Barbra Streisand
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).
Known For

Modern Family

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Real Time with Bill Maher

Saturday Night Live

Top of the Pops

Miami Vice
All Movies (88)
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music2025 · as Self (archive footage)
- Funny Girl: Barbra Streisand2024 · as Narrator
- Bella!2023 · as Self
- Commitment to Life2023 · as Self (archive footage)
- Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend2022 · as Self (archive footage)
- Sidney2022 · as Self
- Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues2022 · as Self (archive footage)
- Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres2022 · as Self
- Live at Mister Kelly's2021 · as Self
- Babenco: Tell Me When I Die2020 · as Self (archive footage)
- The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart2020 · as Self (archive footage/photos)
- Disclosure2020 · as Yentl (archive footage)
- Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone2020 · as Self
- Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound2019 · as Self
- David Foster: Off the Record2019 · as Self
- Mike Wallace Is Here2019 · as (archive footage)
- Sid & Judy2019 · as Self (archive footage)
- Bergman: A Year in a Life2018 · as Self
- Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!2017 · as Self
- Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942–19842017 · as Self
- Hamilton's America2016 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Michael Buble's Christmas in New York2014 · as Herself
- Six by Sondheim2013 · as Self (archive footage)
- Barbra: Back to Brooklyn2013 · as Self
- Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love2013 · as Self
- The Guilt Trip2012 · as Joyce Brewster
- Palme2012 · as Self (archive footage)
- Vito2011 · as Self (archive)
- A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand2011 · as Self - Honoree
- Little Fockers2010 · as Rozalin Focker
- One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard2010 · as Performer
- Streisand: The Concerts2009 · as Self (archive footage)
- Streisand: Live in Concert 20062009 · as Self
- Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic2007 · as Self
- Tony Bennett: An American Classic2006 · as Self
- Judy Garland Duets2005 · as Self (archive footage)
- Streisand: Guilty Pleasures2005 · as Self - vocal
- Meet the Fockers2004 · as Rozalin Focker
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies2004 · as Self
- Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand2004 · as Self
- Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album2003 · as Barbra Streisand
- Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s2002 · as Esther Hoffman (archive footage)
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand2001 · as self
- Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert2001 · as Herself
- The Way We Were: Looking Back1999 · as Self
- The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle1997 · as Self (archive footage)
- The Mirror Has Two Faces1996 · as Rose Morgan
- Sinatra: 80 Years My Way1995 · as Self - Presenter
- Barbra: The Concert1994 · as Self
- The Prince of Tides1991 · as Susan Lowenstein
- Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.1991 · as Self
- The Earth Day Special1990 · as Self
- Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC1988 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Nuts1987 · as Claudia Draper
- Citizen Steve1987 · as Self - Actress / Singer
- Barbra Streisand: One Voice1986 · as Self - Performer
- Directed by William Wyler1986 · as Self
- Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album1986 · as Self
- Yentl1983 · as Yentl
- I Love Liberty1982 · as Self
- All Night Long1981 · as Cheryl Gibbons
- The Main Event1979 · as Hillary Kramer
- Rona Barrett Looks at 19781979 · as Self
- A Star Is Born1976 · as Esther Hoffman
- Funny Lady1975 · as Fanny Brice
- Funny Girl to Funny Lady1975 · as Self
- For Pete's Sake1974 · as Henrietta 'Henry' Robbins
- Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments1973 · as Self
- The Way We Were1973 · as Katie Morosky
- Up the Sandbox1972 · as Margaret Reynolds
- What's Up, Doc?1972 · as Judy Maxwell
- Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?1972 · as Self
- Singer Presents Burt Bacharach1971 · as Herself
- Fight of the Century1971 · as Self-(Audience Member)
- The Owl and the Pussycat1970 · as Doris
- On a Clear Day You Can See Forever1970 · as Daisy Gamble
- Hello, Dolly!1969 · as Dolly Levi
- Funny Girl1968 · as Fanny Brice
- A Happening in Central Park1968 · as Performer
- This is Streisand1968
- Barbra in Movieland1968
- The Look of Funny Girl1968
- The Belle of 14th Street1967 · as Performer
- Color Me Barbra1966 · as Performer
- [Untitled: #16]1966
- My Name Is Barbra1965 · as Performer
- A Bob Hope Comedy Special1963 · as Performer
- Untitled Barbra Streisand Documentary—
All TV Shows (33)
- Il était une fois Champs-Élysées2022 · as Self (archive footage)
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
- The Director's Chair2014 · as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
- Modern Family2009 · as Herself (voice)
- The Howard Stern Interview2006 · as Self
- Real Time with Bill Maher2003 · as Self
- Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
- Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin1994 · as self
- Sacrée soirée1987 · as Self
- Miami Vice1984 · as Pedestrian (uncredited)
- Champs-Elysées1982 · as Self
- Champs-Elysées1982 · as Self (archive footage)
- Auf los geht's los1977 · as Self
- Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self (uncredited)
- People's Choice Awards1975 · as Self - Presenter
- The American Film Institute Salute to ...1973 · as Self
- Le Grand Échiquier1972 · as Self
- Film '721971 · as Self
- Top of the Pops1964 · as Self
- The Judy Garland Show1963 · as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self
- Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
- Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Winner
- The Oscars1953 · as Self - Presenter
- The Bob Hope Show1950 · as Self
- What's My Line?1950 · as Self - Mystery Guest
- Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
- Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
- Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
- Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Winner