Barbra Joan Streisand is a cult American singer, actress, and songwriter, whose successful career lasted for about 60 years. She was born in in Brooklyn, NY, and her career began in the early s, with her debut on Broadway stage. After signing up with Columbia Records , Barbra released a few albums, combining her concerts, nightclub performances, TV appearances, and Broadway stages.
For her life, Streisand has recorded over 40 albums and won a large number of awards, including ten Grammies, five Emmies, two Academy Awards, nine Golden Globes, and many more. She was married to an American actor Elliott Gould, who is the father of her son James.
Since Barbra Streisand has been married to James Brolin. Age Calculator ». Some critics, however, believed Streisand was executing too much control, as she was listed in the credits as not only the star, executive producer, and cosongwriter, but also as the wardrobe consultant and the designer of "musical concepts.
Streisand would take yet another leap in her creative life when she decided to direct, produce, and star in Yentl in Filmed in Eastern Europe, Yentl was the story of a woman masquerading as a man to get orthodox Jewish religious education. Streisand's role in Nuts , opposite Richard Dreyfuss — , is the story of a woman who must go through a competency able to function mentally in a normal way hearing to determine if she is sane enough to stand trial for manslaughter.
Most critics disliked the film, which Streisand produced, but some called it her best work ever. The dramatic role prepared her for the tension and emotion that she displayed in her next movie. In The Prince of Tides Streisand, opposite Nick Nolte — , not only starred, but directed and coproduced the film.
The film was nominated for several Academy Awards, including the award for best picture. Streisand won a Golden Globe Award for directing. In addition to performing in motion pictures and on television throughout the s, s, and s, Streisand continued to release albums.
After receiving a death threat in , Streisand developed stage fright and stopped performing in public concerts. In the early s she began to grow closer to her mother and became friends with then-President Bill Clinton — and his wife Hillary —. Her shows were some of the biggest moneymaking concerts of the year. Streisand released Higher Ground in November of and it immediately became number one on the Billboard chart.
It set a record for the greatest span of time between a performer's first and most recent number one albums—thirty-three years. The first single released from the album, "Tell Him," a duet with Celine Dion — , was immediately a Top 40 hit and was nominated for a Grammy Award. Streisand has recorded fifty-four albums and has collected an overwhelming thirtynine gold albums, twenty-five platinum albums, and twelve multi-platinum albums. She is also the only person to have won an Academy Award for both acting and songwriting.
Streisand married actor James Brolin in July The couple divides their time between homes in Malibu and Beverly Hills, California. She has given concerts to help benefit political candidates and charities that benefit social causes such as acquired immune deficiency syndrome AIDS; a disease that affects the body's immune system research. The Streisand Foundation was established in to help advocate women's rights, civil liberties, and environmental protection.
Bly, Nellie. Barbra Streisand: The Untold Story. New York: Windsor, But Streisand had her biggest-selling album in with Guilty , which was written and produced by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees and contained the No.
Though she read Isaac Bashevis Singer's short story, "Yentl, The Yeshiva Boy" shortly after her first film in , it was only after 15 years of perseverance that Streisand was able to bring the story to screen. In her directorial debut, the film received five Academy Award nominations, and Streisand received Golden Globe Awards as both Best Director and producer of the Best Picture musical comedy.
The film also produced a Top 10 soundtrack. In , The Broadway Album returned Streisand to the top of the charts. Continuing to integrate all of her talents, in , Streisand followed up Yentl with Nuts. She not only starred in the film, but also produced and wrote the music. For her second directorial outing in , Streisand made the movie Prince of Tides , a story based on the Pat Conroy novel. The film garnered seven Academy Award nominations and a nomination from the Directors Guild of America for her direction, making her only the third woman ever so honored.
After a year absence, Streisand returned to the concert stage in Her performance resulted in the Top 10, million-selling album, The Concert. Streisand's philanthropy and activism also extends to her Barwood Film's productions, such as The Long Island Incident , which inspired a national debate on gun control. Streisand is an outspoken Democrat, and has used her talents and fame to support multiple candidates and causes, including Al Gore, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.
Prior to her year stage absence, Streisand devoted her unpaid live concert performances exclusively to the benefit of the causes she supports. A year later, a new holiday album, Christmas Memories arrived.
It was the artist's first full-length studio album since 's A Love Like Ours. In , she returned to the concert stage, documented in the Live in Concert.
And in a long awaited return to film, Streisand appeared in 's Meet the Fockers. Streisand released the albums Love Is the Answer which reached gold-selling status in the U. In the fall of , Streisand announced the arrival of a new album: Release Me , a collection of unreleased material from several sessions over the course of her career.
She followed in with Partners , an album of duets with a series of acclaimed male artists, including Stevie Wonder , Billy Joel and John Legend. Streisand married for a second time on July 1, , to actor James Brolin.
In , Streisand raised eyebrows with the announcement that she had her beloved dog, Samantha, cloned following her death last year, and now was enjoying the company of two new puppies. The news drew the disapproval of animal-rights group PETA, which noted that cloning does not recreate the original dog and suggested the singer could have found a wonderful new dog at a shelter.
Streisand is credited for creating dozens of gold- and platinum-selling albums and is regarded as the top-selling female artist of all time. Streisand has had No. She is second in the all-time charts, ahead of the Beatles and The Rolling Stones, and exceeded by only Elvis Presley. In , she was further honored as a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. We strive for accuracy and fairness.
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