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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 among the first performers [[List of EGOT winners|awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony]] (EGOT) of any kind and the first performer awarded a non-competitive EGOT.
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.<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 ''[[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|''Billboard'' 200]] 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 ''[[People (Barbra Streisand album)|People]]'' (1964), ''[[The Way We Were (Barbra Streisand album)|The Way We Were]]'' (1974), ''[[Guilty (Barbra Streisand album)|Guilty]]'' (1980), and ''[[The Broadway Album]]'' (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 [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] with five singles: "[[The Way We Were (song)|The Way We Were]]", "[[Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)|Evergreen]]", "[[You Don't Bring Me Flowers]]", "[[No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)]]", and "[[Woman in Love]]".
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 ''[[Funny Girl (film)|Funny Girl]]'' (1968), winning the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]].<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 ''[[Hello, Dolly! (film)|Hello, Dolly!]]'' (1969), the [[screwball comedy]] ''[[What's Up, Doc? (1972 film)|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 film)|A Star Is Born]]'' (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 ''[[Yentl (film)|Yentl]]'' (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 [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] and a Golden Globe for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|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 [[List of best-selling music artists|best-selling recording artists of all time]].<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=[[The New Zealand Herald]]}}</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=[[Evening Standard]]}}</ref> According to the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA), she is [[List of highest-certified music artists in the United States|the second-highest certified female artist]] in the United States, with 68.5 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> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' ranked Streisand as the greatest solo artist on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart and the top [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] 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>
== Early life ==
=== Family ===
Streisand was born
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.<ref name="Nickens">
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."<ref>
She has an older brother, Sheldon, and a half-sister, singer [[Roslyn Kind]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Paskin |first=Barbra |
=== Education ===
Streisand began her education at the Jewish Orthodox [[Yeshiva]] 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
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=
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]]".<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|4}}
Becoming an actress was her main objective. That desire was made stronger when she saw her first Broadway play, ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (play)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]'', when she was 14. The star in the play was [[Susan Strasberg]], 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 [[Eleanora Duse]] and [[Sarah Bernhardt]]. In addition, she began reading novels and plays and studying the acting theories of [[Konstantin Stanislavski]] and [[Michael Chekhov]].<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|4}}
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]].<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''
During the summer of 1957, she
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 ==
[[File:Barbra Streisand 1962.jpg|thumb|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,<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}}
{{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 [[Homosexuality|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.<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
In early days of her career Streisand was repeatedly told she was too ugly to be a star and was advised to get a [[rhinoplasty|nose job]]—she did not.<ref name="control" />
=== 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."<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|7}}
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.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|7}} 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 (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."<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'
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| quote = 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 (singer)|Helen Morgan]]. She can sing as loud as [[Ethel Merman]] and as persuasively as [[Lena Horne|Lena]] or [[Ella Fitzgerald|Ella]], or as brassy as a [[Sophie Tucker]] ... and only Barbra Streisand can turn "[[Cry Me a River (1953 song)|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.
| source = —syndicated columnist [[Robert Ruark]],<br />on her 1963 performances at the Blue Angel.<ref>Ruark, Robert. "The Blue's Angel", ''Pasadena Independent'', January 18, 1963, p. 9</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/2TA6LQmP0ec Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20080612015732/http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=2TA6LQmP0ec Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |date=March 27, 2006 |title=Barbra Streisand – Cry Me A River |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TA6LQmP0ec |access-date=November 3, 2018 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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=== 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,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEa_deCZaNA "Jimmy Fallon and Barbra Streisand"], fair use clip {{webarchive
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]].<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 [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theater]], and received rave reviews. Her performance "stopped the show cold", wrote Nickens.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|9}}<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|10}} [[Groucho Marx]], while hosting the ''Tonight Show'', told her that 20 was an "extremely young age to be a success on Broadway".<ref>video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoAX-pgMHZI Barbra Streisand on ''The Tonight Show''], hosted by Groucho Marx, August 21, 1962 – fair use clip</ref> Streisand received a [[Tony Award]] nomination and New York Drama Critic's prize for Best Supporting Actress.<ref>video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bQ62sL8JtU Barbra Streisand on the ''Tonight Show'', hosted by Johnny Carson], October 4, 1962 – fair use clip</ref> The show was recorded and made into an album.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|10}}
=== Early television appearances ===
[[File:Barbra Streisand - 1966.jpg|thumb|left|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]]".<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
Later in 1961, before she was cast in ''Another Evening With Harry Stoones'',
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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mann |first=William J. |url=https://archive.org/details/hellogorgeousbec0000mann_c6n6/page/213 |title=Hello Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand
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.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|10}}
[[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."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAS8BDDV8uM Barbra Streisand on Johnny Carson's ''Tonight Show'', 1962] – 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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| source = —[[Elliott Gould]], about their first play together in 1961<ref>{{cite web |date=May 12, 2016 |title=Elliott Gould on His Past Marriage to Barbra Streisand – "We Still Love Each Other" |url=http://www.closerweekly.com/posts/elliott-gould-barbra-streisand-marriage-101979 |access-date=November 3, 2018 |website=Closerweekly.com}}</ref>
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In December 1962,
=== 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:
{{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.}}
She took advantage of this several times during her career.<ref name="control" />
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 [to the record shop] 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 [[Grammy Award]]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 ''[[The Second Barbra Streisand Album]]'', which established her as the "most exciting new personality since [[Elvis Presley]]."<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}}
=== Return to the stage ===
Streisand returned to Broadway in 1964 with an acclaimed performance as entertainer [[Fanny Brice]] in ''[[Funny Girl (musical)|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 (magazine)|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! (musical)|Hello, Dolly]]!'' 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 |
In 1966,
== Career ==
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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 (Barbra Streisand album)|Stoney End]]'' in 1971. The [[Stoney End (song)|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 (song)|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|lc=y}} 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.<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 [[Barry Gibb]]-produced ''[[Guilty (Barbra Streisand album)|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 (Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb song)|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'<ref name="control" />—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 (Barbra Streisand 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 (Les Misérables)|On My Own]]" (from ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|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 (1986 musical)|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 (operetta)|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 (album)|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.
[[File:Barbra Streisand Allan Warren.jpg|thumb|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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Newfield |first=Jack |date=November 1996 |title=Diva Democracy |url=http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/90s/george_1996.html |
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".<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 |
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.
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In 1997, she finally returned to the recording studio, releasing ''[[Higher Ground (Barbra Streisand album)|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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography |url=http://www.barbrastreisand.com/us/biography
Streisand's subsequent albums included ''[[Christmas Memories]]'' (2001), a somewhat somber collection of holiday songs, and ''[[The Movie Album (Barbra Streisand album)|The Movie Album]]'' (2003), featuring famous film themes and backed by a large symphony orchestra. ''[[Guilty Pleasures (Barbra Streisand album)|Guilty Pleasures]]'' (called ''Guilty Too'' in the UK), a collaboration with Barry Gibb and a sequel to their ''Guilty'', was released worldwide in 2005.
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In February 2006, Streisand recorded the song "Smile" alongside [[Tony Bennett]] at Streisand's [[Malibu, California|Malibu]] home. The song is included on Bennett's 80th birthday album, ''[[Duets (Barbra Streisand 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 [[Streisand (concert tour)|2006 Streisand concert tour]] began on October 4 at the [[Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)|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.<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 |
A collection of performances culled from different stops on this tour, ''[[Live in Concert 2006]]'', debuted at No. 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], 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
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.<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
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.<ref>{{cite news |
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]].<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
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 (musician)|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]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Gardner, Elysa |date=October 12, 2012 |title=Her name is Barbra, and Brooklyn is her town
Streisand is one of many singers who use [[teleprompter]]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 | Streisand's Stagefright Prompted By Forgotten Lyrics |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/streisands-stagefright-prompted-by-forgotten-lyrics_1117130
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
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.<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
Streisand released the single "Love Will Survive", from the television series ''[[The Tattooist of Auschwitz (TV series)|The Tattooist of Auschwitz]]'', 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>
=== Acting ===
[[File:Streisand - Dolly signed.jpg|thumb|Streisand in ''[[Hello, Dolly! (film)|Hello, Dolly!]]'' (1969).]]
Streisand's first film was a reprise of her Broadway hit ''[[Funny Girl (film)|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,<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=[[Turner Classic Movies|tcm]]
During the 1970s, Streisand starred in several [[screwball comedy film|screwball comedies]], including ''[[What's Up, Doc? (1972 film)|What's Up, Doc?]]'' (1972) and ''[[The Main Event (1979 film)|The Main Event]]'' (1979), both co-starring [[Ryan O'Neal]], and ''[[For Pete's Sake (film)|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 [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] (with lyricist [[Paul Williams (songwriter)|Paul Williams]]) for the song "[[Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)|Evergreen]]", from ''[[A Star Is Born (1976 film)|A Star Is Born]]'' 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
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).<ref>{{cite web |title=Looking at First Artists
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,<ref>{{cite news |date=April 14, 2005 |title=Top Ten Money Making Stars |url=http://www.quigleypublishing.com/MPalmanac/Top10/Top10_lists.html
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Streisand produced a number of her own films, setting up Barwood Films in 1972. ''[[Yentl (film)|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.<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 ''[[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.<ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/aa83.html ''1983 Academy Awards Winners and History'']. 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, [[Pat Conroy]], who also authored the novel, called Streisand "a goddess who walks upon the earth."<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|xii}}
Streisand also co-scripted ''Yentl'' (with [[Jack Rosenthal]]), something for which she is not always given credit.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yentl (1983) |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086619/reference
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]].
[[File:Streisand - Clear Day 1970.JPG|thumb|Streisand in ''[[On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (film)|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''.<ref>{{cite news |date=April 14, 2005 |title=Streisand buys 'Dwarf' |url=https://variety.com/article/VR1117921148.html
Streisand reprised the role of Roz Focker in ''[[Little Fockers]]'' (2010, alongside Dustin Hoffman), the third film from the [[Meet the Parents|''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]].<ref>{{cite news |
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]],<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/
== Artistry ==
Streisand possesses a [[mezzo-soprano]] [[Voice type|vocal range]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Lee
{{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 |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
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 ''[[The Independent (newspaper)|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."<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
== Personal life ==
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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]].<ref>{{cite news
She started a relationship with hairdresser/producer [[Jon Peters]] in 1973.<ref>Haber, Joyce (November 26, 1973) [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/381792139/ Jon, Barbra More Than Patron, Client] ''Los Angeles Times'', November 26, 1973</ref> He went on to be her manager and producer. They broke up in 1982 during the making of ''[[Yentl (film)|Yentl]]'', 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
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.<ref>{{cite book |last=Elton |first=Charles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DESPzgEACAAJ
From November 1983 to October 1987, Streisand lived with composer [[Richard Baskin]],<ref>{{cite news |author=Shirley Eder |date=October 27, 1987 |title=Streisand-Baskin split-up for real, but it's friendly
She dated actor [[Don Johnson]] 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/
In 1983 Streisand briefly dated actor [[Richard Gere]],<ref>{{cite news |author=Liz Smith |date=January 28, 1983 |title=Carson's Field day with the press
From 1989 to 1991, she was involved with composer [[James Newton Howard]].<ref name="tcm">{{cite web |title=Companions for Barbra Streisand |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/185903%7C17967/Barbra-Streisand/companions.html
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 [[wikt:simpatico|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
During the early-to-mid-1990s, Streisand was in romantic relationships with several high-profile men, including newscaster [[Peter Jennings]],<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/
Her second husband is actor [[James Brolin]], 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=[[People (magazine)|People]]
Streisand has several dogs; she loved her dog Samantha so much that she had her [[Pet cloning|cloned]].<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
In March 2019, Streisand apologized for her controversial statements about [[Michael Jackson]]'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
=== 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 |date=November 1963 |title=The Mouse That Wails |url=http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/60s/rogue_streisand.html |
=== 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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mann |title=Hello Gorgeous
Streisand has been an active supporter of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] and many of its causes. She was among the celebrities on President [[Richard Nixon]]'s [[Master list of Nixon's political opponents|1971 list of political enemies]].<ref>{{cite news
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 United States Senate elections|1986 U.S. Senate elections]],<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=[[Wall Street Journal]]
Streisand is a supporter of [[LGBT rights in the United States|LGBT rights]] and backed the "No on 8" campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to defeat [[California Proposition 8]] 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 2012, Streisand stated, "The new [[Voter identification laws in the United States|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."<ref>{{cite web |title=Taking aim at ID laws |url=http://www.malibutimes.com/news/article_f8125386-99bc-5b71-bc33-84c3aa21078c.html
In June 2013, she helped celebrate the 90th birthday of [[Shimon Peres]] held at [[Jerusalem]]'s international convention center.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/tEfHmKTy0to Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013031304/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEfHmKTy0to&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |
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.<ref name="CBSNewscelebsattend
In an October 2018 interview with [[Emma Brockes]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'', Streisand discussed the theme of her new album ''[[Walls (Barbra Streisand 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!"<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
== Philanthropy ==
[[File:Famous American actress and singer Barbra Streisand standing at the new building for Jewish Studies which she donated (FL45747858).jpg|thumb|alt=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.<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
Streisand has personally raised $25 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
In 2006, Streisand donated $1 million to the [[William J. Clinton Foundation]] in support of former President [[Bill Clinton]]'s climate change initiative.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dugger |first=Celia W. |
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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Raising awareness about women's heart health |url=http://www.discoveringforlife.org/womens-heart-center/your-gift/barbra-streisand
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]].<ref>Douglas, Sarah. "[http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/32797/in-the-air-star-ambitions/ In the Air: Star Ambitions]."''[[Art+Auction]]'', October 2009.</ref>
In December 2011, she appeared at a fundraising gala for [[Israel Defense Forces]] charities.<ref>{{cite web |
In June 2020, she gifted [[George Floyd]]'s daughter, Gianna Floyd, Disney shares.<ref>{{cite news
On September 22, 2022, [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]], the president of Ukraine, invited Streisand to become an ambassador for the [[United24|UNITED24]] 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>
== Legacy ==
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> ''[[The New York Times]]'' called her among the three of America's Most Beloved Divas (alongside [[Dolly Parton]] and [[Patti LaBelle|Patti Labelle]]).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yanagihara |first=Hanya |date=November 30, 2020 |title=Celebrating Three of America's Most Beloved Divas
=== Honors ===
Streisand was presented the Distinguished Merit Award by ''[[Mademoiselle (magazine)|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 [[Académie Charles Cros|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 + Lucy Awards|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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Recipients |url=http://wif.org/past-recipients
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://articles.latimes.com/1991-04-05/news/vw-2038_1_breakthrough-awards
In 2000, President Bill Clinton presented Streisand with the [[National Medal of Arts]], 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
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 Medical Center|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,''<ref>{{cite magazine
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,{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at [[The Hollywood Reporter]]'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
Streisand was inducted into and [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in 1976, [[Goldmine (magazine)|Goldmine Hall of Fame]] 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> [[Long Island Music Hall of Fame]] 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 [[Hit Parade Hall of Fame]] 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> [[National Museum of American Jewish History]] and [[California Hall of Fame]] in 2010.<ref name="whoswho.com" />
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 [[Music Business Association|NARM]] in 1988. That year she was also named as All-Time Favorite Musical Performer by [[People's Choice Awards]]. In 1986, [[Life (magazine)|''Life'']] 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, [[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,<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=[[IMDb]]}}</ref> Top 100 Singers of all time by ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' magazine,<ref name="mojolist">{{cite web |title=''Mojo'' Readers Top 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 [[Recording Industry Association of America]] 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://articles.latimes.com/2000/jan/07/local/me-51816 |access-date=August 28, 2004 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> In 2006, Streisand was one of honorees at [[Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball|Oprah Winfrey's white-tie Legends Ball]].<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>
In 2015, ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' 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> [[A&E (TV channel)|A&E]]'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 [[BBC]],<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 ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'',{{sfn|Laufenberg|2005|p=120}} [[VH1]]'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 ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'',<ref name="Barbra Streisand's trivia" /> "The 50 Greatest Actresses of All Tim" by [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]],<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 |access-date=March 17, 2011 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' 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=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> As a [[gay icon]], Streisand was named by ''[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]'' 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=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]}}</ref> and was also placed among the "12 Greatest Female Gay Icons of All Time" by ''[[Out magazine|Out]]'' 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 ''[[Gay Times]]''.<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>
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? (1972 film)|''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 (film)|''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.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
The [[Library of Congress]] chose ''Funny Girl'' for preservation in the [[National Film Registry]] 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/
=== 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 Women's Zionist Organization of America|Hadassah]]'s International Research Institute on Women.<ref>{{cite web |title=Barbra Streisand Career Professional memberships |url=http://www.whoswho.com/us/barbra-streisand
=== "Streisand effect" ===
{{Main|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.<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
The term ''Streisand effect'' was coined to refer to an attempt to censor information which unintentionally publicizes that information.<ref>{{cite web |
===Namesakes===
The ''Barbra Streisand Cup'' is a [[rugby union]] match held in [[Sydney]],<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/ |
== Awards and nominations ==
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=== Filmography ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1968
|''[[Funny Girl (film)|Funny Girl]]''
|[[Fanny Brice]]
|
|-
|1969
|
|[[Dolly Gallagher Levi|Dolly Levi]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1970
|
|Daisy Gamble / Melinda Tentrees
|
|-
|''[[The Owl and the Pussycat (film)|The Owl and the Pussycat]]''
|Doris Wilgus/Wadsworth/Wellington/Waverly
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1972
|''[[What's Up, Doc? (1972 film)|What's Up, Doc?]]''
|Judy Maxwell
|
|-
|''[[Up the Sandbox]]''
|Margaret Reynolds
|
|-
|1973
|''[[The Way We Were]]''
|Katie Morosky
|
|-
|1974
|
|Henrietta "Henry" Robbins
|
|-
|1975
|
|[[Fanny Brice]]
|
|-
|1976
|''[[A Star Is Born (1976 film)|A Star Is Born]]''
|Esther Hoffman Howard
|Also producer
|-
|1979
|
|Hillary Kramer
|
|-
|1981
|
|Cheryl Gibbons
|
|-
|1983
|
|Yentl Mendel / Anshel Mendel
|Also director, producer, and co-writer
|-
|1987
|
|Claudia Faith Draper
|
|-
|1991
|
|Dr. Susan Lowenstein
|
|-
|1996
|
|Rose Morgan
|
|-
|2004
|
| rowspan="2" |Rozalin "Roz" Focker
|
|-
|
|
|
|-
|
|
|
|
|}
=== Broadway performances ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!
!Notes
|-
|1961–1963
|''[[I Can Get It for You Wholesale]]''
|Nominated—[[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical]]
|-
|1964–1965
|''[[Funny Girl (musical)|Funny Girl]]''
|Nominated—[[Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical]]
|}
=== West End performances ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!
!Notes
|-
|1966
|''[[Funny Girl (musical)|Funny Girl]]''
|April 13 – July 16 at the [[Prince of Wales Theatre]]
|}
=== Television specials ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!
!Notes
|-
|1965
|''[[My Name Is Barbra (TV special)|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 (film)|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{{'}}''
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1986
|''Putting it Together: The Making of The Broadway Album''
|
|-
|
| |-
|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<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 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
|}
== Tours ==
{| class="wikitable"
!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 (Barbra Streisand)|Timeless]]
|North America and Australia
|$70 million
|200,000
|-
|2006–2007
|[[Streisand (concert tour)|Streisand]]
|
|$119.5 million
|425,000
|-
|2012–2013
|[[Barbra Live]]
|
|$66 million
|254,958
|-
|2016–2017
|[[Barbra: The Music, The Mem'ries, The Magic]]
|North America
|$53 million
|203,423
|}
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* ''[[The Barbra Streisand Album]]'' (1963)
* ''[[The Second Barbra Streisand Album]]'' (1963)
* ''[[The Third Album (Barbra Streisand album)|The Third Album]]'' (1964)
* ''[[People (Barbra Streisand album)|People]]'' (1964)
* ''[[My Name Is Barbra]]'' (1965)
* ''[[My Name Is Barbra, Two...]]'' (1965)
* ''[[Color Me Barbra]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Je m'appelle Barbra]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Simply Streisand]]'' (1967)
* ''[[A Christmas Album (Barbra Streisand album)|A Christmas Album]]'' (1967)
* ''[[What About Today?]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Stoney End (Barbra Streisand album)|Stoney End]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Barbra Joan Streisand (album)|Barbra Joan Streisand]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Barbra Streisand...and Other Musical Instruments]]'' (1973)
* ''[[The Way We Were (Barbra Streisand album)|The Way We Were]]'' (1974)
* ''[[ButterFly (Barbra Streisand album)|ButterFly]]'' (1974)
* ''[[Lazy Afternoon (Barbra Streisand album)|Lazy Afternoon]]'' (1975)
* ''[[Classical Barbra]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Superman (Barbra Streisand album)|Superman]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Songbird (Barbra Streisand album)|Songbird]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Wet (album)|Wet]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Guilty (Barbra Streisand album)|Guilty]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Emotion (Barbra Streisand album)|Emotion]]'' (1984)
* ''[[The Broadway Album]]'' (1985)
* ''[[Till I Loved You (album)|Till I Loved You]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Back to Broadway]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Higher Ground (Barbra Streisand album)|Higher Ground]]'' (1997)
* ''[[A Love Like Ours]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Christmas Memories]]'' (2001)
* ''[[The Movie Album (Barbra Streisand album)|The Movie Album]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Guilty Pleasures (Barbra Streisand album)|Guilty Pleasures]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Love Is the Answer (album)|Love Is the Answer]]'' (2009)
* ''[[What Matters Most (Barbra Streisand album)|What Matters Most]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Partners (Barbra Streisand album)|Partners]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway]]'' (2016)
* ''[[Walls (Barbra Streisand album)|Walls]]'' (2018)
{{div col end}}
== Autobiography ==
Streisand's writing of her autobiography stalled at various stages,<ref>''People'', September 29, 2014</ref> and [[Viking Press]] 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/
Upon the release of ''[[My Name Is Barbra (book)|My Name Is Barbra]]'' 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-
==References==
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==Further reading==
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* {{Cite book |last=Andersen |first=Christopher |title=Barbra: The Way She Is |publisher=Harper-Collins |year=2006 |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=Gabler |first=Neal
* {{cite book |last=Laufenberg |first=Norbert B. |title=Entertainment Celebrities
* {{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=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=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
* {{Cite book |last=Spada |first=James |title=Streisand: Her Life |publisher=Crown Publishers, Inc |year=1995 |isbn=0-517-59753-5}}
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