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Other InformationAwardsOutstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety Directors Guild of America, USA [2002] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Emmy Awards [2001] (Won/Nominated: Won) Outstanding Special Class Special Daytime Emmy Awards [2001] (Won/Nominated: Won) Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures Academy Awards [1998] (Won/Nominated: Won) Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Golden Globes [1997] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Original Song - Motion Picture Golden Globes [1997] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Music, Original Song Academy Awards [1997] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety Emmy Awards [1995] (Won/Nominated: Won) Outstanding Made for Television Movie Emmy Awards [1995] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special Emmy Awards [1995] (Won/Nominated: Won) Best Director - Motion Picture Golden Globes [1992] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Directors Guild of America, USA [1992] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Picture Academy Awards [1992] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Golden Globes [1988] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Most Performed Feature Film Standards Academy Awards [1988] (Won/Nominated: Won) Performance in a Music Special CableACE Awards [1987] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Performance by an Actress Golden Globes [1984] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Director Golden Globes [1984] (Won/Nominated: Won) World Film Favorite - Female OTHER [1978] (Won/Nominated: Won) Best Motion Picture Actress Golden Globes [1977] (Won/Nominated: Won) Best Original Song Golden Globes [1977] (Won/Nominated: Won) Original Song Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, USA [1977] (Won/Nominated: Won) Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy Golden Globes [1976] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) World Film Favorite - Female OTHER [1975] (Won/Nominated: Won) Best Actress BAFTA Awards [1975] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama Golden Globes [1974] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Outstanding Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music Special Emmy Awards [1974] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Foreign Actress David di Donatello Awards [1974] (Won/Nominated: Won) Best Actress in a Leading Role Academy Awards [1974] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Actress in a Motion Picture Golden Globes [1971] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) World Film Favorite - Female performance OTHER [1971] (Won/Nominated: Won) Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy Golden Globes [1970] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Actress BAFTA Awards [1970] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Outstanding Variety or Musical Program Emmy Awards [1969] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Actress David di Donatello Awards [1969] (Won/Nominated: Won) Best Actress in a Leading Role Academy Awards [1969] (Won/Nominated: Won) Female Star of the Year Golden Apple Awards [1968] (Won/Nominated: Won) Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment Emmy Awards [1965] (Won/Nominated: Won) Outstanding Performance in a Variety Emmy Awards [1964] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) |
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BiographyMeasurementsBust: 34" B Waist: 25" Hips: 36" (Shoe size: 8AA)Friends and FamilyDiana Rosen [Mother] :: Dick Van Dyke [Friend] :: Donna Karan [Friend] :: Dustin Hoffman [Friend] :: Emmanuel Streisand [Father] :: Roslyn Kind [Sister] :: Sheldon Streisand [Brother] :: Shirley MacLaine [Friend]Trivia and QuotesQuotes "I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy, and driven." "I hate tooting my own horn, but after Steven Spielberg saw Yentl (1983), he said, `I wish I could tell you how to fix your picture, but I can`t. It`s the best film I`ve seen since Citizen Kane (1941)`". "Oh God, don`t envy me, I have my own pains." "One thing`s for sure: now when I look at Funny Girl (1968), I think I was gorgeous. I was too beautiful to play Fanny Brice". "The audience is the barometer of the truth."Trivia Born at 5:08 AM EST. Dated former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Director trademark: constantly shows her own character`s fingernails Female artist with most albums sold in U.S.
Is a staunch Democrat. Mary Martin, Anne Bancroft and Carol Burnett were all considered for the Broadway role of Fanny Brice before Barbra nabbed it. Singer Eydie Gormé was also considered but balked when they would not cast husband Steve Lawrence as Nicky Arnstein. Named the best selling female singer of the 20th Century. She has sold more than 68 million records, with 47 Gold, 28 Platinum and 13 Multi-Platinum. Only artist to achieve Billboard #1 albums in four decades, the `60s, `70s, `80s and `90s. Spoke out against the nomination of former Missouri Senator John Ashcroft for Attorney General. [2001] Supported Al Gore`s bid for the presidency. Artist with longest career in the Billboard Top 20 (32 years, 7 months between "People" and "I Finally Found Someone").
Fifth top Billboard-charting artist {#1: Elvis Presley}.
First woman since the silent era to direct, produce, write and star in a feature film; she also sings (Yentl (1983)).
Fourth most number 1 albums (8) {#1: The Beatles}.
Fourth most top 10 albums (26) {#1: Frank Sinatra}.
Highest grossing single concert, with $14,694,750, MGM Grand Garden Arena, December 31, 1999. Second most Gold album certifications (47) {#1: Elvis Presley}.
Second single largest grossing American concert engagement, with $16.6 million, seven performances, Madison Square Garden, 1994 (#1: $19 million, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, 15 performances, Continental Airlines Arena, 1999). Solo artist with longest time span between first #1 and latest #1 albums (33 years between "People" and "Higher Ground").
Third most top 40 albums (45) {#1: Frank Sinatra}.
3 December 2003 - Her invasion-of-privacy suit over aerial photos taken of her Malibu home and shown on a web site dedicated to the California coastline was thrown out of court by a California judge. She claimed it would encourage stalkers. Artist with Grammy nominations in the most categories -- 9. Godmother of Caleigh Peters. Only artist to receive Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Grammy, Golden Globe, CableACE and Peabody awards. Only Oscar recipient for both acting and songwriting. Ranked #31 on VH1`s 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll. Received a Special Tony Award in 1970. Previously, she was nominated twice for a Tony: in 1962 as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Musical) for "I Can Get It for You Wholesale," and in 1964 as Best Actress (Musical) for portraying Fanny Brice in "Funny Girl," a signature role she recreated in her Oscar- winning performance in the film version of the same name, Funny Girl (1968). She was voted the 54th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly. Turned down the role of call girl Bree Daniels in Klute (1971), which won Jane Fonda an Oscar. Was once a switchboard operator. Both of her husbands, Elliott Gould and James Brolin, starred in Capricorn One (1978). Columbia wanted to cast Shirley MacLaine as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl (1968). However Ray Stark, who produced the Broadway show and was Brice`s son-in-law, insisted on Streisand repeating her Broadway role. Several co-stars later publicly blasted Streisand and director William Wyler for much of their scenes being cut in favor of focusing almost entirely on Streisand. Columbia were considering Frank Sinatra for the role of Nicky Arnstein, which she vetoed as she didn`t like him. The final musical number, "My Man", was filmed "live" both to maximize Streisand`s dramatic rendition and because she hated the lip-syncing process. At the time of the film`s release, she was also a voting member of AMPAS. When she found she was nominated, she, like any member nominated, voted for herself. If she hadn`t, she wouldn`t have tied with Katharine Hepburn for the year`s Best Actress Oscar. Film output toned down considerably after The Main Event (1979). She`s only acted in six films since. In a controversial decision, she was allowed to become a voting member of the Academy prior to her first film, Funny Girl (1968), even being released and won the Oscar in a tie with Katharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter (1968) a few months later. Presumably she voted for herself, so if she hadn`t been allowed to join early, she wouldn`t have won. Interviewed in "Directors Close Up: Interviews with Directors Nominated for Best Film by the Directors Guild of America", ed. by Jeremy Kagan, Scarecrow Press, 2006. Is one of only five actors/actresses to have both a number one single and an Oscar for best actor/actress. The others are `Frank Sinatra` (Best Supporting Actor), Jamie Foxx, Cher and Bing Crosby. Lost the 1964 Tony award for Best Actress in a Musical (nominated for "Funny Girl") to Carol Channing who won for "Hello, Dolly" - a role Streisand played in the movie version in Hello, Dolly! (1969). One of the elite actors who have nabbed an Oscar for their first film role. She was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 2000 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C. While a struggling artist in the early 1960s, she lived at 1157 Third Avenue in Manhattan over Oscar`s Salt of the Sea Restaurant. She shared the tiny $62- per-month apartment with Elliott Gould who would later become her husband. Directed 4 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Amy Irving, Nick Nolte, Kate Nelligan and Lauren Bacall. During the filming of Hello, Dolly! (1969), Barbra and co-star Walter Matthau fought bitterly. He disliked her so intensely that he refused to be around her except when required to do so by the script. He is famously quoted as telling Barbra that she "had no more talent than a butterfly`s fart". Interestingly, he is clearly seen in the audience at Barbra`s One Voice (1986) (TV) concert at her Malibu ranch, where invitation-only guests paid $5,000 per couple to help establish the Streisand Foundation, which supports numerous charitable organizations. Apparently, he did not hold grudges. Has a great fear of performing live. Has sold 70 million records worldwide. In 2006, she donated $11,750,000 to the Barbra Streisand Foundation, numerous civil liberties, environmental, and civil rights organizations "dedicated to democratic values". Played her first ever concert in Ireland in the palatial grounds of Castletown House, County Kildare. [July 14, 2007] Salary: The Mirror Has Two Faces - $20,000,000plus percentage of profits Turned down the role of Eva Peron in Evita (1996). She was the first choice of Ken Russell, who was the first director attached to the film. Was considered for the part of Dwan in King Kong (1976). While attending the funeral for President Bill Clinton`s mother, she heard a Church choir sing a song titled "On Holy Ground". The song was written by the choir director, Geron Davis. Upon hearing it, she was so moved that she wanted to record it. The song appeared on her album "Higher Ground". | ||
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