My Name Is Barbra (TV special)
| My Name Is Barbra | |
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Photo of Streisand from the special
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| Written by | Robert Emmet |
| Directed by |
Dwight Hemion Joe Layton |
| Starring | Barbra Streisand |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Richard Lewine |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | April 28, 1965 |
My Name Is Barbra is a 1965 television special and the first for up and coming star Barbra Streisand. The special was broadcast April 28, 1965 on CBS in conjunction with Streisand's fifth studio album My Name Is Barbra. The special was very successful, won many awards, and a contract was signed for another four specials. The special was split into three acts.
Barbra Streisand received all positive reviews. The United Press International proclaimed "She is so great it is shocking. She may well be the most supremely talented and complete popular entertainer that this country has ever produced."
My Name Is Barbra was nominated for six Emmy Awards in 1965, for which it won five. Streisand won the award for "Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment." It also won a 1966 Directors Guild of America Award for "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television.".
Barbra Streisand won her first Peabody Award in 1965.
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