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Barbara Streisand

Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand - 1966.jpg
Streisand in 1966
Born Barbara Joan Streisand
(1942-04-24) April 24, 1942 (age 75)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Residence Malibu, California, U.S.
Education Erasmus Hall High School
Occupation
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • actress
  • filmmaker
Spouse(s) Elliott Gould
(m. 1963; div. 1971)

James Brolin
(m. 1998)
Children Jason Gould
Relatives Roslyn Kind (half-sister)
Musical career
Genres
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1961–present
Labels Columbia
Associated acts
Website barbrastreisand.com

Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (/ˈstrsænd/; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker. In a career spanning six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment and has been recognized with two Academy Awards, ten Grammy Awards including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Grammy Legend Award, five Emmy Awards including one Daytime Emmy, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Kennedy Center Honors prize, four Peabody Awards, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and nine Golden Globes. She is among a small group of entertainers who have been honored with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award, and is one of only two artists in that group who have also won a Peabody.

Streisand is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with more than 68.5 million albums in the U.S. and with a total of 150 million albums and singles sold worldwide making her the best-selling female artist among top-selling artists recognized by the Recording Industry Association of America.


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