
Barbra Streisand
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).
TV Shows(27)

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage)
2022

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015

The Director's Chair
Self
2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014

Modern Family
Herself (voice)
2009

The Howard Stern Interview
Self
2006

Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003

Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994

Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
self
1994

Sacrée Soirée
Self
1987

Miami Vice
Pedestrian (uncredited)
1984

Champs-Elysées
Self
1982

Auf los geht's los
Self
1977

Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975

People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
1975

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973

Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972

Top of the Pops
Self
1964

The Judy Garland Show
Self
1963

The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957

Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956

The Oscars
Self - Presenter
1953

The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950

What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Movies(87)

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
2025

Funny Girl: Barbra Streisand
Narrator
2024

Bella!
Self
2023

Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
2023

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Self (archive footage)
2022

Sidney
Self
2022

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Self (archive footage)
2022

Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
Self
2022

Live at Mister Kelly's
Self
2021

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
2020

The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Self (archive footage/photos)
2020

Disclosure
Yentl (archive footage)
2020

Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
Self
2020

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self
2019

David Foster: Off the Record
Self
2019

Mike Wallace Is Here
(archive footage)
2019

Sid & Judy
Self (archive footage)
2019

Bergman: A Year in a Life
Self
2018

Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
Self
2017

Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942–1984
Self
2017

Hamilton's America
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016

Michael Buble's Christmas in New York
Herself
2014

Six by Sondheim
Self (archive footage)
2013

Barbra: Back to Brooklyn
Self
2013

Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Self
2013

The Guilt Trip
Joyce Brewster
2012

Palme
Self (archive footage)
2012

A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
Self - Honoree
2011

Little Fockers
Rozalin Focker
2010

One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard
Performer
2010

Streisand: The Concerts
Self (archive footage)
2009

Streisand: Live in Concert 2006
Self
2009

Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic
Self
2007

Tony Bennett: An American Classic
Self
2006

Judy Garland Duets
Self (archive footage)
2005

Streisand: Guilty Pleasures
Self - vocal
2005

Meet the Fockers
Rozalin Focker
2004

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self
2004

Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Self
2004

Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album
Barbra Streisand
2003

Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Esther Hoffman (archive footage)
2002

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
self
2001

Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
Herself
2001

The Way We Were: Looking Back
Self
1999

The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
Self (archive footage)
1997

The Mirror Has Two Faces
Rose Morgan
1996

Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Self - Presenter
1995

Barbra: The Concert
Self
1994

The Prince of Tides
Susan Lowenstein
1991

Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.
Self
1991

The Earth Day Special
Self
1990

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage)
1988

Nuts
Claudia Draper
1987

Citizen Steve
Self - Actress / Singer
1987

Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Self - Performer
1986

Directed by William Wyler
Self
1986

Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
Self
1986

Yentl
Yentl
1983

I Love Liberty
Self
1982

All Night Long
Cheryl Gibbons
1981

The Main Event
Hillary Kramer
1979

Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
Self
1979

A Star Is Born
Esther Hoffman
1976

Funny Lady
Fanny Brice
1975

Funny Girl to Funny Lady
Self
1975

For Pete's Sake
Henrietta 'Henry' Robbins
1974

Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments
Self
1973

The Way We Were
Katie Morosky
1973

Up the Sandbox
Margaret Reynolds
1972

What's Up, Doc?
Judy Maxwell
1972

Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?
Self
1972

Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
Herself
1971

Fight of the Century
Self-(Audience Member)
1971

The Owl and the Pussycat
Doris
1970

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Daisy Gamble
1970

Hello, Dolly!
Dolly Levi
1969

Funny Girl
Fanny Brice
1968

A Happening in Central Park
Performer
1968

This is Streisand
1968

Barbra in Movieland
1968

The Look of Funny Girl
1968

The Belle of 14th Street
Performer
1967

Color Me Barbra
Performer
1966
[Untitled: #16]
1966

My Name Is Barbra
Performer
1965

A Bob Hope Comedy Special
Performer
1963
Untitled Barbra Streisand Documentary