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Barbra Streisand
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Director, Producer, Executive Producer, Actor, Songwriter
Born:
April 24, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York City, NY
Biography:One of the world's most popular singers, an award-winning, versatile actress of stage, feature film, and television, a distinguished filmmaker, and a major producer, Barbra Streisand reigns as the grande dame of American entertainment. Raised in a middle-class Brooklyn household, the daughter of a high school teacher father who died when Streisand was a baby, and a mother who dreamed of the stage, she graduated from high school two years ahead of her classmates. As a young woman, Streisand attended acting classes and worked various odd jobs and in nightclubs, until she won a Greenwich Village talent contest. She landed her first major acting job in the 1962 Broadway musical I Can Get It for Your Wholesale and stole the show with her portrayal of frowsy secretary Miss Marmelstein. The 21-year-old subsequently debuted on Judy Garland's television show, opposite Garland's daughter Liza Minnelli and... Full Biography
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Barbra Streisand is shown in a posed photograph, described as having been taken before here New...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, cheers U.S. singer Barbra Streisand after she was awarded...
Kris Kristofferson and Barbra Streisand shown in a publicity still from the 1977 film "A Star Is...
Kennedy Center Honorees, from left, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Barbra Streisand and Morgan...
Barbra Streisand arrives at the Booth Theater in New York on Dec. 15, 1977. She was late for the...
Barbra Streisand is joined by Michael Jackson to honor Steven Spielberg after he received the Scopus...
Actress and singer Barbra Streisand poses for the media during a press conference at the Dorchester...
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