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| Actress, Singer (1942–) |
Barbra Streisand was born on April 24, 1942, in Brooklyn, New York.
Barbra Streisand is the highest-selling female recording artist of all time & has won awards & acclaim in every medium that she's worked in.
Streisand has described her childhood as painful. She was shy as a child & often felt rejected by other children because her looks were unusual. Additionally, she saw her stepfather as emotionally abusive. She also found no support from her mother, who thought her too unattractive to pursue her dreams of show business.
The evening was a resounding success & she soon embarked on a career as a cabaret singer, dropping the middle "a" from her name so that it would stand out. Her vibrant soprano soon won Streisand a loyal audience at local clubs, such as the Bon Soir & the Blue Angel.
She claims that she learned how to cover her insecurity on stage by studying the flamboyance of the drag queens she met during this time. Still, Streisand is infamous for having avoided live performances for nearly three decades due to a debilitating bout of stage fright. She attributes the phobia to a concert in New York's Central Park in 1967, during which she forgot the lyrics to one of her songs.
Streisand made her major debut in the Broadway show, I Can Get it For You Wholesale in 1962. She won the New York Drama Critics Award & received a Tony nomination for her performance, the cast album for that show was her first studio recording. Streisand signed with Columbia Records that same year & released her first album, The Barbra Streisand Album in 1963. It became a Top 10 gold record & received two Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. At the time, she was the youngest artist to receive the honor.
Streisand reprised her role in Funny Girl in 1966 in London at the Prince of Wales Theater. Two years later she made her big-screen debut in the film version of the play. In addition to winning the 1968 Academy Award for her performance, she won a Golden Globe and was named "Star of the Year " by the National Association of Theater Owners.
In 1976 came A Star is Born, a film that Streisand produced. The project won six Golden Globes & offered Streisand her second No. 1 single, "Evergreen."
The statistics of Barbra Streisand's achievements are staggering. She is credited for creating dozens of gold- and platinum-selling albums & is regarded as the top-selling female artist of all time. Streisand has had No. 1 albums in each of the last four decades-the greatest longevity for any solo recording artist. She is second in the all-time charts, ahead of the Beatles & The Rolling Stones & exceeded by only Elvis Presley.
Streisand married for a second time on July 1, 1998, to actor James Brolin. Following their marriage, Streisand recorded an album of love songs entitled A Love Like Ours (1999). The collection featured the hit duet, "If You Ever Leave Me," with Vince Gill.
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