Biography:American singer-songwriter, actress, film producer and director Barbra Streisand has sold over 145 million albums worldwide. She is one of the few people to have won an Oscar, Tony, Emmy and a Grammy award.
Streisand began her career as a night club singer before becoming a star on Broadway. She released her first studio album "The Barbra Streisand Album" in 1963 and it went on to win two Grammys, including Best Album.
Streisand won her first of five Emmy Awards for her television special "My Name is Barbra" in 1964. For her debut film role as Fanny Brice in the 1968 film "Funny Girl", which she had played on Broadway, she won the Oscar for Best Actress. This win was the only tie for best actress in Academy Awards history - Katharine Hepburn also won.
Other successful films followed including in "The Way We Were" (1973) opposite Robert Redford and "A Star is Born" (1976) with Kris Kristofferson.
Streisand drew on her Jewish heritage as the creative force behind "Yentl" (1983) as co-writer, director, producer and star. She won a Golden Globe for Best Director for the film, the first woman to do so.
Streisand returned to live shows in the 1990s breaking box office records around the world.
1961-10-21 Barbra Streisand opens in "Another Evening with Harry Stones"
1962-03-22 Musical "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" starring Barbra Streisand in her Broadway debut, opens at Shubert Theater, NYC; runs for 300 performances
1962-05-29 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Garry Moore Show"
1962-10-01 American singer Barbra Streisand signs her 1st recording contract (with Columbia)
1963-05-24 Barbra Streisand performs "Happy Days Are Here Again" at White House Press Correspondents Dinner, and meets US President John F. Kennedy
1964-03-12 6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine & Roses, Barbra Streisand wins 2
1964-03-22 Barbra Streisand appears on the cover of NY Times Magazine section
1964-03-26Jule Styne and Bob Merrill's musical "Funny Girl", starring Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice, opens at Winter Garden Theater, New York City; runs for 1,348 performances
1964-10-31 Barbra Streisand's "People" album goes #1 for 5 weeks
1965-04-28 "My Name is Barbra", Barbra Streisand's first television special, premieres on CBS
1971-04-20 Barbra Streisand records "We've Only Just Begun"
1972-03-10 "What's Up, Doc?", Peter Bogdanovich's film homage to screwball comedies, starring Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn & Kenneth Mars premieres
1983-11-17 Film "Yentl" produced, directed by Barbra Streisand, starring Streisand and Mandy Patinkin premieres, based on play and story by Isaac Bashevis Singer
1985-08-07 Barbra Streisand records "Broadway Album"
1986-01-01 American singer Barbra Streisand and hairdresser/film producer Jon Peters' romantic relationship ends
1987-12-11 Martin Ritt's dramatic film "Nuts", starring Barbra Streisand and Richard Dreyfus premieres
1988-04-18 Barbra Streisand records "Warm All Over"
1988-04-21 Barbra Streisand records "You'll Never Know"
1992-02-22 Barbra Streisand surprises cast members in a cameo appearance at the end of a "Coffee Talk" sketch on "Saturday Night Live"
1993-12-31 Barbra Streisand performs her 1st public concert in 20 years before a sell-out crows of over 25,000 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
1994-05-10 Barbra Streisand's begins 1st concert tour in 30 years, at the Capitol Centre in Landover, Maryland (after "warm-up" shows in Las Vegas and London)
2014-09-16 Barbra Streisand releases album "Partners" features duets with other artists, when reaches No 1, makes Streisand only recording-artist with top album in six decades
2018-02-27 Barbra Streisand reveals she has cloned her dog twice
2022-11-04 Columbia Records releases album "Barbra Streisand - Live At The Bon Soir", recorded in an NYC nightclub in November 1962
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