Barbra Streisand
Known for: Acting
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).
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
Modern Family
Herself (voice)
2009
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
Series
Top of the Pops
Self
1964
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
1956
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
Series
Miami Vice
Pedestrian (uncredited)
1984
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
1944
Series
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
1975
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Series
Champs-Elysées
Self (archive footage)
1982
Film '72
Self
1971
Series
Sacrée soirée
Self
1987
Series
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
self
1994
Series
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Series
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
Series
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
1953
Series
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
Series
The Howard Stern Interview
Self
2006
Film
Meet the Fockers
Rozalin Focker
2004
Film
Little Fockers
Rozalin Focker
2010
Film
The Way We Were
Katie Morosky
1973
Series
Auf los geht's los
Self
1977
Series
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage)
2022
Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Film
The Guilt Trip
Joyce Brewster
2012
Film
The Prince of Tides
Susan Lowenstein
1991
Film
Hello, Dolly!
Dolly Levi
1969
Film
Funny Girl
Fanny Brice
1968
Series
The Judy Garland Show
Self
1963
Series
The Director's Chair
Self
2014
Film
What's Up, Doc?
Judy Maxwell
1972
Film
A Star Is Born
Esther Hoffman
1976
Film
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self
2019
Film
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Rose Morgan
1996
Film
For Pete's Sake
Henrietta 'Henry' Robbins
1974
Film
Yentl
Yentl
1983
Film
Sidney
Self
2022
Film
Disclosure
Yentl (archive footage)
2020
Film
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
Funny Lady
Fanny Brice
1975
Film
The Earth Day Special
Self
1990
Film
Nuts
Claudia Draper
1987
Film
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
The Owl and the Pussycat
Doris
1970
Film
All Night Long
Cheryl Gibbons
1981
Film
The Main Event
Hillary Kramer
1979
Film
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Daisy Gamble
1970
Film
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Self (archive footage/photos)
2020
Film
Six by Sondheim
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942–1984
Self
2017
Film
Citizen Steve
Self - Actress / Singer
1987
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Film
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
Self
2017
Film
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Self
2018
Film
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
Self - Honoree
2011
Film
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Self
2004
Film
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Self (archive footage)
1996
Film
Up the Sandbox
Margaret Reynolds
1972
Film
Directed by William Wyler
Self
1986
Film
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Self - Performer
1986
Film
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
Self
2006
Film
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Esther Hoffman (archive footage)
2002
Film
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Self
2013
Film
Sid & Judy
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
Self
2020
Film
I Love Liberty
Self
1982
Film
Vito
Self (archive)
2011
Film
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Self - Presenter
1995
Film
Hamilton's America
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Film
David Foster: Off the Record
Self
2019
Film
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
Film
Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.
Self
1991
Film
Mike Wallace Is Here
(archive footage)
2019
Film
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self
2004
Film
Fight of the Century
Self-(Audience Member)
1971
Film
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Palme
Self (archive footage)
2012
Film
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
Herself
2001
Film
Judy Garland Duets
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?
Self
1972
Film
The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
Self (archive footage)
1997
Film
Live at Mister Kelly's
Self
2021
Film
Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album
Barbra Streisand
2003
Film
Michael Buble's Christmas in New York
Herself
2014
Film
Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic
Self
2007
Film
Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
Herself
1971
Film
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
self
2001
Film
My Name Is Barbra
Performer
1965
Film
This is Streisand
1968
Film
Color Me Barbra
Performer
1966
Film
One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard
Performer
2010
Film
Funny Girl: Barbra Streisand
Narrator
2024
Untitled Barbra Streisand Documentary
Film
Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
Self
2022
Film
Barbra: The Concert
Self
1994
Film
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
Self
1986
Film
Streisand: The Concerts
Self (archive footage)
2009
Film
Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
Self
1979
Film
Bella!
Self
2023
Film
Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments
Self
1973
Film
A Bob Hope Comedy Special
Performer
1963
Film
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
Self
1975
Film
The Belle of 14th Street
Performer
1967
Film
Streisand: Live in Concert 2006
Self
2009
Film
The Way We Were: Looking Back
Self
1999
[Untitled: #16]
1966
Film
A Happening in Central Park
Performer
1968
Film
Streisand: Guilty Pleasures
Self - vocal
2005
Film
Barbra: Back to Brooklyn
Self
2013
Film
Barbra in Movieland
1968
Film
The Look of Funny Girl
1968