Barbra Streisand
Acting • Born 1942-04-24
Biography
Barbara Joan 'Barbra' Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT). With sales exceeding 150 million records worldwide, she is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is the second highest-certified female artist in the United States, with 68.5 million certified album units. Billboard ranked her as the greatest female artist on the Billboard 200 chart and the top Adult Contemporary female artist of all time. Her accolades include two Academy Awards, 10 Grammy Awards including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Grammy Legend Award, five Emmy Awards, four Peabody Awards, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and nine Golden Globes. She began her career by performing in nightclubs and Broadway theaters in the early 1960s. Following her guest appearances on various television shows, she signed to Columbia Records, insisting that she retain full artistic control, and accepting lower pay in exchange, an arrangement that continued throughout her career, and released her debut The Barbra Streisand Album (1963), which won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Throughout her recording career, she has topped the US Billboard 200 chart with 11 albums—a record for a woman—including People (1964), The Way We Were (1974), Guilty (1980), and The Broadway Album (1985). She also achieved five number-one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100—"The Way We Were", "Evergreen", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)", and "Woman in Love". Following her established recording success in the 1960s, she ventured into film by the end of that decade. She starred in the critically acclaimed Funny Girl (1968), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Additional fame followed with films including the extravagant musical Hello, Dolly! (1969), the screwball comedy What's Up, Doc? (1972), and the romantic drama The Way We Were (1973). She won a second Academy Award for writing the love theme from A Star Is Born (1976), the first woman to be honored as a composer. With the release of Yentl (1983), she became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major studio film. The film won an Oscar for Best Score and a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Musical. She also received the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, becoming the first (and for 37 years, the only) woman to win that award. She later directed The Prince of Tides (1991) and The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996).
Filmography
112 credits
Meet the Fockers
Movie • 2004
Rozalin Focker
The Way We Were
Movie • 1973
Katie Morosky
Yentl
Movie • 1983
Yentl
The Prince of Tides
Movie • 1991
Susan Lowenstein
Streisand: The Concerts
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
What's Up, Doc?
Movie • 1972
Judy Maxwell
For Pete's Sake
Movie • 1974
Henrietta 'Henry' Robbins
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Movie • 1986
Self - Performer
Citizen Steve
Movie • 1987
Self - Actress / Singer
Nuts
Movie • 1987
Claudia Draper
I Love Liberty
Movie • 1982
Self
Hello, Dolly!
Movie • 1969
Dolly Levi
The Main Event
Movie • 1979
Hillary Kramer
Up the Sandbox
Movie • 1972
Margaret Reynolds
Live at Mister Kelly's
Movie • 2021
Self
The Owl and the Pussycat
Movie • 1970
Doris
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Movie • 1970
Daisy Gamble
Funny Girl
Movie • 1968
Fanny Brice
Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.
Movie • 1991
Self
Funny Lady
Movie • 1975
Fanny Brice
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Movie • 2002
Esther Hoffman (archive footage)
Little Fockers
Movie • 2010
Rozalin Focker
A Star Is Born
Movie • 1976
Esther Hoffman
The Guilt Trip
Movie • 2012
Joyce Brewster
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
Movie • 2001
Herself
Streisand: Live in Concert 2006
Movie • 2009
Self
A Happening in Central Park
Movie • 1968
Performer
One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard
Movie • 2010
Performer
All Night Long
Movie • 1981
Cheryl Gibbons
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie • 1988
Self (archive footage)
Bella!
Movie • 2023
Self
Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?
Movie • 1972
Self
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
Movie • 2011
Self - Honoree
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
Movie • 2006
Self
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Movie • 2004
Self
The Belle of 14th Street
Movie • 1967
Performer
David Foster: Off the Record
Movie • 2019
Self
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Movie • 2013
Self
Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
Movie • 1979
Self
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage/photos)
Streisand: Guilty Pleasures
Movie • 2005
Self - vocal
Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
Movie • 2022
Self
Disclosure
Movie • 2020
Yentl (archive footage)
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
Movie • 2020
Self
Barbra: The Concert
Movie • 1994
Self
Michael Buble's Christmas in New York
Movie • 2014
Herself
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Movie • 1995
Self - Presenter
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
Movie • 2019
(archive footage)
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Movie • 1996
Rose Morgan
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Sidney
Movie • 2022
Self
Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic
Movie • 2007
Self
Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments
Movie • 1973
Self
My Name Is Barbra
Movie • 1965
Performer
Color Me Barbra
Movie • 1966
Performer
The Earth Day Special
Movie • 1990
Self
Fight of the Century
Movie • 1971
Self-(Audience Member)
Hamilton's America
Movie • 2016
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Judy Garland Duets
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942–1984
Movie • 2017
Self
Barbra: Back to Brooklyn
Movie • 2013
Self
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
Movie • 2017
Self
Six by Sondheim
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
Movie • 1986
Self
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Movie • 2018
Self
Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
Movie • 1971
Herself
Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album
Movie • 2003
Barbra Streisand
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
Movie • 1975
Self
The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
Directed by William Wyler
Movie • 1986
Self
Sid & Judy
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Movie • 2019
Self
The Way We Were: Looking Back
Movie • 1999
Self
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Untitled Barbra Streisand Documentary
Movie
A Bob Hope Comedy Special
Movie • 1963
Performer
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Movie • 2004
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Palme
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
Funny Girl: Barbra Streisand
Movie • 2024
Narrator
8 Husbands
Movie
Penelope Waters
[Untitled: #16]
Movie • 1966
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Modern Family
TV • 2009
Herself (voice)
The Director's Chair
TV • 2014
Self
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
The Judy Garland Show
TV • 1963
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
The Howard Stern Interview
TV • 2006
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
Le Grand Échiquier
TV • 1972
Self
Auf los geht's los
TV • 1977
Self
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
TV • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
Self
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Self (archive footage)
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
TV • 1994
self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Sacrée Soirée
TV • 1987
Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Top of the Pops
TV • 1964
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Winner
People's Choice Awards
TV • 1975
Self - Presenter
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self (uncredited)