album, Timeless: Live in Concert, was released in 2000. Streisand performed versions of the Timeless concert in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, in early 2000. In advance of four concerts (two each in Los Angeles and New York) in September 2000, Streisand announced that she was retiring from playing public concerts. Her performance of the song "People" was broadcast on the Internet via America Online.

Streisand's subsequent albums included Christmas Memories (2001), a somewhat somber collection of holiday songs, and The Movie Album (2003), featuring famous film themes and backed by a large symphony orchestra. Guilty Pleasures (called Guilty Too in the UK), a collaboration with Barry Gibb and a sequel to their Guilty, was released worldwide in 2005.

Streisand performing in July 2007 at The O2 Arena in London.

In February 2006, Streisand recorded the song "Smile" alongside Tony Bennett at Streisand's Malibu home. The song is included on Bennett's 80th birthday album, Duets. In September 2006, the pair filmed a live performance of the song for Tony Bennett: An American Classic, directed by Rob Marshall. The special aired on NBC on November 21, 2006, and was released on DVD the same day. Streisand's duet with Bennett opened the special.

That same year, Streisand announced her intent to tour again, in an effort to raise money and awareness for multiple issues. After four days of rehearsal at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, New Jersey, the 2006 Streisand concert tour began on October 4 at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, continued with a featured stop in Sunrise, Florida, and concluded at Staples Center in Los Angeles on November 20, 2006. Special guests Il Divo were interwoven throughout the show. Streisand's 20-concert tour set box office records. At the age of 64, she grossed $92,457,062 and set house gross records in 14 of the 16 arenas played on the tour. She set the third-place record for her show of October 9, 2006, at Madison Square Garden, the first- and second-place records, of which are held by her two shows in September 2000. She set the second-place record at MGM Grand Garden Arena, with her December 31, 1999, show being the house record and highest-grossing concert of all time. This led many people to openly criticize Streisand for price gouging, as many tickets sold for upwards of $1,000.

A collection of performances culled from different stops on this tour, Live in Concert 2006, debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200, making it Streisand's 29th Top 10 album. In the summer of 2007, Streisand gave concerts for the first time in continental Europe. The first concert took place in Zürich (June 18), then Vienna (June 22), Paris (June 26), Berlin (June 30), Stockholm (July 4, canceled), Manchester (July 10), and Celbridge, near Dublin (July 14), followed by three concerts in London (July 18, 22 and 25), the only European city where Streisand had performed before 2007. Tickets for the London dates cost between £100.00 and £1,500.00, and for Ireland, between €118 and €500. The Ireland date was marred by issues with serious parking and seating problems, leading to the event's being dubbed a fiasco by Hot Press. The tour included a 58-piece orchestra.

In February 2008, Forbes listed Streisand as the No. 2-earning female musician between June 2006 and June 2007, with earnings of about $60 million. On November 17, 2008, Streisand returned to the studio to begin recording what would be her 63rd album and it was announced that Diana Krall was producing the album. Streisand is one of the recipients of the 2008 Kennedy Center Honors. On December 7, 2008, she visited the White House as part of the ceremonies.

On April 25, 2009, CBS aired Streisand's latest television special, Streisand: Live in Concert, highlighting the featured stop from her 2006 North American tour in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. On September 26, 2009, Streisand performed a one-night-only show at the Village Vanguard in New York City's Greenwich Village. This performance was later released on DVD as One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at The Village Vanguard. On September 29, 2009, Streisand and Columbia Records released the studio album Love is the Answer, produced by Diana Krall. On October 2, 2009, Streisand made her British television performance debut with an interview on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross to promote the album. This album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and registered her biggest weekly sales since 1997, making Streisand the only artist in history to achieve No. 1 albums in five different decades.

On February 1, 2010, Streisand joined over 80 other artists in recording a new version of the 1985 charity single "We Are the World". Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie planned to release the new version to mark the 25th anniversary of its original recording. These plans changed, however, in view of the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12, 2010, and on February 12, the song, now called "We Are the World 25 for Haiti", made its debut as a charity single to support relief aid for the island nation.

Streisand was honored as MusiCares Person of the Year on February 11, 2011, two days prior to the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. That same year, Streisand sang "Somewhere" from the Broadway musical West Side Story, with child prodigy Jackie Evancho, on Evancho's album Dream with Me.

On October 11, 2012, Streisand gave a three-hour concert performance before a crowd of 18,000 as part of the ongoing inaugural events of Barclays Center (and part of her current Barbra Live tour) in Brooklyn (her first-ever public performance in her home borough). Streisand was joined onstage by trumpeter Chris Botti, Italian operatic trio Il Volo, and her son, Jason Gould. The concert included musical tributes by Streisand to Donna Summer and Marvin Hamlisch, both of whom had died earlier in 2012. Confirmed attendees included Barbara Walters, Jimmy Fallon, Sting, Katie Couric, Woody Allen, Michael Douglas, and New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, as well as designers Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren, and Michael Kors. In June 2013, she gave two concerts in Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv.

Streisand is one of many singers who use teleprompters during their live performances. Streisand has defended her choice in using teleprompters to display lyrics and, sometimes, banter.

In September 2014, she released Partners, a new album of duets that features collaborations with Elvis Presley, Andrea Bocelli, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Billy Joel, Babyface, Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, John Mayer, John Legend, Blake Shelton, and Jason Gould. This album topped the Billboard 200, with sales of 196,000 copies in the first week, making Streisand the only recording artist to have a number-one album in each of the last six decades. It was also certified gold in November 2014 and platinum in January 2015, thus becoming Streisand's 52nd gold and 31st Platinum album, more than any other female artist in history.

In May 2016, Streisand announced the upcoming album Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway, to be released in August following a nine-city concert tour, Barbra: The Music, The Mem'ries, The Magic, including performances in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, and a return to her hometown of Brooklyn. In June 2018, Streisand confirmed she was working on the new studio album Walls, released November 2, 2018, just prior to the U.S. midterm election. The album's lead single, "Don't Lie to Me", was written as a criticism of America's political climate amid the presidency of Donald Trump, while the title track alludes to Trump's frequent calls for a wall at the Mexico border.

Streisand released the single "Love Will Survive", from the television series The Tattooist of Auschwitz, on April 25, 2024.

Acting

Streisand in Hello, Dolly! (1969).

Streisand's first film was a reprise of her Broadway hit Funny Girl (1968), an artistic and commercial success directed by Hollywood veteran William Wyler. She won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actress for the role, sharing it with Katharine Hepburn (The Lion in Winter), the only time there has been a tie in this Oscar category. Her next two movies were also based on musicals—Jerry Herman's Hello, Dolly!, directed by Gene Kelly (1969); and Alan Jay Lerner's and Burton Lane's On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, directed by Vincente Minnelli (1970)—while her fourth film was based on the Broadway play The Owl and the Pussycat (1970).

During the 1970s, Streisand starred in several screwball comedies, including What's Up, Doc? (1972) and The Main Event (1979), both co-starring Ryan O'Neal, and For Pete's Sake (1974) with Michael Sarrazin. One of her most famous roles during this period was in the drama The Way We Were (1973) with Robert Redford, for which she received an Academy Award nomination as Best Actress. She earned her second Academy Award for Best Original Song (with lyricist Paul Williams) for the song "Evergreen", from A Star Is Born in 1976, in which she also starred.

Along with Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, and later Steve McQueen, Streisand formed First Artists Production Company in 1969 so that actors could secure properties and develop movie projects for themselves. Streisand's initial outing with First Artists was Up the Sandbox (1972).

From 1969 to 1980, Streisand appeared in Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll, the annual motion picture exhibitors poll of Top 10 Box Office attractions a total of 10 times, often as the only woman on the list. After the commercially disappointing All Night Long in 1981, Streisand's film output decreased considerably. She has acted in only eight films since.

I'm impressed with her choosing Yentl; it was extraordinary. But for some reason, Hollywood turned against her ... there was a lack of sympathy toward her ... Christ, she could have played Cleopatra better than Liz Taylor, with her enormous power and the subtlety of her singing ... She is one of the great actresses and she hasn't been well used.

—Director John Huston, Playboy interview, 1985

Streisand produced a number of her own films, setting up Barwood Films in 1972. Yentl (1983) was turned down by every Hollywood studio at least once when she proposed both directing and starring in the film, until Orion Pictures took on the project and gave the film a budget of $14 million. For Yentl (1983), she was producer, director, and star, an experience she repeated for The Prince of Tides (1991) and The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996). There was controversy when Yentl received five Academy Award nominations but none for the major categories of Best Picture, Actress, or Director. The Prince of Tides received even more Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Screenplay, although not for director. Upon completion of the film, its screenwriter, Pat Conroy, who also authored the novel, called Streisand "a goddess who walks upon the earth."

Streisand also co-scripted Yentl (with Jack Rosenthal), something for which she is not always given credit. According to The New York Times editor Andrew Rosenthal, in an interview with Allan Wolper, "The one thing that makes Barbra Streisand crazy is when nobody gives her the credit for having written Yentl."

After an eight-year hiatus of screen roles, Streisand returned to film acting for the comedy Meet the Fockers (2004, a sequel to Meet the Parents), playing opposite Dustin Hoffman, Ben Stiller, Blythe Danner, and Robert De Niro.

Streisand in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970).

In 2005, Streisand's Barwood Films, Gary Smith, and Sonny Murray purchased the rights to Simon Mawer's book Mendel's Dwarf. In December 2008, she stated that she was considering directing an adaptation of Larry Kramer's play The Normal Heart, a project she has worked on since the mid-1990s.

Streisand reprised the role of Roz Focker in Little Fockers (2010, alongside Dustin Hoffman), the third film from the Meet the Parents trilogy.

Paramount Pictures gave the green light to begin shooting the road trip comedy My Mother's Curse in early 2011, with Seth Rogen playing Streisand's character's son. Anne Fletcher directed the project, with a script by Dan Fogelman, produced by Lorne Michaels, John Goldwyn, and Evan Goldberg. Executive producers included Streisand, Rogen, Fogelman, and David Ellison, whose Skydance Productions co-financed the road movie. Shooting began in spring 2011 and wrapped in July; the film's title was eventually altered to The Guilt Trip, and the movie was released in December 2012.

Plans emerged in 2015 for Streisand to direct a feature biopic about the 18th-century Russian empress Catherine the Great, based on the top 2014 Black List script produced by Gil Netter, with Keira Knightley starring. Streisand was also set to star in a film adaptation of the musical Gypsy – featuring music by Jules Styne, book by Arthur Laurents, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim – with Richard LaGravenese attached to the project as screenwriter. Streisand was in advanced negotiations to star and produce the film in April 2016, to be directed by Barry Levinson and distributed by STX Entertainment. Two months later, the film's script had been completed and production was scheduled to begin in early 2017. Streisand reportedly exited the project, and both failed to move into production.

Artistry

Streisand possesses a mezzo-soprano vocal range, which Howard Cohen of the Miami Herald described as "peerless". Whitney Balliett wrote, "Streisand wows her listeners with her shrewd dynamics (in-your-ear soft here, elbowing-loud there), her bravura climbs, her rolling vibrato, and the singular Streisand-from-Brooklyn nasal quality of her voice – a voice as immediately recognizable in its way as Louis Armstrong's." Music writer Allegra Rossi adds that Streisand creates complete compositions in her head:

Even though she can't read or write music, Barbra hears melodies as completed compositions in her head. She hears a melody and takes it in, learning it quickly. Barbra developed her ability to sustain long notes because she wanted to. She can mold a tune that others cannot; she's able to sing between song and speech, keeping in tune, carrying rhythm and meaning.

While she is predominantly a pop singer, Streisand's voice has been described as "semi-operatic" due to its strength and quality of tone. According to Adam Feldman of Time Out, Streisand's "signature vocal style" is "a suspension bridge between old-school belting and microphone pop." She is known for her ability to hold relatively high notes, both loud and soft, with great intensity—which led classical pianist Glenn Gould to call himself "a Streisand freak"—as well as for her ability to make slight but unobtrusive embellishments on a melodic line.

Since about 2010 critics and audiences noted that her voice had "lowered and acquired an occasionally husky edge". However, New York Times music critic Stephen Holden noted that her distinctive tone and musical instincts remained, and that she still had "the gift of conveying a primal human longing in a beautiful sound". Paul Taylor of The Independent wrote that Streisand "has sounded a little scratchy and frayed, though the stout resolve and superb technique with which Streisand manages to hoist it over these difficulties has come to seem morally as well aesthetically impressive." Reviewing Streisand's 2014 studio album Partners, Gil Naveh of Haaretz described Streisand's voice as "velvety, clear and powerful ... and the passing years have given it a fascinating depth and roughness."

Personal life

Marriages and relationships

Streisand with husband Elliott Gould and son Jason (1967)
With James Brolin (2013)

Streisand has been married twice. Her first husband was actor Elliott Gould, whom she married on September 13, 1963. They announced their separation on February 12, 1969, and divorced on July 6, 1971. They had one child, Jason Gould, who appeared as her on-screen son in The Prince of Tides.

In 1969 and 1970, Streisand dated Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.

She started a relationship with hairdresser/producer Jon Peters in 1973. He went on to be her manager and producer. They broke up in 1982 during the making of Yentl, but remain friends. She is the godmother of his daughters, Caleigh Peters and Skye Peters.

Streisand briefly dated film director Michael Cimino in early 1983, though they kept their relationship secret. Cimino had considered her for a role in his planned adaptation of The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, which was not made.

From November 1983 to October 1987, Streisand lived with Baskin-Robbins ice cream heir Richard Baskin, who composed the lyrics to "Here We Are At Last" on her 1984 album Emotion. They remained friends after the split, and Baskin would accompany Streisand to public events in between her subsequent romances.

She dated actor Don Johnson from December 1987 until at least September 1988; they recorded a duet of "Till I Loved You".

In 1983 and 1989 respectively, Streisand briefly dated actors Richard Gere and Clint Eastwood.

From 1989 to 1991, she was involved with composer James Newton Howard.

Streisand dated tennis champion Andre Agassi from 1992 to 1993. Writing about the relationship in his 2009 autobiography, Agassi said: "We agree that we're good for each other, and so what if she's twenty-eight years older? We're simpatico, and the public outcry only adds spice to our connection. It makes our friendship feel forbidden, taboo – another piece of my overall rebellion. Dating Barbra Streisand is like wearing Hot Lava."

During the early-to-mid-1990s, Streisand was in romantic relationships with several high-profile men, including newscaster Peter Jennings, and actors Liam Neeson, Jon Voight and Peter Weller.

Her second husband is actor James Brolin, whom she married on July 1, 1998. They have no children together. Brolin has two sons from his first marriage, including actor Josh Brolin, and one daughter from his second marriage.

Streisand has several dogs; she loved her dog Samantha so much that she had her cloned.

In March 2019, Streisand apologized for her controversial statements about Michael Jackson's accusers.

Name

Streisand changed her name from "Barbara" to "Barbra" because, she said, "I hated the name, but I refused to change it." Streisand further explained, "Well, I was 18 and I wanted to be unique, but I didn't want to change my name because that was too false. You know, people were saying you could be Joanie Sands, or something like that. (My middle name is Joan.) And I said, 'No, let's see, if I take out the 'a,' it's still 'Barbara,' but it's unique." A 1967 biography with a concert program said, "the spelling of her first name is an instance of partial rebellion: she was advised to change her last name and retaliated by dropping an "a" from the first instead."

According to Streisand, her surname is pronounced with an "s" sound "like sand on the beach," not the "z" sound often used. The Apple voice digital assistant Siri originally pronounced her surname wrong, prompting Streisand to personally contact Apple CEO Tim Cook to complain about the pronunciation, which Apple soon corrected.

Politics

In the early years of her career, Streisand's interest in politics was limited, with the exception of her participation in activities of the anti-nuclear group Women Strike for Peace in 1961 and 1962. In 1968, her political activism increased, and she helped promote the presidential campaign of Eugene McCarthy who held an anti–Vietnam War stance. In July 1968, with Harry Belafonte and others, she performed at the Hollywood Bowl in a fundraising concert sponsored by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to benefit the poor.

Streisand has been an active supporter of the Democratic Party and many of its causes. She was among the celebrities on President Richard Nixon's 1971 list of political enemies. In 1972, she assisted the presidential campaign of anti-war candidate George McGovern by headlining the benefit concert Four for McGovern, organized by actor Warren Beatty and record producer Lou Adler; her concert recording was released as Live Concert at the Forum. The next year, in association with liberal activist Stanley Sheinbaum and the American Civil Liberties Union, Streisand performed a benefit at the mansion of film mogul Jennings Lang to pay for the legal defense of Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers fame. Accompanied by a small combo including Marvin Hamlisch on piano, Streisand took paid song requests from the star-studded audience and by telephone to bring the night's total to $50,000.

In 1984, Streisand joined Jane Fonda and ten other television and film industry notables to establish the activist group Hollywood Women's Political Committee (HWPC), the membership eventually growing to 300. The HWPC fought for liberal causes for more than a decade, contributing to the Democratic Party taking majority control in the 1986 U.S. Senate elections, and in 1992 funding Bill Clinton's presidential election as well as helping to usher in the Year of the Woman by electing more women senators. In 1995 Streisand spoke at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government about the role of the artist as citizen, in support of arts programs and funding.

Streisand is a supporter of LGBT rights and backed the "No on 8" campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to defeat California Proposition 8 of 2008.

In 2012, Streisand stated, "The new laws requiring U.S. citizens to produce photo IDs at the poll are designed to deprive elderly and minority citizens of the precious right to cast their vote. These regressive laws are themselves the most dangerous voter fraud threatening American democracy." Streisand continued her voter rights advocacy in 2020, tweeting a link to VoteRiders, a nonprofit that assists citizens with obtaining voter ID.

In June 2013, she helped celebrate the 90th birthday of Shimon Peres held at Jerusalem's international convention center. She also performed at two other concerts in Tel Aviv that same week, part of her first concert tour of Israel.

In January 2017, she participated in 2017 Women's March in Los Angeles. Introduced by Rufus Wainwright, Streisand appeared on stage and made a speech.

In an October 2018 interview with Emma Brockes of The Guardian, Streisand discussed the theme of her new album Walls: the danger she believed President Donald Trump posed towards the United States. She said, "This is a dangerous time in this nation, this republic: a man who is corrupt and indecent and is assaulting our institutions. It's really, really frightening. And I just pray that people who are compassionate and respect the truth will come out and vote. I'm saying more than just vote. Vote for Democrats!" In November 2023, she praised President Joe Biden, saying "I like Biden. I think he has done a good job. I think he is compassionate, smart, supports the right things."

Philanthropy

Streisand during the opening ceremony of the Streisand building in the Hebrew University, 1984
Streisand during the opening ceremony of the Streisand building in the Hebrew University, 1984

In 1984, Streisand donated the Emanuel Streisand Building for Jewish Studies to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in the Mount Scopus campus, in memory of her father, an educator and scholar who died when she was young.

Streisand has personally raised $25 million for organizations through her live performances. The Streisand Foundation, established in 1986, has contributed over $16 million through nearly 1,000 grants to "national organizations working on preservation of the environment, voter education, the protection of civil liberties and civil rights, women's issues and nuclear disarmament".

In 2006, Streisand donated $1 million to the William J. Clinton Foundation in support of former President Bill Clinton's climate change initiative.

In 2009, Streisand gifted $5 million to endow the Barbra Streisand Women's Cardiovascular Research and Education Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Women's Heart Center. In September that year, Parade magazine included Streisand on its Giving Back Fund's second annual Giving Back 30 survey, "a ranking of the celebrities who have made the largest donations to charity in 2007 according to public records", as the third most generous celebrity. The Giving Back Fund claimed Streisand donated $11 million, which The Streisand Foundation distributed. In 2012 she raised $22 million to support her women's cardiovascular center, bringing her own personal contribution to $10 million. The program was officially named the Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center.

At Julien's Auctions in October 2009, Streisand, a longtime collector of art and furniture, sold 526 items, with all the proceeds going to her foundation. Items included a costume from Funny Lady and a vintage dental cabinet purchased by the performer at 18 years old. The sale's most valuable lot was a painting by Kees van Dongen.

In December 2011, she appeared at a fundraising gala for Israel Defense Forces charities.

In June 2020, she gifted George Floyd's daughter, Gianna Floyd, Disney shares.

On September 22, 2022, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, invited Streisand to become an ambassador for the UNITED24 platform, focusing on the Medical Aid direction of support. Streisand helped raise $240,000 for medical care.

Legacy

Streisand is regarded as the "Queen of the Divas" by various media outlets. The New York Times called her among the three of America's Most Beloved Divas (alongside Dolly Parton and Patti Labelle). Vulture honored her enduring legacy saying her works influence "extends to Céline Dion, the 1980s output of Lionel Richie and Luther Vandross, and the more maudlin ballads of Mariah Carey, Adele, and Whitney Houston." Forbes hailed Streisand as the "Queen of the Charts" for her unmistakable longevity on the Billboard charts. The Los Angeles Times also hailed her as the "most influential female vocalist" and the "most revolutionary of performers" for being responsible for changing the rules for female performers to come. CNN listed her as one of the most romantic singers of the 20th century. In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Streisand at number 147 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. In 1997, New York magazine acknowledged her fashion sense saying "she embarked on a surreal, chameleonic, personal fashion quest" that single-handedly began the retro revolution in the 1960s.

Honors

Streisand was presented the Distinguished Merit Award by Mademoiselle in 1964, and selected as Miss Ziegfeld in 1965. In 1968, she received the Israel Freedom Medal, the highest civilian award of Israel, and she was awarded Pied Piper Award by ASCAP and Prix De L'Academie Charles Cros in 1969, Crystal Apple by her hometown City of New York, Woman of Achievement in the Arts by Anti-Defamation League in 1978. In 1984, Streisand was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award for outstanding women who, through their endurance and the excellence of their work, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry. She received the Woman of Courage Award by the National Organization for Women (NOW), the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and Scopus Award by American Friends of the Hebrew University.

She received Breakthrough Awards for "making films that portray women with serious complexity" at the Women, Men and Media symposium in 1991. In 1992, she was given the Commitment to Life Award by AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), and the Bill of Rights Award by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, the Dorothy Arzner Special Recognition by Women in Film, and the Golden Plate by the Academy of Achievement. She was honored with the Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award from the ASCAP in 1994 and the Peabody Award in 1995, the same year she was accorded an Honorary Doctorate in Arts and Humanities by Brandeis University. She was also awarded Filmmaker of the Year Award for "lifetime achievement in filmmaking" by ShowEast and Peabody Award in 1996, Christopher Award in 1998.

In 2000, President Bill Clinton presented Streisand with the National Medal of Arts, the highest honor specifically given for achievement in the arts, and Library of Congress Living Legend, she also received the highest honor for a career in film AFI Life Achievement Award from American Film Institute and Liberty and Justice Award from Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, Gracie Allen Award, First Annual Jewish Image Awards in 2001, and Humanitarian Award "for her years of leadership, vision, and activism in the fight for civil liberties, including religion, race, gender equality and freedom of speech, as well as all aspects of gay rights" from Human Rights Campaign in 2004. In 2007, French President Nicolas Sarkozy presented Streisand with Legion of Honour, the highest decoration in France, and President George W. Bush presented her Kennedy Center Honors, the highest recognition of cultural achievement.

In 2011, she was given Board of Governors Humanitarian Award for her efforts on behalf of women's heart health and her many other philanthropic activities." by Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute. She received the L'Oréal Paris Legend Award in 18th Elle Magazine Women in Hollywood. In 2012, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women Film Critics Circle. She was accorded an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2013. In that year, she was also recipient of the Charlie Chaplin Award for Lifetime Achievement by the Film Society of Lincoln Center as the only female artist to direct, write, produce and star in the same major studio film, Yentl, along with a Lifetime Achievement Glamour Awards.

In 2014, Streisand was on one of eight different New York Magazine covers celebrating the magazine's "100 Years, 100 Songs, 100 Nights: A Century of Pop Music in New York". She also received the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Board of Governors Award, the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at The Hollywood Reporter's annual Women in Entertainment Breakfast, and came first in the 1010 Wins Iconic Celebrity Poll by CBS in 2015. In November 2015, President Barack Obama announced that Streisand would receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award of the United States.

Streisand was inducted into and Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1976, Goldmine Hall of Fame in 2002, Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2007, the Hit Parade Hall of Fame in 2009, National Museum of American Jewish History and California Hall of Fame in 2010.

In 1970, she received a Special Tony Award named "Star of the Decade", and was selected "Star of the Decade" by the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) in 1980, "Star of Decade" by NATO/ShowWest and President's Award by NARM in 1988. That year she was also named as All-Time Favorite Musical Performer by People's Choice Awards. In 1986, Life named her as one of "Five Hollywood's Most Powerful Women". In 1998, Harris Poll reported that she is the "Most Popular Singer Among Adult Americans of All Ages." She was also featured on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll, Top 100 Singers of all time by Mojo magazine, named the century's best female singer in a Reuters/Zogby poll, and "Top Female Artist of the Century" by Recording Industry Association of America in 1999. In 2006, Streisand was one of honorees at Oprah Winfrey's white-tie Legends Ball.

In 2015, The Daily Telegraph ranked Streisand as one of the 10 top female singer-songwriters of all time. A&E's Biography magazine ranked Streisand as one of their favorite leading actress of all time, she was also featured on the Voices of the Century list by BBC, the "100 Greatest Movie Stars of Time" list compiled by People, VH1's list of the "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons of All Time", the "100 Greatest Entertainers of All Time", "ranked at #13" and the "Greatest Movie Star of all time list" by Entertainment Weekly, "The 50 Greatest Actresses of All Tim" by AMC, and Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists. Billboard also ranked Streisand as the top female Jewish musician of all time. As a gay icon, Streisand was named by The Advocate as one of the "25 Coolest Women" and the "9 Coolest Women Appealing to Both Lesbians and Gay Men", and was also placed among the "12 Greatest Female Gay Icons of All Time" by Out magazine. She was recognized as one of the top gay icons of the past three decades by Gay Times.

During the first decade of the 21st century, the American Film Institute celebrated 100 years of the greatest films in American cinema. Four of Streisand's songs were represented on AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs, which highlighted "America's Greatest Music in the Movies": "The Way We Were" at #8, "Evergreen (Love Theme From A Star Is Born)" at # 16, "People" at #13, and "Don't Rain on My Parade" at #46. Many of her films were represented on AFI's 100 Years ... series. AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Laughs, highlighting "the films and film artists that have made audiences laugh throughout the century," ranked What's Up, Doc? at #61. AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Passions highlighted the top 100 greatest love stories in American cinema and placed The Way We Were at #8, Funny Girl at #41, and What's Up, Doc? at #68. AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals highlighted the 25 greatest American movie musicals, ranking Funny Girl at #16.

The Library of Congress chose Funny Girl for preservation in the National Film Registry in December 2016. When "People" was selected in March 2017 for preservation in the National Recording Registry, Streisand said she was humbled to have the song honored "as part of the flow of our nation's culture."

Professional memberships

As one of the most acclaimed actresses, singers, directors, writers, composers, producers, designers, photographers and activists in every medium that she's worked in, Streisand is the only artist who is concurrently a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and Actors' Equity Association, as well as the honorary chairwoman of the board of directors of Hadassah's International Research Institute on Women.

"Streisand effect"

Main article: Streisand effect

In a 2003 lawsuit, Streisand claimed that a website illustrating coastal erosion invaded her privacy because one of its over 12,000 images happened to show her Malibu, California home; Streisand wanted the photo removed from the site. The suit was dismissed and the resultant publicity prompted hundreds of thousands of people to download the photo, which had been accessed only four times prior to Streisand initiating legal action. The term Streisand effect was coined to refer to an attempt to censor information which unintentionally publicizes that information.

Namesakes

The Barbra Streisand Cup is a rugby union match held in Sydney, Australia each year played between the Sydney Convicts, Australia's first gay and inclusive Rugby Union club, and the Maccabi Rugby FC, Sydney's only Jewish rugby team. It's a friendly match, typically played in or around April, between the rival clubs and is named in Streisand's honour as she is known to have a large fan base in both the gay and the Jewish communities.

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand is one of the most decorated entertainers in history. She has won two Academy Awards - one for Best Actress in Funny Girl (1968) and another for Best Original Song for Evergreen (1976), making her the first woman to receive the latter. Streisand has earned 10 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year for The Barbra Streisand Album. She was also awarded the prestigious Grammy Legend Award, an honor received by only 14 other artists, as well as the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. She has won five Emmy Awards, comprising four Primetime Emmys and one Daytime Emmy. She has received four Peabody Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award and nine Golden Globes. Additionally, she received a Special Tony Award in 1970, recognizing her contributions to Broadway. In 2011, she was honored as MusiCares Person of the Year by the Grammy Foundation for her artistic achievement in the music industry.

Discography

Main article: Barbra Streisand discography

Filmography

Film

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
The Owl and the Pussycat Doris Wilgus/Wadsworth/Wellington/Waverly
1972 What's Up, Doc? Judy Maxwell
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 producer
1979 The Main Event Hillary Kramer
1981 All Night Long Cheryl Gibbons
1983 Yentl Yentl Mendel / Anshel Mendel Also director, producer, and co-writer
1987 Nuts Claudia Faith Draper Also producer
1991 The Prince of Tides Dr. Susan Lowenstein Also director and producer
1996 The Mirror Has Two Faces Rose Morgan Also director and producer
2004 Meet the Fockers Rozalin "Roz" Focker
2010 Little Fockers
2012 The Guilt Trip Joyce Brewster Also executive producer

Television

Year Title Notes
1965 My Name Is Barbra Filmed in 1964; aired on CBS April 28, 1965
1966 Color Me Barbra Filmed 1965; aired on CBS March 30, 1966
1967 The Belle of 14th Street Aired on CBS October 11, 1967
1968 A Happening in Central Park Recorded June 17, 1967; aired on CBS September 15, 1968, to coincide with release of Funny Girl
1973 Barbra Streisand...and Other Musical Instruments Aired on CBS November 2, 1973
1975 Funny Girl to Funny Lady Aired live on ABC March 9, 1975
1976 Barbra: With One More Look at You
1978 Getting in Shape for The Main Event
1983 A Film Is Born: The Making of 'Yentl'
1986 Putting it Together: The Making of The Broadway Album
One Voice Recorded September 6, 1986; aired on HBO December 27, 1986
1994 Barbra Streisand: The Concert Recorded July 24, 1994; aired on HBO August 21, 1994 (also producer and director)
2001 Barbra Streisand: Timeless Aired on FOX February 14, 2001 (1 hour edited version)
2009 Streisand: Live in Concert Aired on CBS April 25, 2009 (Filmed in Florida in 2006)
2011 Barbra Streisand: One Night Only at The Village Vanguard Aired on PBS, premiered August 6, 2011
2013 Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn Aired on PBS, premiered November 29, 2013
2017 The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic! Aired on Netflix, premiered November 22, 2017

Theatre

Year Title Role Venue Ref.
1961–1963 I Can Get It for You Wholesale Miss Marmelstein Shubert Theatre, Broadway
1964–1965 Funny Girl Fanny Brice Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway
1966 Prince of Wales Theatre, West End

Tours

Year Title Continents Box-office proceeds Total audience
1966 An Evening with Barbra Streisand Tour North America $480,000 67,500
1993–1994 Barbra Streisand in Concert North America and Europe $50 million 400,000
1999–2000 Timeless North America and Australia $70 million 200,000
2006–2007 Streisand North America and Europe $119.5 million 425,000
2012–2013 Barbra Live North America and Europe $66 million 254,958
2016–2017 Barbra: The Music, The Mem'ries, The Magic North America $53 million 203,423

Autobiography

Streisand's writing of her autobiography stalled at various stages, and Viking Press announced in May 2015 that they anticipated publishing her long-awaited memoir in 2017, spanning Streisand's entire life and career.

Upon the release of My Name Is Barbra on November 7, 2023, her BBC interview concluded with Streisand claiming she wanted "to have more fun" in life.

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