Barbra Streisand
Acting
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
Acting117
movieLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Self (archive footage)
movieBella!
2023
Self
movieCommitment to Life
2023
Self (archive footage)
tvIl était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieClint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieSidney
2022
Self
movieLouis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieBabenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
2020
Self (archive footage/photos)
movieDisclosure
2020
Yentl (archive footage)
movieMike Wallace Is Here
2019
(archive footage)
movieSid & Judy
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieHamilton's America
2016
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest
movieSix by Sondheim
2013
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Guilt Trip
2012
Joyce Brewster
moviePalme
2012
Self (archive footage)
movieVito
2011
Self (archive)
movieA MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
2011
Self - Honoree
movieLittle Fockers
2010
Rozalin Focker
tvModern Family
2009
Herself (voice)
movieStreisand: The Concerts
2009
Self (archive footage)
movieJudy Garland Duets
2005
Self (archive footage)
movieStreisand: Guilty Pleasures
2005
Self - vocal
movieMeet the Fockers
2004
Rozalin Focker
movieBarbra Streisand: The Movie Album
2003
Barbra Streisand
movieHollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
2002
Esther Hoffman (archive footage)
movieThe Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
1997
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Mirror Has Two Faces
1996
Rose Morgan
movieThe Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996
Self (archive footage)
movieSinatra: 80 Years My Way
1995
Self - Presenter
movieThe Prince of Tides
1991
Susan Lowenstein
movieHappy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieNuts
1987
Claudia Draper
movieCitizen Steve
1987
Self - Actress / Singer
movieBarbra Streisand: One Voice
1986
Self - Performer
tvMiami Vice
1984
Pedestrian (uncredited)
movieYentl
1983
Yentl
tvChamps-Elysées
1982
Self / Self (archive footage)
movieAll Night Long
1981
Cheryl Gibbons
movieThe Main Event
1979
Hillary Kramer
movieA Star Is Born
1976
Esther Hoffman
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self (uncredited)
movieFunny Lady
1975
Fanny Brice
tvPeople's Choice Awards
1975
Self - Presenter
movieFor Pete's Sake
1974
Henrietta 'Henry' Robbins
movieThe Way We Were
1973
Katie Morosky
movieUp the Sandbox
1972
Margaret Reynolds
movieWhat's Up, Doc?
1972
Judy Maxwell
movieFight of the Century
1971
Self-(Audience Member)
movieOn a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970
Daisy Gamble
movieHello, Dolly!
1969
Dolly Levi
movieFunny Girl
1968
Fanny Brice
movieA Happening in Central Park
1968
Performer
movieThe Belle of 14th Street
1967
Performer
movieColor Me Barbra
1966
Performer
movieMy Name Is Barbra
1965
Performer
movieA Bob Hope Comedy Special
1963
Performer
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Presenter / Self - Winner
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self - Presenter
tvWhat's My Line?
1950
Self - Mystery Guest
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee / Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient / Self - Audience Member (uncredited) / Self - Winner
Production19
movieBarbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
2017
Executive Producer
movieBarbra: Back to Brooklyn
2013
Executive Producer
movieThe Guilt Trip
2012
Executive Producer
movieVarian's War
2001
Executive Producer
movieWhat Makes a Family
2001
Executive Producer
movieFrankie & Hazel
2000
Executive Producer
movieRescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples
1998
Executive Producer
movieThe Long Island Incident
1998
Executive Producer
movieRescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Families
1998
Executive Producer
movieRescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
1997
Executive Producer
movieServing in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
1995
Executive Producer
movieThe Prince of Tides
1991
Producer
movieNuts
1987
Producer
movieYentl
1983
Producer
movieThe Main Event
1979
Producer
movieA Star Is Born
1976
Executive Producer
Directing11
Sound7
movieThe Mirror Has Two Faces
1996
Theme Song Performance, Music Supervisor
movieNuts
1987
Original Music Composer
movieEyes of Laura Mars
1978
Theme Song Performance
Writing6
Crew1
movieMy Brother's War
1997
Creative Consultant