Barbra Streisand
Singer, actress and filmmaker
Barbra Streisand is an American singer, actress and filmmaker. She has received Grammy, Oscar, Emmy and Tony awards.
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American Born 1942 in Brooklyn, United States
About Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 24 April 1942. She began performing in nightclubs and on Broadway in the early 1960s, and she later signed with Columbia Records. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Funny Girl. Her 1983 film Yentl made her the first woman to hold the roles of writer, producer, director and lead actor on a major studio picture, and she won the Golden Globe for Best Director for it. Over her career she has won ten Grammy Awards and five Emmy Awards. Her book My Name Is Barbra is in the BookBits catalog.