Acting · Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, USA · Born April 24, 1942
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).
MovieLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MovieFunny Girl: Barbra Streisand
2024
as Narrator
MovieBella!
2023
as Self
MovieCommitment to Life
2023
as Self (archive footage)
TVIl était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieClint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieSidney
2022
as Self
MovieLouis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieNever Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
2022
as Self
MovieLive at Mister Kelly's
2021
as Self
MovieBabenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
2020
as Self (archive footage/photos)
MovieDisclosure
2020
as Yentl (archive footage)
MovieTogether in Pride: You Are Not Alone
2020
as Self
MovieMaking Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
as Self
MovieDavid Foster: Off the Record
2019
as Self
MovieMike Wallace Is Here
2019
as (archive footage)
MovieSid & Judy
2019
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBergman: A Year in a Life
2018
as Self
MovieBarbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
2017
as Self
MovieBarbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942–1984
2017
as Self
MovieHamilton's America
2016
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
MovieMichael Buble's Christmas in New York
2014
as Herself
TVThe Director's Chair
2014
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
MovieSix by Sondheim
2013
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBarbra: Back to Brooklyn
2013
as Self
MovieMarvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
2013
as Self
MovieThe Guilt Trip
2012
as Joyce Brewster
MoviePalme
2012
as Self (archive footage)
MovieVito
2011
as Self (archive)
MovieA MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
2011
as Self - Honoree
MovieLittle Fockers
2010
as Rozalin Focker
MovieOne Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard
2010
as Performer
TVModern Family
2009
as Herself (voice)
MovieStreisand: The Concerts
2009
as Self (archive footage)
MovieStreisand: Live in Concert 2006
2009
as Self
MovieTony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic
2007
as Self
MovieTony Bennett: An American Classic
2006
as Self
TVThe Howard Stern Interview
2006
as Self
MovieJudy Garland Duets
2005
as Self (archive footage)
MovieStreisand: Guilty Pleasures
2005
as Self - vocal
MovieMeet the Fockers
2004
as Rozalin Focker
MovieAFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
as Self
MovieBarbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
2004
as Self
MovieBarbra Streisand: The Movie Album
2003
as Barbra Streisand
TVReal Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
MovieHollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
2002
as Esther Hoffman (archive footage)
MovieAFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
2001
as self
MovieBarbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
2001
as Herself
MovieThe Way We Were: Looking Back
1999
as Self
MovieThe Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
1997
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Mirror Has Two Faces
1996
as Rose Morgan
MovieThe Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996
as Self (archive footage)
MovieSinatra: 80 Years My Way
1995
as Self - Presenter
TVInside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
MovieBarbra: The Concert
1994
as Self
TVExclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
1994
as self
MovieThe Prince of Tides
1991
as Susan Lowenstein
MovieHere's Looking At You, Warner Bros.
1991
as Self
MovieThe Earth Day Special
1990
as Self
MovieHappy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieNuts
1987
as Claudia Draper
TVSacrée soirée
1987
as Self
MovieCitizen Steve
1987
as Self - Actress / Singer
MovieBarbra Streisand: One Voice
1986
as Self - Performer
MovieDirected by William Wyler
1986
as Self
MoviePutting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
1986
as Self
TVMiami Vice
1984
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
MovieYentl
1983
as Yentl
MovieI Love Liberty
1982
as Self
TVChamps-Elysées
1982
as Self
MovieAll Night Long
1981
as Cheryl Gibbons
MovieThe Main Event
1979
as Hillary Kramer
MovieRona Barrett Looks at 1978
1979
as Self
TVAuf los geht's los
1977
as Self
MovieA Star Is Born
1976
as Esther Hoffman
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
MovieFunny Lady
1975
as Fanny Brice
MovieFunny Girl to Funny Lady
1975
as Self
TVPeople's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Presenter
MovieFor Pete's Sake
1974
as Henrietta 'Henry' Robbins
MovieBarbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments
1973
as Self
MovieThe Way We Were
1973
as Katie Morosky
TVThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
MovieUp the Sandbox
1972
as Margaret Reynolds
MovieWhat's Up, Doc?
1972
as Judy Maxwell
TVLe Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
MovieScrewball Comedies... Remember Them?
1972
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
MovieSinger Presents Burt Bacharach
1971
as Herself
MovieFight of the Century
1971
as Self-(Audience Member)
MovieThe Owl and the Pussycat
1970
as Doris
MovieOn a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970
as Daisy Gamble
MovieHello, Dolly!
1969
as Dolly Levi
MovieFunny Girl
1968
as Fanny Brice
MovieA Happening in Central Park
1968
as Performer
MovieThis is Streisand
1968
MovieBarbra in Movieland
1968
MovieThe Look of Funny Girl
1968
MovieThe Belle of 14th Street
1967
as Performer
MovieColor Me Barbra
1966
as Performer
[Untitled: #16]
1966
MovieMy Name Is Barbra
1965
as Performer
TVTop of the Pops
1964
as Self
TVThe Judy Garland Show
1963
as Self
MovieA Bob Hope Comedy Special
1963
as Performer
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self - Presenter
TVThe Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Untitled Barbra Streisand Documentary
