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{{Infobox person
| name               = Barbra Streisand
| image              = Barbra Streisand with Francis Collins and Anthony Fauci (27806589237) (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Streisand in 2018
| birth_name         = Barbara Joan Streisand
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1942|4|24}}
| birth_place        = New York City, U.S.<!--No boroughs/neighborhoods, just cities per format.-->
| education          = [[Erasmus Hall High School]]
| occupation         = {{hlist|Singer|actress|filmmaker|songwriter}}
| spouse             = {{Ubl
  |{{marriage|[[Elliott Gould]]|1963|1971|end=divorced}}
  |{{marriage|[[James Brolin]]|1998}}
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| partner            = {{Ubl
  |[[Jon Peters]] (1973–1982)
  |[[Richard Baskin]] (1983–1987)
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| relatives          = {{Ubl
  |[[Roslyn Kind]] (half-sister)
  |[[Adam Streisand]] (second cousin)
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| children           = [[Jason Gould]]
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| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Barbra Streisand|Full list]]
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| instrument         = Vocals
| years_active       = 1960–present
| label              = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
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| signature          = Barbra Streisand signature.svg
| website            = {{URL|barbrastreisand.com}}
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'''Barbara Joan''' "'''Barbra'''" '''Streisand''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|t|r|aɪ|s|æ|n|d}} {{respell|STRY|sand}}; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, producer, and director. Over a career spanning more than six decades, Streisand has achieved success in various areas of the entertainment industry, including the attainment of [[EGOT|Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards]].

Streisand began performing in the early 1960s in nightclubs and Broadway theaters, which led to guest appearances on various television shows. Signing onto [[Columbia Records]], Streisand retained full artistic control of her performances in exchange for accepting lower pay&mdash;an arrangement that continued throughout her career.<ref name="control">{{Cite news |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=August 4, 2021 |title=Barbra Streisand: 'I've always had the right to sing what I want' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58056164 |website=BBC News}}</ref> Her studio debut ''[[The Barbra Streisand Album]]'' (1963) won the [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year]]. During her recording career, Streisand has amassed a total of 31 [[RIAA certification|RIAA platinum-certified]] albums, including ''[[People (Barbra Streisand album)|People]]'' (1964), ''[[The Way We Were (Barbra Streisand album)|The Way We Were]]'' (1974), ''[[Guilty (Barbra Streisand album)|Guilty]]'' (1980), ''[[The Broadway Album]]'' (1985), and ''[[Higher Ground (Barbra Streisand album)|Higher Ground]]'' (1997). She was the first woman to score 11 number one albums on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]&mdash;from ''People'' to ''[[Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway]]'' (2016)&mdash;and remains the only artist to top the chart in six decades.<ref>{{cite web |first= Bethy |last=Squires |date=July 16, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Breaks Billboard Records With Speak Now (Taylor's Version) |url=https://www.vulture.com/2023/07/taylor-swift-billboard-records-speak-now-taylors-version.html |access-date=July 16, 2023|work=Vulture}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|title=Barbra Streisand Earns 11th No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Encore'|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/barbra-streisand-earns-11th-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-album-chart/|magazine=Billboard|date=September 4, 2016|access-date=March 20, 2018|archive-date=April 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411111728/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7495997/barbra-streisand-earns-11th-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-album-chart|url-status=live}}</ref> Streisand also topped the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] with five singles: "[[The Way We Were (song)|The Way We Were]]", "[[Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)|Evergreen]]", "[[You Don't Bring Me Flowers]]", "[[No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)]]", and "[[Woman in Love]]".

In the latter 1960s, after having established success as a vocalist, Streisand ventured into film.<ref name="AnOther2012">{{cite web |author=Mhairi Graham |date=April 24, 2012 |title=Barbra Streisand: Hollywood Rebel |url=https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/1920/barbra-streisand-hollywood-rebel |access-date=March 23, 2020 |website=AnOther}}</ref> She starred in the critically acclaimed ''[[Funny Girl (film)|Funny Girl]]'' (1968), winning the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]].<ref>{{cite web |date=March 2, 2013 |title=Barbra Streisand's Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000659/awards |access-date=March 2, 2013 |website=IMDb}}</ref> Additional fame on the big screen followed with the extravagant musical ''[[Hello, Dolly! (film)|Hello, Dolly!]]'' (1969), the [[screwball comedy]] ''[[What's Up, Doc? (1972 film)|What's Up, Doc?]]'' (1972), and the romantic drama ''[[The Way We Were]]'' (1973). Streisand won the [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]] for writing the love theme from ''[[A Star Is Born (1976 film)|A Star Is Born]]'' (1976), the first woman to be honored as a composer.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 22, 2013 |title=Barbra Streisand to Sing 'The Way We Were' for the Oscars Memorial Segment |url=http://movies.broadwayworld.com/article/Barbra-Streisand-to-Sing-The-Way-We-Were-for-the-Oscars-Memorial-Segment-20130222 |access-date=March 2, 2013 |publisher=movies.broadwayworld.com}}</ref> With the release of ''[[Yentl (film)|Yentl]]'' (1983), Streisand became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major studio film.<ref>Kagan, Jeremy. ''Directors Close Up'', Scarecrow Press (2006) p. 297</ref> The film won an Oscar for [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] and a Golden Globe for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture Musical]]. Streisand also received the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director]], becoming the first (and for 37 years, the only) woman to win that award. Streisand then produced and directed ''[[The Prince of Tides]]'' (1991), and ''[[The Mirror Has Two Faces]]'' (1996).

With sales exceeding 150&nbsp;million records worldwide, Streisand is one of the [[List of best-selling music artists|best-selling recording artists of all time]].<ref>{{cite news |date=March 20, 2021 |title=Eden Park CEO hints Barbra Streisand may be next after Six60 to play at Auckland stadium |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/eden-park-ceo-hints-barbra-streisand-may-be-next-after-six60-to-play-at-auckland-stadium/XPVXCO5JOG6LJMPUED45UARLV4/ |access-date=March 20, 2021 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |archive-date=March 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320202206/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/eden-park-ceo-hints-barbra-streisand-may-be-next-after-six60-to-play-at-auckland-stadium/XPVXCO5JOG6LJMPUED45UARLV4/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Embley |first=Jochan |date=March 6, 2019 |title=Barbra Streisand to headline British Summer Time: How to get tickets for BST Hyde Park |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/music/barbra-streisand-bst-hyde-park-tickets-lineup-a4084641.html |access-date=March 6, 2019 |work=[[Evening Standard]] |archive-date=July 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713000718/https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/music/barbra-streisand-bst-hyde-park-tickets-lineup-a4084641.html |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA), she is [[List of highest-certified music artists in the United States|the second-highest certified female artist]] in the United States, with 68.5&nbsp;million certified album units.<ref name="Top Selling Artists albums">{{cite web |date=March 25, 2015 |title=Top Selling Artists (albums) |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=top-selling-artists |access-date=March 25, 2015 |publisher=RIAA |archive-date=July 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719114528/http://riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=top-selling-artists |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' ranked Streisand as the greatest solo artist on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart,<ref>{{cite magazine |date=November 12, 2015 |title=Greatest of All Time (Billboard 200 Artists) |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-artists |access-date=November 13, 2015 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=September 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160926155922/http://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-artists |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as the top [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] female artist of all time.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=July 23, 2011 |title=AC's Top Artists |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2011/BB-2011-07-23.pdf |access-date=July 24, 2021 |magazine=Billboard |page=16 |archive-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804134349/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2011/BB-2011-07-23.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Her accolades span ten [[Grammy Awards]], including the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]] and the [[Grammy Legend Award]];<ref name="Broadway2">[http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Barbra-Streisand-Goes-Platinum-for-History-Making-31st-Time-with-PARTNERS-20150120 "Barbra Streisand Goes Platinum for History-Making 31st Time with Partners"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612184421/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Barbra-Streisand-Goes-Platinum-for-History-Making-31st-Time-with-PARTNERS-20150120 |date=June 12, 2018 }}. ''Broadway World''. January 20, 2015.</ref> nine [[Golden Globe Awards]];<ref>{{cite web |title=Awards Search |url=http://www.hfpa.org/ggasearch/?q=barbra+streisand |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402112920/http://www.hfpa.org/ggasearch/?q=barbra+streisand |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |access-date=December 10, 2014 |publisher=Hollywood Foreign Press Association}}</ref> five [[Emmy Awards]]; four [[Peabody Awards]];<ref>{{cite web |title=The Ultimate Show Biz Coup: PEGOT |url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/stories/story/the-ultimate-show-biz-coup-pegot |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204010445/http://www.peabodyawards.com/stories/story/the-ultimate-show-biz-coup-pegot |archive-date=February 4, 2020 |access-date=December 10, 2014 |publisher=The Peabody Awards}}</ref> two [[Academy Awards]];<ref>{{cite web |date=January 29, 2010 |title=Academy Awards Database |url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1343277311952 |access-date=July 26, 2012 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}{{dead link|date=December 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> the [[Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award]];<ref>{{cite news |last=Rosenbloom |first=Alli |date=February 24, 2024 |title=Jennifer Aniston, Bradley Cooper present Barbra Streisand with SAG Life Achievement award |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/24/entertainment/jennifer-aniston-barbra-streisand-sag-awards-2024/index.html |access-date=February 25, 2024 |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref> and the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Ted |title=Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/steven-spielberg-barbra-streisand-receive-presidential-medal-freedom-212322362.html;_ylt=A0LEVi14mUpWtjcA6Y0PxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw-- |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323054831/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/steven-spielberg-barbra-streisand-receive-presidential-medal-freedom-212322362.html;_ylt=A0LEVi14mUpWtjcA6Y0PxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw-- |archive-date=March 23, 2017 |access-date=November 17, 2015 |work=Variety |publisher=Yahoo!}}</ref>

== Early life ==
=== Family ===
Streisand was born April 24, 1942, in [[Brooklyn]], New York City, to Diana Ida ({{née}} Rosen; 1908–2002)<ref>{{cite web |year=2002 |title=Diana Kind obituary |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/diana-kind-obituary?id=28136682 |accessdate= |work=Los Angeles Times |via=legacy.com |archive-date=February 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218013808/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/diana-kind-obituary?id=28136682 |url-status=live }}</ref> and Emanuel Streisand (1908–1943). Her mother had been a soprano in her youth and considered a career in music, but later became a school secretary.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gavin |first=James |date=October 5, 2012 |title='Hello, Gorgeous – Becoming Barbra Streisand,' by William J. Mann |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/books/review/hello-gorgeous-becoming-barbra-streisand-by-william-j-mann.html |access-date=October 31, 2012 |work=The New York Times |archive-date=October 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010231159/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/books/review/hello-gorgeous-becoming-barbra-streisand-by-william-j-mann.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Her father was a high school teacher at the same school, where they first met.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 17, 2012 |title='Guilt Trip': Streisand on Songs, Films And Family |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=166966172 |access-date=April 29, 2018 |publisher=NPR |archive-date=April 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429155746/https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=166966172 |url-status=live }}</ref> Streisand's family is [[Jewish]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Walden |first=Celia |date=August 26, 2011 |title=Barbra Streisand interview |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8722516/Barbra-Streisand-interview.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8722516/Barbra-Streisand-interview.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |access-date=April 29, 2018 |work=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Rayner |first=Jay |date=May 6, 2007 |title=One-night stands don't come cheap |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/may/06/popandrock.jayrayner |access-date=April 29, 2018 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=April 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429093016/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/may/06/popandrock.jayrayner |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Chabin |first=Michele |date=June 21, 2013 |title=Streisand wows Israelis, makes headlines for segregation stand |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/06/21/streisand-israel-concert-jewish-roots/2445991/ |access-date=May 11, 2018 |work=[[USA Today]] |archive-date=May 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512050933/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/06/21/streisand-israel-concert-jewish-roots/2445991/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Her paternal grandparents emigrated from [[Galicia (Eastern Europe)|Galicia]] (modern-day [[Poland]] and [[Ukraine]]) in the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]], and her maternal grandparents from the [[Russian Empire]], where her grandfather had been a [[hazzan|cantor]].<ref>Andersen 2006, pp. [https://archive.org/details/barbrawaysheisande/page/20 20–22].</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Cords |first=Suzanne |date=April 24, 2017 |title=Barbra Streisand at 75: A girl from Brooklyn makes it big |url=http://www.dw.com/en/barbra-streisand-at-75-a-girl-from-brooklyn-makes-it-big/a-38559835 |access-date=May 11, 2018 |work=[[Deutsche Welle]] |archive-date=April 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429093419/http://www.dw.com/en/barbra-streisand-at-75-a-girl-from-brooklyn-makes-it-big/a-38559835 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In August 1943, a few months after Streisand's first birthday, her father died at age 34 from complications from an [[epileptic seizure]], possibly the result of a head injury years earlier.<ref name="Nickens">{{cite book |last1=Nickens |first1=Christopher |title=The Films of Barbra Streisand |last2=Swensen |first2=Karen |publisher=Citadel Press |year=2000}}</ref>{{rp|3}} The family fell into near poverty, with her mother working as a low-paid bookkeeper.<ref>{{cite web |title=Barbra Streisand Archives &#124; Childhood, Brooklyn, 1942, Diana Kind |url=http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/60s/barbra_beginnings.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206095459/http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/60s/barbra_beginnings.html |archive-date=December 6, 2013 |access-date=December 4, 2013 |website=Barbra-archives.com |publisher=}}</ref> As an adult, Streisand remembered those early years as always feeling like an "outcast", explaining, "Everybody else's father came home from work at the end of the day. Mine didn't."<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|3}} Her mother tried to pay their bills but could not give her daughter the attention she craved: "When I wanted love from my mother, she gave me food," Streisand says.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|3}}

Streisand recalled that her mother had a "great voice" and sang semi-professionally on occasion. In a 2016 interview with [[Rosie O'Donnell]], Streisand recounted that when she was 13, she and her mother recorded some songs on tape during a visit to the [[Catskills]]. That session was the first time Streisand ever asserted herself as an artist, which also became her "first moment of inspiration."<ref>{{cite web |date=April 29, 2016 |title=Barbra Streisand Interview with Rosie Rosie O'Donnell |url=http://abc.go.com/shows/the-view/video/pl5554876/VDKA0_accgnenv |accessdate= |website=ABC.go.com}}</ref>

She has an older brother, Sheldon, and a younger half-sister, singer [[Roslyn Kind]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Paskin |first=Barbra |date=May 30, 2013 |title=Streisand's kid sister is happy as one of Kind |url=https://www.thejc.com/culture/music/streisand-s-kid-sister-is-happy-as-one-of-kind-1.45451 |access-date=May 11, 2018 |work=The Jewish Chronicle |archive-date=May 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512044103/https://www.thejc.com/culture/music/streisand-s-kid-sister-is-happy-as-one-of-kind-1.45451 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Brantley |first=Ben |date=August 3, 2016 |title=Barbra Streisand Sets the Record Straight |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/07/theater/barbra-streisand-sets-the-record-straight.html |access-date=April 3, 2024 |website=The New York Times |publisher= |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717051439/https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/streisand.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Greg |date=January 29, 2008 |title=My Chat w/Roslyn Kind: Streisand's sister is on the comeback trail... |url=http://www.insidesocal.com/outinhollywood/2008/01/my-chat-wroslyn-kind-streisand.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713040805/http://www.insidesocal.com/outinhollywood/2008/01/my-chat-wroslyn-kind-streisand.html |archivedate=July 13, 2011 |accessdate= |website=insidesocal.com}}</ref> from her mother's remarriage to Louis Kind in 1950.<ref name="las">{{cite news |last=Fink |first=Jerry |date=November 11, 2008 |title=Streisand's sister has 'come to terms' with superstar's shadow |url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/nov/11/streisands-sister-has-come-terms-superstars-shadow |newspaper=[[Las Vegas Sun]]}}</ref><ref name="virtual">{{cite news |title=Barbra Streisand |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/07/theater/barbra-streisand-sets-the-record-straight.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717051439/https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/streisand.html |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |website=Jewishvirtuallibrary.org |publisher=}}</ref>

=== Education ===
Streisand began her education at the Jewish Orthodox [[Yeshiva]] of Brooklyn when she was five.<ref>{{cite web |title=Heroes – Trailblazers of the Jewish People |url=https://dbs.bh.org.il/luminary/streisand-barbara |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117111843/https://dbs.bh.org.il/luminary/streisand-barbara |archive-date=November 17, 2019 |website=dbs.bh.org.il |publisher=Beit Hatfutsot}}</ref> She was considered bright and inquisitive; however, she lacked discipline, often shouting answers to questions out of turn.<ref>{{cite news |last=Usborne |first=David |date=January 29, 2005 |title=Barbra Streisand: A star is reborn |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/barbra-streisand-a-star-is-reborn-488708.html |access-date=May 11, 2018 |work=[[The Independent]] |archive-date=April 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429094030/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/barbra-streisand-a-star-is-reborn-488708.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|3}} She next attended Public School 89 in Brooklyn, and during those early school years began watching television and going to movies. "I always wanted to be somebody, to be famous... You know, get out of Brooklyn."<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|3}}

Streisand became known by others in the neighborhood for her voice. She remembers sitting on the stoop in front of their apartment building with the other kids and singing: "I was considered the girl on the block with the good voice."<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|3}} That talent became a way for her to gain attention. She would often practice her singing in the hallway of her apartment building, which gave her voice an echoing quality.<ref name="Rossi2" />

She made her singing debut at a PTA ([[Parent–teacher association#PTA|Parent—teacher association]]) assembly, where she became a hit to everyone but her mother, who was mostly critical of her daughter. Streisand was invited to sing at weddings and summer camp, along with having an unsuccessful audition at MGM records when she was nine. By the time she was 13, her mother began supporting her talent, helping her make a four-song demo tape, including "[[Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart]]" and "[[You'll Never Know]]".<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|4}}

Becoming an actress was her main objective. That desire was made stronger when she saw her first Broadway play, ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (play)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]'', when she was 14. The star in the play was [[Susan Strasberg]], whose acting she wanted to emulate.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|4}} Streisand began spending her spare time in the library, studying the biographies of various stage actresses such as [[Eleanora Duse]] and [[Sarah Bernhardt]]. In addition, she began reading novels and plays and studying the acting theories of [[Konstantin Stanislavski]] and [[Michael Chekhov]].<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|4}}

In 1956, she attended [[Erasmus Hall High School]] in Brooklyn, where she became an honor student in modern history, English, and Spanish. She also joined the Freshman Chorus and Choral Club, where she sang with another choir member and classmate, [[Neil Diamond]].<ref>Jackson, Laura. ''Neil Diamond: His Life, His Music, His Passion,'' ECW Press (2005) p. 155</ref> Diamond recalls, "We were two poor kids in Brooklyn. We hung out in the front of Erasmus High and smoked cigarettes." The school was near an art movie house, and he recalls that she was always aware of the films they were showing.<ref>''Rolling Stone'', March 21, 1996, p. 36</ref> She had a crush on 15-year-old US Chess Champion and fellow student [[Bobby Fischer]], whom she found to be "very sexy".<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=Fischer Mysteries by Edward Winter |url=https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/fischer1.html |accessdate=July 2, 2022 |website=Chesshistory.com |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Boyer |first=David |date=March 11, 2001 |title=Neighborhood Report: Flatbush; Grads Hail Erasmus as It Enters a Fourth Century |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/11/nyregion/neighborhood-report-flatbush-grads-hail-erasmus-as-it-enters-a-fourth-century.html |accessdate=August 15, 2009 |work=The New York Times |archive-date=February 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204182956/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04EED8143AF932A25750C0A9679C8B63 |url-status=live }}</ref>

During the summer of 1957, she landed her first stage experience as a walk-on at the Playhouse, in [[Malden Bridge, New York]]. That small part was followed by a role as the kid sister in ''Picnic'' and as a vamp in ''Desk Set''.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|4}} In her second year, she took a night job at the [[Cherry Lane Theatre]] in [[Greenwich Village]], helping backstage. When she was a senior, she rehearsed for a small part in ''Driftwood'', a play staged in a midtown attic space.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|5}}

She graduated from Erasmus Hall in January 1959 at age 16, and despite her mother's pleas that she stay out of show business, she set out trying to get roles on the New York City stage.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|5}} After renting a small apartment on 48th Street in the heart of the theater district, she accepted any job she could involving the stage, and at every opportunity, she "made the rounds" of the casting offices.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|5}}

== Career ==
=== Beginnings ===
[[File:Barbra Streisand 1962.jpg|thumb|Streisand, c. 1962]]
Living on her own at 16, Streisand took various menial jobs to have some income. During one period, she lacked a permanent address, and found herself sleeping at the home of friends or anywhere else she could set up the army cot she carried around. When desperate, she returned to her mother's flat in Brooklyn for a home-cooked meal. However, her mother was horrified by her daughter's "gypsy-like lifestyle", wrote biographer [[Karen Swenson]], and again begged her to give up trying to get into show business,<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|6}} but Streisand took her mother's pleadings as even more reason to keep trying: "My desires were strengthened by wanting to prove to my mother that I ''could'' be a star."<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|6}}

Streisand took a job as an usher at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater for ''The Sound of Music'' early in 1960. During the run of the play, she heard that the casting director was auditioning for more singers, and it marked the first time she sang in pursuit of a job.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|6}} Although the director felt she was not right for the part, he encouraged her to begin including her talent as a singer on her résumé when looking for other work.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|6}}

Streisand asked her boyfriend, [[Barry Dennen]], to tape her singing, copies of which she could then give out to possible employers. Dennen found a guitarist to accompany her:.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|6}}

{{blockquote|We spent the afternoon taping, and the moment I heard the first playback I went insane ... This nutty little kook had one of the most breathtaking voices I'd ever heard ... when she was finished and I turned off the machine, I needed a long moment before I dared look up at her.}}

Dennen grew enthusiastic and he convinced her to enter a talent contest at the Lion, a [[Homosexuality|gay]] nightclub in Manhattan's [[Greenwich Village]]. She performed two songs, after which there was a "stunned silence" from the audience, followed by "thunderous applause" when she was pronounced the winner.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|7}} She was invited back and sang at the club for several weeks.<ref name="the lion">{{cite web |date=July 1, 1960 |title=The Lion |url=http://barbra-archives.com/live/60s/lion_streisand.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707212334/http://barbra-archives.com/live/60s/lion_streisand.html |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |publisher=Barbra-archives.com}}</ref> During this time, disliking her name,<ref>{{cite web |date=June 17, 1962 |title=Successful, Yes—Famous, No (Interview) |url=http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/60s/62_successful_yes.html |publisher=Barbra Streisand Archives |access-date=April 9, 2016 |archive-date=November 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118131227/http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/60s/62_successful_yes.html |url-status=live }}</ref> she changed it from "Barbara" to "Barbra".<ref name="the lion" />
In early days of her career, Streisand was repeatedly told she was too ugly to be a star and was advised to get a [[nose job]], which she declined to do.<ref name="control" />

==== Nightclub shows ====
Streisand was next asked to audition at the Bon Soir nightclub, after which she was signed up at $125 a week. It became her first professional engagement in September 1960, where she was the opening act for comedian [[Phyllis Diller]]. She recalls it was the first time she had been in that kind of upscale environment: "I'd never been in a nightclub until I sang in one."<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|7}}

Dennen now wanted to expose Streisand to his vast record collection of female singers, including [[Billie Holiday]], [[Mabel Mercer]], [[Ethel Waters]], and [[Édith Piaf]]. Streisand realized she could still become an actress by first gaining recognition as a singer.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|7}} From his collection she drew the song that best defined her mission in singing: ''[[A Sleepin' Bee]]'', with music by [[Harold Arlen]] and lyrics by [[Truman Capote]] for the 1954 musical ''[[House of Flowers (musical)|House of Flowers]]''. "The lyrics to that song gave me the three acts of a play that I longed for as an actress," Streisand said. "And Harold was one of those writers who could write these magnificent melodies. That gave me what I needed."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Farber |first=Jim |date=October 24, 2022 |title=Barbra Streisand: 'It's the funniest thing to me that people still can't get my name wright' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/oct/23/barbra-streisand-interview-bon-soir-new-album |access-date=October 25, 2022 |journal=The Guardian}}</ref> According to biographer Christopher Nickens, hearing other great female singers benefited her style, as she began creating different emotional characters when performing, which gave her singing a greater range.

Streisand improved her stage presence when speaking to the audience between songs. She discovered that her Brooklyn-bred style of humor was received favorably.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|8}} During the next six months appearing at the club, some began comparing her singing voice to famous names such as [[Judy Garland]], [[Lena Horne]] and [[Fanny Brice]]. Her conversational ability to charm an audience with spontaneous humor during performances became more sophisticated and professional.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|8}} Theater critic [[Leonard Harris (actor)|Leonard Harris]] wrote: "She's twenty; by the time she's thirty she will have rewritten the record books."<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|9}}

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| source = —Syndicated columnist [[Robert Ruark]],<br />on her 1963 performances at the Blue Angel.<ref>Ruark, Robert. "The Blue's Angel", ''Pasadena Independent'', January 18, 1963, p. 9</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/2TA6LQmP0ec Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20080612015732/http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=2TA6LQmP0ec Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |date=March 27, 2006 |title=Barbra Streisand – Cry Me A River |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TA6LQmP0ec |access-date=November 3, 2018 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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==== Early theatre roles and Broadway debut ====
Streisand accepted her first role on the New York stage in ''Another Evening with Harry Stoones'', a satirical comedy play in which she acted and sang two solos. The show received terrible reviews and closed the next day. With the help of her new personal manager, [[Martin Erlichman]], she had successful shows in Detroit and St. Louis. Erlichman then booked her at an even more upscale nightclub in [[Manhattan]], the Blue Angel, where she became a bigger hit during the period from 1961 to 1962. Streisand once told [[Jimmy Fallon]], with whom she sang a duet,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEa_deCZaNA "Jimmy Fallon and Barbra Streisand"], fair use clip {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312122355/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEa_deCZaNA|date=March 12, 2016}}</ref> on the ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon|Tonight Show]]'', that Erlichman was a "fantastic manager" and still managed her career after 50 years.<ref>video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY_LpxYuGg4&t=4m Barbra Streisand on the ''Tonight Show'', 2014]. fair use clip</ref>

While appearing at the Blue Angel, theater director and playwright [[Arthur Laurents]] asked her to audition for a new musical comedy he was directing, ''[[I Can Get It for You Wholesale]]''. She got the part of secretary to the lead actor businessman, played by then unknown [[Elliott Gould]].<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|9}} They fell in love during rehearsals and eventually moved into a small apartment together. The show opened on March 22, 1962, at the [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theater]], and received rave reviews. Her performance "stopped the show cold", wrote Nickens.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|9}}<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|10}} [[Groucho Marx]], while hosting the ''Tonight Show'', told her that 20 was an "extremely young age to be a success on Broadway".<ref>video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoAX-pgMHZI Barbra Streisand on ''The Tonight Show''], hosted by Groucho Marx, August 21, 1962 – fair use clip</ref> Streisand received a [[Tony Award]] nomination and New York Drama Critic's prize for Best Supporting Actress.<ref>video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bQ62sL8JtU Barbra Streisand on the ''Tonight Show'', hosted by Johnny Carson], October 4, 1962 – fair use clip</ref> The show was recorded and made into an album.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|10}}

==== Early television appearances ====
[[File:Barbra Streisand - 1966.jpg|thumb|left|Streisand in 1966]]
Streisand's first television appearance was on ''[[The Tonight Show]]'', then credited to its regular host, [[Jack Paar]]. She was seen during an April 1961 episode on which [[Orson Bean]] substituted for Paar. She sang [[Harold Arlen]]'s "[[A Sleepin' Bee]]".<ref>{{cite news |last=Tommasini |first=Anthony |date=September 27, 2009 |title=Streisand's Fine Instrument and Classic Instinct |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/arts/music/27tomm.html |access-date=April 26, 2010 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> During her appearance, [[Phyllis Diller]], also a guest on the show, called her "one of the great singing talents in the world."<ref>video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DXvLD-pxms Barbra Streisand on the Jack Paar Show, 1961] – fair use clip</ref>

Later in 1961, before she was cast in ''Another Evening With Harry Stoones'', Streisand became a semi-regular on ''[[PM East/PM West]]'', a talk/variety series hosted by [[Mike Wallace]] and [[Joyce Davidson]].<ref name="barbra-archives1">{{cite web |title='P.M. East P.M. West' at |url=http://barbra-archives.com/tv/60s/pm_east_streisand.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707212349/http://barbra-archives.com/tv/60s/pm_east_streisand.html |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |publisher=Barbra-archives.com}}</ref> Some of Streisand's ''PM East'' segments survive as audio recordings, and still photos survive, but moving images do not.

In early 1962, she went into the Columbia Records studio for the cast recording of ''I Can Get It for You Wholesale''. Also that spring, she participated in a 25th anniversary studio recording of ''[[Pins and Needles]],'' the classic [[popular front]] musical originated in 1937 by the [[International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union]]. Reviews of both albums highlighted Streisand's performances.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mann |first=William J. |url=https://archive.org/details/hellogorgeousbec0000mann_c6n6/page/213 |title=Hello Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-547-36892-4 |location=Boston and New York |pages=[https://archive.org/details/hellogorgeousbec0000mann_c6n6/page/213 213–214, 245]}}</ref>

In May 1962, Streisand appeared on ''[[The Garry Moore Show]]'', where she sang "Happy Days Are Here Again" for the first time. Her sad, slow version of the 1930s upbeat Democratic Party theme song became her [[signature song]] during this early phase of her career.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|10}}

[[Johnny Carson]] had her on the ''Tonight Show'' half a dozen times in 1962 and 1963, and she became a favorite of his television audience and himself personally. He described her as an "exciting new singer".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAS8BDDV8uM Barbra Streisand on Johnny Carson's ''Tonight Show'', 1962] – fair use clip</ref> During one show, she joked with Groucho Marx, who liked her style of humor.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|10}}

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In December 1962, Streisand made the first of a number of appearances on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''. She was later a cohost on ''[[The Mike Douglas Show]]'', and also made an impact on a number of [[Bob Hope]] specials. Performing with her on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' was [[Liberace]], who became an instant fan of the young singer. Liberace invited her to [[Las Vegas]] to perform as his opening act at the [[Riviera (hotel and casino)|Riviera Hotel]]. He is credited with introducing Streisand to audiences on the West Coast.<ref>Thomas, Bob, (1987) "Liberace, The True Story." (London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson).</ref> The following September, during her ongoing shows at [[Harrah's Lake Tahoe|Harrah's Hotel]] in Lake Tahoe, she and [[Elliott Gould]] took time off to get married in [[Carson City, Nevada]]. With her career and popularity rising so quickly, she saw her marriage to Gould as a "stabilizing influence".<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|11}}

==== First albums ====
At age 21, Streisand signed a contract with [[Columbia Records]] that gave her full creative control, in exchange for less money. Lieberson relented and agreed to sign her. Nearly three decades later, she said:<ref>Barbra Streisand. ''Just for the Record...'' Columbia C4K 44111, 1991, [[liner notes]].</ref><ref name="control" />

{{Blockquote|text=The most important thing about that first contract – actually, the thing we held out for – was a unique clause giving me the right to choose my own material. It was the only thing I really cared about. I still received lots of pressure from the label to include some pop hits on my first album, but I held out for the songs that really meant something to me.}}

Streisand took advantage of this several times during her career.<ref name="control" /> Columbia wanted to call her first album, in early 1963, ''Sweet and Saucy Streisand''. She used her control to insist that it was called ''[[The Barbra Streisand Album]]'', saying "if you saw me on TV, you could just go [to the record shop] and ask for the Barbra Streisand album."<ref name="control" /> It reached the top 10 on the ''Billboard'' chart and won three [[Grammy Award]]s.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|11}} The album made her the best-selling female vocalist in the country.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|11}} ''[[The Second Barbra Streisand Album]]'' followed later that year, which established her as the "most exciting new personality since [[Elvis Presley]]."<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|11}} She ended that breakthrough year of 1963 by performing one-night concerts in Indianapolis, San Jose, Chicago, Sacramento, and Los Angeles.<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|11}}

==== Return to the stage ====
Streisand returned to Broadway in 1964 with an acclaimed performance as entertainer [[Fanny Brice]] in ''[[Funny Girl (musical)|Funny Girl]]'' at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]]. The show introduced two of her signature songs, "People" and "[[Don't Rain on My Parade]]". Because of the musical's overnight success, she appeared on the cover of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''. In 1964, Streisand was nominated for a [[Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical]] but lost to [[Carol Channing]] in ''[[Hello, Dolly! (musical)|Hello, Dolly]]!'' Streisand received an honorary "Star of the Decade" Tony Award in 1970.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 19, 2009 |title=Tony Awards Drop Competitive Special Event Category |url=http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/06/tony-awards-retire-competitive-special-theatrical-event-category.html |access-date=February 3, 2014 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

In 1966, Streisand repeated her success with ''Funny Girl'' in London's West End at the [[Prince of Wales Theatre]]. From 1965 to 1968 she appeared in her first four solo television specials, including the [[Emmy Award]]–winning ''[[My Name Is Barbra (TV program)|My Name is Barbra]]''.

=== Stardom ===

==== Singing ====
Streisand has recorded 50 studio albums, almost all with [[Columbia Records]]. Her early works in the 1960s (her debut ''[[The Barbra Streisand Album]]'', ''[[The Second Barbra Streisand Album]]'', ''[[The Third Album (Barbra Streisand album)|The Third Album]]'', ''[[My Name Is Barbra]]'', etc.) are considered classic renditions of theatre and cabaret standards, including her pensive version of the normally uptempo "[[Happy Days Are Here Again]]". She performed this in a duet with Judy Garland on ''[[The Judy Garland Show]]''. Garland referred to her on the air as one of the last great [[belting (music)|belters]]. They also sang "[[There's No Business Like Show Business]]", with [[Ethel Merman]] joining them.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7AViKc52P0 Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland, and Ethel Merman on "The Judy Garland Show"], 1963</ref>

[[File:Barbra Streisand singing- 1969.jpg|thumb|left|On ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' in 1969]]
Beginning with ''My Name Is Barbra'', her early albums were often medley-filled keepsakes of her television specials. Starting in 1969, she began attempting more contemporary material, but like many talented singers of the day, she found herself out of her element with rock. Her vocal talents prevailed, and she gained newfound success with the pop and ballad-oriented [[Richard Perry]]-produced album ''[[Stoney End (Barbra Streisand album)|Stoney End]]'' in 1971. The [[Stoney End (song)|title track]], written by [[Laura Nyro]], was a major hit for Streisand.

During the 1970s, she was also highly prominent on the pop charts, with Top 10 recordings such as "[[The Way We Were (song)|The Way We Were]]" (US No. 1); "[[Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)]]" (US No. 1); "[[No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)]]" (1979, with [[Donna Summer]]), which {{as of|2010|lc=y}} is reportedly still the most commercially successful duet, (US No. 1); "[[You Don't Bring Me Flowers]]" (with [[Neil Diamond]]) (US No. 1); and "The Main Event" (US No. 3), some of which came from soundtrack recordings of her films. As the 1970s ended, Streisand was named the most successful female singer in the U.S. — only [[Elvis Presley]] and [[The Beatles]] had sold more albums.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.riaa.com/news/newsletter/press1999/111099.asp |title=The American Recording Industry Announces its Artists of the Century |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070514091340/http://www.riaa.com/news/newsletter/press1999/111099.asp |date=November 10, 2009 |archive-date=May 14, 2007 |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1980, she released her best-selling effort to date, the [[Barry Gibb]]-produced ''[[Guilty (Barbra Streisand album)|Guilty]]''. The album contained the hits "[[Woman in Love]]" (which spent several weeks on top of the pop charts in the fall of 1980), "[[Guilty (Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb song)|Guilty]]", and "[[What Kind of Fool]]".

After years of largely ignoring Broadway and traditional pop music in favor of more contemporary material, Streisand returned to her musical-theater roots. Columbia Records objected that the songs she wanted to sing were not pop songs, but Streisand asserted the full creative control her contract gave her—'I've always had the right to sing what I want'<ref name="control" />—with 1985's ''[[The Broadway Album]]'', which was unexpectedly successful, holding the coveted No. 1 Billboard position for three straight weeks and being certified quadruple platinum. The album featured tunes by [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]], [[George Gershwin]], [[Jerome Kern]], and [[Stephen Sondheim]], who was persuaded to rework some of his songs especially for this recording. ''The Broadway Album'' was met with acclaim, including a Grammy nomination for album of the year, and handed Streisand her eighth Grammy as Best Female Vocalist. After releasing the live album ''[[One Voice (Barbra Streisand album)|One Voice]]'' in 1986, Streisand was set to release another album of Broadway songs in 1988. She recorded several cuts for the album under the direction of [[Rupert Holmes]], including "[[On My Own (Les Misérables)|On My Own]]" (from ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]''), a medley of "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?", and "Heather on the Hill" (from ''[[Finian's Rainbow]]'' and ''[[Brigadoon]]'', respectively), "[[All I Ask of You]]" (from ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]''), "Warm All Over" (from ''[[The Most Happy Fella]]''), and an unusual solo version of "[[Make Our Garden Grow]]" (from ''[[Candide (operetta)|Candide]]''). Streisand was not happy with the direction of the project and it was scrapped. Only "Warm All Over" and a reworked, lite FM-friendly version of "All I Ask of You" were ever released, the latter appearing on Streisand's 1988 effort, ''[[Till I Loved You (album)|Till I Loved You]]''. At the beginning of the 1990s, Streisand started focusing on her film directorial efforts and became almost inactive in the recording studio. In 1991, a four-disc box set, ''Just for the Record'', was released. A compilation spanning Streisand's entire career to date, it featured over 70 tracks of live performances, greatest hits, rarities, and previously unreleased material.

[[File:Barbra Streisand Allan Warren.jpg|thumb|Streisand taping her TV Special ''Barbra Streisand ... and other Musical Instruments'' in 1973]]
The following year, Streisand's concert fundraising events helped propel President [[Bill Clinton]] into the spotlight and into office.<ref>{{cite web |last=Newfield |first=Jack |date=November 1996 |title=Diva Democracy |url=http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/90s/george_1996.html |access-date=August 17, 2011 |work=George |publisher=Barbra-archives.com |archive-date=September 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911222519/http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/90s/george_1996.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Streisand later introduced Clinton at his inauguration in 1993. Streisand's music career, however, was largely on hold. A 1992 appearance at an APLA benefit, as well as the aforementioned inaugural performance, hinted that Streisand was becoming more receptive to the idea of live performances. A tour was suggested, though Streisand would not immediately commit to it, citing her well-known stage fright as well as security concerns. During this time, Streisand finally returned to the recording studio and released ''[[Back to Broadway]]'' in June 1993. The album was not as universally lauded as its predecessor, but it did debut at No. 1 on the pop charts (a rare feat for an artist of Streisand's age, especially given that it relegated [[Janet Jackson]]'s ''[[Janet (album)|Janet]]'' to the No. 2 spot). One of the album's highlights was a medley of "[[I Have A Love/One Hand, One Heart|I Have A Love" / "One Hand, One Heart]]", a duet with [[Johnny Mathis]], who Streisand said is one of her favorite singers.<ref>{{cite book |last=Waldman |first=Allison J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-KkkPwXeGZkC&pg=PA14 |title=The Barbra Streisand Scrapbook |publisher=[[Citadel Press]] |year=2001 |isbn=0-8065-2218-6 |page=14 |access-date=December 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Nudd |first1=Tim |last2=Wihlborg |first2=Ulrica |date=April 26, 2012 |title=Barbra Streisand Celebrates 70th Birthday with John Travolta & Celeb Pals |url=https://people.com/tag/barbra-streisand/ |access-date=December 13, 2012 |work=People}}</ref>

In 1993, ''The New York Times'' music critic [[Stephen Holden]] wrote that Streisand "enjoys a cultural status that only one other American entertainer, Frank Sinatra, has achieved in the last half century".<ref>{{cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |date=June 27, 1993 |title=Barbra Streisand Mixes Star Power And High Concept |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/27/arts/recordings-view-barbra-streisand-mixes-star-power-and-high-concept.html |access-date=August 17, 2011 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> In September 1993, Streisand announced her first public concert appearances in 27 years (discounting her Las Vegas nightclub performances between 1969 and 1972). What began as a two-night New Year's event at the [[MGM Grand Las Vegas]] led to a multi-city tour in the summer of 1994. Tickets for the tour sold out in under an hour. Streisand also appeared on the covers of major magazines in anticipation of what ''Time magazine'' named "The Music Event of the Century". The tour was one of the biggest all-media merchandise parlays in history. Ticket prices ranged from US$50 to US$1,500, making Streisand the highest-paid concert performer in history at the time. ''[[The Concert (Barbra Streisand album)|Barbra Streisand: The Concert]]'' went on to be the top-grossing concert of the year and earned five [[Emmy Awards]] and the [[Peabody Award]], while the taped broadcast on [[HBO]] was the highest-rated concert special in HBO's 30-year history. Following the tour's conclusion, Streisand once again kept a low profile musically, instead focusing her efforts on acting and directing duties as well as a burgeoning romance with actor [[James Brolin]].

In 1996, Streisand released "[[I Finally Found Someone]]" as a duet with Canadian singer and songwriter [[Bryan Adams]]. The song was nominated for an Oscar, as it was part of the soundtrack of Streisand's self-directed movie ''[[The Mirror Has Two Faces]]''. It reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was her first significant hit in almost a decade and her first top 10 hit on the Hot 100 (and first gold single) since 1981.

In 1997, she finally returned to the recording studio, releasing ''[[Higher Ground (Barbra Streisand album)|Higher Ground]]'', a collection of songs of a loosely inspirational nature that also featured a duet with [[Céline Dion]]. The album received generally favorable reviews and once again debuted at No. 1 on the pop charts. Following her marriage to Brolin in 1998, Streisand recorded ''[[A Love Like Ours]]'' the following year. Reviews were mixed, with many critics complaining about the somewhat syrupy sentiments and overly lush arrangements; however, it did produce a modest hit for Streisand in the country-tinged "If You Ever Leave Me", a duet with [[Vince Gill]].

On New Year's Eve 1999, Streisand returned to the concert stage, selling out in the first few hours, eight months before her return.<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography |url=http://www.barbrastreisand.com/us/biography |access-date=December 13, 2012 |publisher=barbrastreisand.com |archive-date=November 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122120455/http://www.barbrastreisand.com/us/biography |url-status=live }}</ref> At the end of the millennium, she was the number one female singer in the U.S., with at least two No. 1 albums in each decade since she began performing. A two-disc live album, ''[[Timeless: Live in Concert]]'', was released in 2000. Streisand performed versions of the ''Timeless'' concert in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, in early 2000. In advance of four concerts (two each in Los Angeles and New York) in September 2000, Streisand announced that she was retiring from playing public concerts. Her performance of the song "[[People (1964 song)|People]]" was broadcast on the Internet via America Online.

Streisand's subsequent albums included ''[[Christmas Memories]]'' (2001), a somewhat somber collection of holiday songs, and ''[[The Movie Album (Barbra Streisand album)|The Movie Album]]'' (2003), featuring famous film themes and backed by a large symphony orchestra. ''[[Guilty Pleasures (Barbra Streisand album)|Guilty Pleasures]]'' (called ''Guilty Too'' in the UK), a collaboration with Barry Gibb and a sequel to their ''Guilty'', was released worldwide in 2005.

[[File:Barbra-streisand07 (cropped).jpg|alt=|thumb|Streisand performing in July 2007 at [[The O2 Arena]] in London]]

In February 2006, Streisand recorded the song "Smile" alongside [[Tony Bennett]] at Streisand's [[Malibu, California|Malibu]] home. The song is included on Bennett's 80th birthday album, ''[[Duets (Barbra Streisand album)|Duets]]''. In September 2006, the pair filmed a live performance of the song for ''Tony Bennett: An American Classic'', directed by [[Rob Marshall]]. The special aired on NBC on November 21, 2006, and was released on DVD the same day. Streisand's duet with Bennett opened the special.

That same year, Streisand announced her intent to tour again, in an effort to raise money and awareness for multiple issues. After four days of rehearsal at the [[Sovereign Bank Arena]] in [[Trenton, New Jersey]], the [[Streisand (concert tour)|2006 Streisand concert tour]] began on October 4 at the [[Wachovia Center (Philadelphia)|Wachovia Center]] in [[Philadelphia]], continued with a featured stop in [[Sunrise, Florida]], and concluded at Staples Center in Los Angeles on November 20, 2006. Special guests [[Il Divo]] were interwoven throughout the show. Streisand's 20-concert tour set box office records. At the age of 64, she grossed $92,457,062 and set house gross records in 14 of the 16 arenas played on the tour. She set the third-place record for her show of October 9, 2006, at Madison Square Garden, the first- and second-place records, of which are held by her two shows in September 2000. She set the second-place record at [[MGM Grand Garden Arena]], with her December 31, 1999, show being the house record and highest-grossing concert of all time. This led many people to openly criticize Streisand for [[price gouging]], as many tickets sold for upwards of $1,000.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tierney |first=John |date=June 26, 1994 |title=The Big City; Scalping, Fair and Square |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/26/magazine/the-big-city-scalping-fair-and-square.html |access-date=December 4, 2013 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

A collection of performances culled from different stops on this tour, ''[[Live in Concert 2006]]'', debuted at No. 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], making it Streisand's 29th Top 10 album.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=July 7, 2007 |title=Chart Beat Chat |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1052029/chart-beat-chat |access-date=July 26, 2012 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=May 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508181549/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1052029/chart-beat-chat |url-status=live }}</ref> In the summer of 2007, Streisand gave concerts for the first time in continental Europe. The first concert took place in [[Zürich]] (June 18), then Vienna (June 22), Paris (June 26), Berlin (June 30), [[Stockholm]] (July 4, canceled), [[Manchester]] (July 10), and [[Celbridge]], near [[Dublin]] (July 14), followed by three concerts in London (July 18, 22 and 25), the only European city where Streisand had performed before 2007. Tickets for the London dates cost between £100.00 and £1,500.00, and for Ireland, between €118 and €500. The Ireland date was marred by issues with serious parking and seating problems, leading to the event's being dubbed a fiasco by ''[[Hot Press]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Streisand fiasco: Fear and loathing in Castletown House |url=http://www.hotpress.com/features/reports/The-Streisand-fiasco--Fear-and-loathing-in-Castletown-House/3926410.html |access-date=December 4, 2013 |work=Hot Press}}</ref> The tour included a 58-piece orchestra.

In February 2008, ''[[Forbes]]'' listed Streisand as the No. 2-earning female musician between June 2006 and June 2007, with earnings of about $60&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pomerantz |first=Dorothy |title=In Pictures: The Top-Earning Women In Music |url=https://www.forbes.com/2008/01/28/music-madonna-hollywood-biz-cz_dp_0129musicwomen_slide_3.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081027232611/http://www.forbes.com/2008/01/28/music-madonna-hollywood-biz-cz_dp_0129musicwomen_slide_3.html |archive-date=October 27, 2008 |access-date=November 2, 2008 |work=Forbes}}</ref> On November 17, 2008, Streisand returned to the studio to begin recording what would be her 63rd album<ref name="wash">Marks, Peter (December 7, 2008). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/05/AR2008120500947.html "Kennedy Center Honoree Barbra Streisand."] ''[[The Washington Post]].'' Retrieved December 10, 2008.</ref> and it was announced that [[Diana Krall]] was producing the album.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gardner |first=Elysa |date=April 10, 2009 |title=For Diana Krall, quiet time is a rare thing |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2009-04-09-krall-quiet-nights_N.htm |access-date=August 17, 2011 |work=USA Today |archive-date=April 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413190247/http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2009-04-09-krall-quiet-nights_N.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Streisand is one of the recipients of the 2008 Kennedy Center Honors.<ref>Frey, Jennifer. (December 8, 2008). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/07/AR2008120702715.html "A Night Filled With Extra Stars."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102170854/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/07/AR2008120702715.html |date=November 2, 2017 }} ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved December 10, 2008.</ref> On December 7, 2008, she visited the White House as part of the ceremonies.<ref name="wash" />

On April 25, 2009, [[CBS]] aired Streisand's latest television special, ''Streisand: Live in Concert'', highlighting the featured stop from her 2006 North American tour in [[Fort Lauderdale]], Florida. On September 26, 2009, Streisand performed a one-night-only show at the [[Village Vanguard]] in New York City's Greenwich Village.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sisario |first=Ben |date=September 28, 2009 |title=Lucky Streisand Fans Were A-Listers for a Night |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/arts/music/28stre.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113194207/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/arts/music/28stre.html |archive-date=January 13, 2013 |access-date=April 26, 2010 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> This performance was later released on DVD as ''[[One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at The Village Vanguard]].'' On September 29, 2009, Streisand and Columbia Records released the studio album ''[[Love Is the Answer (album)|Love is the Answer]]'', produced by Diana Krall.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.barbrastreisand.com/ca/home?page=news&n_id=1258 |title=Barbra Streisand official site |date=June 22, 2009 |publisher=Barbrastreisand.com |access-date=August 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001041844/http://www.barbrastreisand.com/ca/home?page=news&n_id=1258 |archive-date=October 1, 2011}}</ref> On October 2, 2009, Streisand made her British television performance debut with an interview on ''[[Friday Night with Jonathan Ross]]'' to promote the album. This album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and registered her biggest weekly sales since 1997, making Streisand the only artist in history to achieve No. 1 albums in five different decades.

On February 1, 2010, Streisand joined over 80 other artists in recording a new version of the 1985 charity single "[[We Are the World]]". [[Quincy Jones]] and [[Lionel Richie]] planned to release the new version to mark the 25th anniversary of its original recording. These plans changed, however, in view of the devastating earthquake that hit [[Haiti]] on January 12, 2010, and on February 12, the song, now called "[[We Are the World 25 for Haiti]]", made its debut as a charity single to support relief aid for the island nation.

Streisand was honored as [[MusiCares Person of the Year]] on February 11, 2011, two days prior to the 53rd Annual [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite news |date=January 10, 2011 |title=Barbra Streisand Named 2011 MusiCares Person of the Year |url=http://www.grammy.org/musicares/news/barbra-streisand-named-2011-musicares-person-of-year |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626193632/https://www.grammy.org/musicares/news/barbra-streisand-named-2011-musicares-person-of-year |archive-date=June 26, 2017 |access-date=September 13, 2012 |publisher=grammy.org}}</ref> That same year, Streisand sang "[[Somewhere (song)|Somewhere]]" from the Broadway musical ''[[West Side Story]]'', with [[child prodigy]] [[Jackie Evancho]], on Evancho's album ''[[Dream with Me]]''.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 17, 2011 |title=Jackie Explains Duet |url=http://barbratimeless.com/2009jackie.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121002637/http://barbratimeless.com/2009jackie.htm |archive-date=January 21, 2013 |access-date=September 13, 2012 |publisher=barbratimeless.com}}</ref>

On October 11, 2012, Streisand gave a three-hour concert performance before a crowd of 18,000 as part of the ongoing inaugural events of [[Barclays Center]] (and part of her current ''Barbra Live'' tour) in Brooklyn (her first-ever public performance in her home borough). Streisand was joined onstage by trumpeter [[Chris Botti]], Italian operatic trio [[Il Volo]], and her son, [[Jason Gould]]. The concert included musical tributes by Streisand to Donna Summer and [[Marvin Hamlisch]], both of whom had died earlier in 2012. Confirmed attendees included [[Barbara Walters]], [[Jimmy Fallon]], [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], [[Katie Couric]], [[Woody Allen]], [[Michael Douglas]], and New York City mayor [[Michael Bloomberg]], as well as designers [[Calvin Klein]], [[Donna Karan]], [[Ralph Lauren]], and [[Michael Kors]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Gardner, Elysa |date=October 12, 2012 |title=Her name is Barbra, and Brooklyn is her town |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2012/10/11/barbra-streisand-brooklyn-concert/1628669/ |access-date=October 12, 2012 |newspaper=[[USA Today]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Fekadu, Mesfin |date=October 12, 2012 |title=Barbra Streisand Is a Proud Brooklynite at Concert |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2012/10/12/barbra-streisand-is-a-proud-brooklynite-at-concert |access-date=October 12, 2012 |newspaper=Associated Press (via [[U.S. News & World Report]])}}</ref> In June 2013, she gave two concerts in [[Bloomfield Stadium]], [[Tel Aviv]].

Streisand is one of many singers who use [[teleprompter]]s during their live performances. Streisand has defended her choice in using teleprompters to display lyrics and, sometimes, banter.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=September 25, 2009 |title=Barbra Streisand &#124; Streisand's Stagefright Prompted By Forgotten Lyrics |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/streisands-stagefright-prompted-by-forgotten-lyrics_1117130 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |magazine=Contactmusic}}</ref>

In September 2014,<ref>{{cite web |title=Barbra Streisand sings with Elvis on new album |url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/barbra-streisand-sings-with-elvis-on-new-album/059352 |access-date=November 8, 2014 |work=Music Week}}</ref> she released ''[[Partners (Barbra Streisand album)|Partners]]'', a new album of duets that features a song with Elvis Presley as well as collaborations with [[Andrea Bocelli]], [[Stevie Wonder]], Lionel Richie, [[Billy Joel]], [[Babyface (musician)|Babyface]], [[Michael Bublé]], [[Josh Groban]], [[John Mayer]], [[John Legend]], [[Blake Shelton]], and Jason Gould. This album topped the ''Billboard'' 200, with sales of 196,000 copies in the first week, making Streisand the only recording artist to have a number-one album in each of the last six decades.<ref>[https://www.billboard.com/pro/barbra-streisand-no-1-partners/ "Barbra Streisand Makes History at No. 1 on ''Billboard'' 200 Chart"] . ''Billboard'' Chart Beat. September 23, 2014.</ref> It was also certified gold in November 2014 and platinum in January 2015, thus becoming Streisand's 52nd gold and 31st Platinum album, more than any other female artist in history.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 7, 2014 |title=Gay icon Barbra Streisand makes more history with latest album |url=http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/gay-icon-barbra-streisand-makes-more-history-latest-album071114#sthash.kqPUWSbU.dpuf |access-date=November 8, 2014 |work=Gay Star News}}</ref>

In May 2016, Streisand announced the upcoming album ''[[Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway]]'', to be released in August following a nine-city concert tour, ''[[Barbra: The Music, The Mem'ries, The Magic]]'', including performances in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, and a return to her hometown of Brooklyn.<ref>{{cite web |title=Breaking News: Barbra Streisand is Headed Back on 9-City Tour; Plus Reveals Third Broadway Album |url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-News-Barbra-Streisand-is-Headed-Back-on-9-City-Tour-Plus-Reveals-Third-Broadway-Album-20160516 |access-date=May 16, 2016 |work=broaDwayWorldNews}}</ref> In June 2018, Streisand confirmed she was working on the new studio album ''[[Walls (Barbra Streisand album)|Walls]]'',<ref>{{cite web |last=Sheehan |first=Paul |date=June 21, 2018 |title=Barbra Streisand interview: Emmys and new Netflix concert special |url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2018/barbra-streisand-interview-netflix-emmy-news/ |access-date=September 27, 2018 |work=[[Gold Derby]]}}</ref> released November 2, 2018, just prior to the U.S. midterm election. The album's lead single, "[[Don't Lie to Me]]", was written as a criticism of America's political climate amid the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|presidency of Donald Trump]],<ref name="billboard-9-27">{{cite magazine |title=Barbra Streisand Talks New Album ''Walls'' and its Trump-Dissing single "Don't Lie to Me" |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8477132/barbra-streisand-new-album-walls-interview |access-date=September 28, 2018 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-date=November 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109162812/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8477132/barbra-streisand-new-album-walls-interview |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="huffpost-9-27">{{cite web |date=September 27, 2018 |title=Barbra Streisand's New Song "Don't Lie to Me" Is a Pointed Trump Dig |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/barbra-streisand-dont-lie-to-me-donald-trump_us_5bacfe92e4b0425e3c2128c0 |access-date=September 28, 2018 |work=[[HuffPost]] |archive-date=January 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107054727/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/barbra-streisand-dont-lie-to-me-donald-trump_us_5bacfe92e4b0425e3c2128c0 |url-status=live }}</ref> while the title track alludes to Trump's frequent calls for a [[Mexico–United States border wall|wall at the Mexico border]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Haberman |first=Maggie |date=October 30, 2018 |title=Barbra Streisand Can't Get Trump Out of Her Head. So She Sang About Him. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/30/arts/music/barbra-streisand-walls-trump.html |access-date=October 30, 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

Streisand released the single "Love Will Survive", from the television series ''[[The Tattooist of Auschwitz (TV series)|The Tattooist of Auschwitz]]'', on April 25, 2024.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Legaspi |first=Althea |date=April 17, 2024 |title=Barbra Streisand to Release 'Love Will Survive,' Her First-Ever Song for a TV Series |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/barbra-streisand-announces-love-will-survive-song-the-tattooist-of-auschwitz-1235005996/ |access-date=April 26, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=McCormick |first=Neil |date=April 25, 2024 |title=Barbra Streisand, Love Will Survive, review: an astonishing confrontation of anti-Semitism |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/barbra-streisand-love-will-survive-tattooist-of-auschwitz/ |access-date=April 26, 2024 |website=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=April 25, 2024 |title=Barbra Streisand's New Single 'Love Will Survive' for 'Tattooist of Auschwitz' Is Here: Stream It Now |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/barbra-streisand-new-single-love-will-survive-listen-1235666054/ |access-date=April 26, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>

==== Acting ====
[[File:Streisand - Dolly signed.jpg|thumb|Streisand in ''[[Hello, Dolly! (film)|Hello, Dolly!]]'' (1969)]]
Streisand's first film was a reprise of her Broadway hit ''[[Funny Girl (film)|Funny Girl]]'' (1968), an artistic and commercial success directed by Hollywood veteran [[William Wyler]]. She won the 1968 [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for the role,<ref>{{cite web |title=Funny Girl (1968) |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/25128/funny-girl#articles-reviews |access-date=September 13, 2012 |work=[[Turner Classic Movies|tcm]] |archive-date=October 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028212119/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/25128/funny-girl#articles-reviews |url-status=live }}</ref> sharing it with [[Katharine Hepburn]] (''[[The Lion in Winter (1968 film)|The Lion in Winter]]''), the only time there has been a tie in this [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] category.<ref>{{cite book |last=Heinemann |first=Sue |url=https://archive.org/details/timelinesofameri00hein/page/362 |title=Timelines of American Women's History |publisher=Perigee Trade |year=1996 |isbn=978-0-399-51986-4 |page=[https://archive.org/details/timelinesofameri00hein/page/362 362]}}</ref> Her next two movies were also based on musicals—[[Jerry Herman]]'s ''[[Hello, Dolly! (film)|Hello, Dolly!]]'', directed by [[Gene Kelly]] (1969); and [[Alan Jay Lerner]]'s and [[Burton Lane]]'s ''[[On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (film)|On a Clear Day You Can See Forever]]'', directed by [[Vincente Minnelli]] (1970)—while her fourth film was based on the Broadway play ''[[The Owl and the Pussycat (film)|The Owl and the Pussycat]]'' (1970).

During the 1970s, Streisand starred in several [[screwball comedies]], including ''[[What's Up, Doc? (1972 film)|What's Up, Doc?]]'' (1972) and ''[[The Main Event (1979 film)|The Main Event]]'' (1979), both co-starring [[Ryan O'Neal]], and ''[[For Pete's Sake (film)|For Pete's Sake]]'' (1974) with [[Michael Sarrazin]]. One of her most famous roles during this period was in the drama ''[[The Way We Were]]'' (1973) with [[Robert Redford]], for which she received an [[Academy Award]] nomination as Best Actress. She earned her second Academy Award for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] (with lyricist [[Paul Williams (songwriter)|Paul Williams]]) for the song "[[Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)|Evergreen]]", from ''[[A Star Is Born (1976 film)|A Star Is Born]]'' in 1976,<ref>{{cite web |last=Ruhlmann |first=William |title=A Star Is Born |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-star-is-born-mw0000196532 |access-date=September 13, 2012 |website=AllMusic}}</ref> in which she also starred.

Along with [[Paul Newman]], [[Sidney Poitier]], and later [[Steve McQueen]], Streisand formed [[First Artists Production Company]] in 1969 so that actors could secure properties and develop movie projects for themselves. Streisand's initial outing with First Artists was ''[[Up the Sandbox]]'' (1972).<ref>{{cite web |title=Looking at First Artists |url=http://barbratimeless.com/2009firstartists.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113170554/http://www.barbratimeless.com/2009firstartists.htm |archive-date=January 13, 2010 |access-date=September 13, 2012 |website=Barbratimes.com}}</ref>

From 1969 to 1980, Streisand appeared in [[Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll]], the annual motion picture exhibitors poll of Top 10 Box Office attractions a total of 10 times,<ref>{{cite news |date=April 14, 2005 |title=Top Ten Money Making Stars |url=http://www.quigleypublishing.com/MPalmanac/Top10/Top10_lists.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221063625/http://www.quigleypublishing.com/MPalmanac/Top10/Top10_lists.html |archive-date=December 21, 2014 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |publisher=Quigley Publishing Company}}</ref> often as the only woman on the list. After the commercially disappointing ''[[All Night Long (1981 film)|All Night Long]]'' in 1981, Streisand's film output decreased considerably, appearing in only eight films since.

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Streisand produced a number of her own films, setting up Barwood Films in 1972. ''[[Yentl (film)|Yentl]]'' (1983) was turned down by every Hollywood studio at least once when she proposed both directing and starring in the film, until Orion Pictures took on the project and gave the film a budget of $14&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Spada |first=James |date=December 1983 |title=Streisand's 15-Year Quest to Make 'Yentl' |journal=Billboard (Archive: 1963–2000) |volume=95 |pages=BS8, BS10 |id={{ProQuest| }} }}</ref> For ''Yentl'' (1983), she was producer, director, and star, an experience she repeated for ''[[The Prince of Tides]]'' (1991) and ''[[The Mirror Has Two Faces]]'' (1996). There was controversy when ''Yentl'' received five Academy Award nominations but none for the major categories of Best Picture, Actress, or Director.<ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/aa83.html ''1983 Academy Awards Winners and History''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060501223436/http://www.filmsite.org/aa83.html |date=May 1, 2006 }}. Filmsite.com.</ref> ''The Prince of Tides'' received even more Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Screenplay, although not for director. Upon completion of the film, its screenwriter, [[Pat Conroy]], who also authored the novel, called Streisand "a goddess who walks upon the earth."<ref name="Nickens" />{{rp|xii}}

Streisand also co-scripted ''Yentl'' (with [[Jack Rosenthal]]), something for which she is not always given credit.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yentl (1983) |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086619/reference |website=IMDb}}</ref> According to ''[[The New York Times]]'' editor [[Andrew Rosenthal]], in an interview with Allan Wolper, "The one thing that makes Barbra Streisand crazy is when nobody gives her the credit for having written ''Yentl''."<ref>{{cite web |title=Listen to On-Demand audio |url=http://wbgo-web.streamguys.net/audio/onDemand.php?podcastID=688 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425152920/http://wbgo-web.streamguys.net/audio/onDemand.php?podcastID=688 |archive-date=April 25, 2011 |access-date=September 11, 2009 |work=streamguys.net}}</ref>

After an eight-year hiatus of screen roles, Streisand returned to film acting for the comedy ''[[Meet the Fockers]]'' (2004, a sequel to ''[[Meet the Parents]]''), playing opposite [[Dustin Hoffman]], [[Ben Stiller]], [[Blythe Danner]], and [[Robert De Niro]].

[[File:Streisand - Clear Day 1970.JPG|thumb|Streisand in ''[[On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (film)|On a Clear Day You Can See Forever]]'' (1970)]]
In 2005, Streisand's Barwood Films, Gary Smith, and Sonny Murray purchased the rights to [[Simon Mawer]]'s book ''Mendel's Dwarf''.<ref>{{cite news |date=April 14, 2005 |title=Streisand buys 'Dwarf' |url=https://variety.com/article/VR1117921148.html |access-date=August 17, 2011 |work=Variety}}{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In December 2008, she stated that she was considering directing an adaptation of [[Larry Kramer]]'s play ''[[The Normal Heart]]'', a project she has worked on since the mid-1990s.<ref>{{cite news |last=Witchel |first=Alex |date=January 12, 1995 |title=AT HOME WITH: Larry Kramer; When a Roaring Lion Learns to Purr |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/12/garden/at-home-with-larry-kramer-when-a-roaring-lion-learns-to-purr.html |access-date=August 17, 2011 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

Streisand reprised the role of Roz Focker in ''[[Little Fockers]]'' (2010, alongside Dustin Hoffman), the third film from the ''Meet the Parents'' trilogy.

Paramount Pictures gave the green light to begin shooting the [[road trip]] comedy ''My Mother's Curse'' in early 2011, with [[Seth Rogen]] playing Streisand's character's son. [[Anne Fletcher]] directed the project, with a script by [[Dan Fogelman]], produced by [[Lorne Michaels]], [[John Goldwyn]], and [[Evan Goldberg]]. Executive producers included Streisand, Rogen, Fogelman, and [[David Ellison]], whose [[Skydance Productions]] co-financed the [[road movie]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Belloni |first=Matthew |date=January 28, 2011 |title=Exclusive: Barbra Streisand, Seth Rogen to Star in 'My Mother's Curse' for Paramount |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/barbra-streisand-seth-rogen-star-94217 |access-date=July 26, 2012 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |archive-date=September 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919091028/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/barbra-streisand-seth-rogen-star-94217 |url-status=live }}</ref> Shooting began in spring 2011 and wrapped in July; the film's title was eventually altered to ''[[The Guilt Trip (film)|The Guilt Trip]]'', and the movie was released in December 2012.

Plans emerged in 2015 for Streisand to direct a feature biopic about the 18th-century Russian empress [[Catherine the Great]], based on the top 2014 Black List script produced by [[Gil Netter]],<ref>{{cite news |date=December 3, 2015 |title=Barbra Streisand Directing 'Catherine the Great' Movie |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/barbra-streisand-catherine-the-great-movie-1201653005/ |access-date=December 10, 2015 |work=Variety Media |archive-date=December 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212012840/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/barbra-streisand-catherine-the-great-movie-1201653005/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with [[Keira Knightley]] starring.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 17, 2016 |title=Keira Knightley Circling Catherine the Great Biopic |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/keira-knightley-circling-catherine-great-867127 |access-date=May 31, 2020 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |archive-date=July 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726222047/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/keira-knightley-circling-catherine-great-867127 |url-status=live }}</ref>  Streisand was also set to star in a film adaptation of the musical ''[[Gypsy (musical)|Gypsy]]''{{spaced ndash}} featuring music by [[Jules Styne]], book by [[Arthur Laurents]], and lyrics by [[Stephen Sondheim]]{{spaced ndash}} with [[Richard LaGravenese]] attached to the project as screenwriter.<ref>Perlman, Jake (August 1, 2014). [https://ew.com/article/2014/08/01/gypsy-film-barbra-streisand "The 'Gypsy' Film with Barbra Streisand Might Still Be Happening After All"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020111816/https://ew.com/article/2014/08/01/gypsy-film-barbra-streisand/ |date=October 20, 2019 }}. ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''. Retrieved June 16, 2015.</ref> Streisand was in advanced negotiations to star and produce the film in April 2016, to be directed by [[Barry Levinson]] and distributed by [[STX Entertainment]].<ref>{{cite news |date=April 11, 2016 |title=Barbra Streisand, Barry Levinson Reviving 'Gypsy' for STX Entertainment |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/barbra-streisand-gypsy-barry-levinson-1201750655/ |access-date=April 11, 2016 |work=Variety |archive-date=April 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412105449/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/barbra-streisand-gypsy-barry-levinson-1201750655/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Two months later, the film's script had been completed and production was scheduled to begin in early 2017.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 14, 2016 |title=Barbra Streisand Gypsy Film Script Complete and Aiming for 2017 Start |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/barbra-streisand-gypsy-film-script-complete-and-aiming-for-2017-start |access-date=July 14, 2016 |work=Playbill |archive-date=July 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715151657/http://www.playbill.com/article/barbra-streisand-gypsy-film-script-complete-and-aiming-for-2017-start |url-status=live }}</ref> Streisand reportedly exited the project,<ref>{{cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=February 6, 2019 |title='Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's Amy Sherman-Palladino Revives 'Gypsy' At New Regency |url=https://deadline.com/2019/02/gypsy-amy-sherman-palladino-the-marvelous-mrs-maisel-revival-new-regency-1202551539/ |access-date=December 29, 2022 |work=Deadline |archive-date=February 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124316/https://deadline.com/2019/02/gypsy-amy-sherman-palladino-the-marvelous-mrs-maisel-revival-new-regency-1202551539/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and both [[Development hell|failed to move into production]].

== Artistry ==
Streisand possesses a [[mezzo-soprano]] [[Voice type|vocal range]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Cliff |date=September 25, 2014 |title=Five reasons Barbra Streisand has stayed on top for 50 years |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/five-reasons-barbra-streisand-has-stayed-on-top-for-50-years/article20790923/ |access-date=March 11, 2018 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref><ref name="Miami">{{cite news |last=Cohen |first=Howard |date=December 6, 2016 |title=Miami, did you hear her? Barbra Streisand sounded better than buttah in concert |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/article119104988.html |access-date=March 11, 2018 |work=[[Miami Herald]]}}</ref> which Howard Cohen of the ''[[Miami Herald]]'' described as "peerless".<ref name="Miami" /> [[Whitney Balliett]] wrote, "Streisand wows her listeners with her shrewd dynamics (in-your-ear soft here, elbowing-loud there), her bravura climbs, her rolling vibrato, and the singular Streisand-from-Brooklyn nasal quality of her voice – a voice as immediately recognizable in its way as Louis Armstrong's."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Balliett |first=Whitney |date=June 20, 1994 |title=Barbra Streisand profile |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1994/06/20/barbra-streisand |access-date=November 30, 2014 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]]}}</ref> Music writer Allegra Rossi adds that Streisand creates complete compositions in her head:<ref name="Rossi2">Rossi, Allegra (2012). ''Barbra: A Retrospective''. New York: Sterling Publishing. pp. 176–179. {{Isbn|9781402788239}}.</ref>

{{blockquote|Even though she can't read or write music, Barbra hears melodies as completed compositions in her head. She hears a melody and takes it in, learning it quickly. Barbra developed her ability to sustain long notes because she wanted to. She can mold a tune that others cannot; she's able to sing between song and speech, keeping in tune, carrying rhythm and meaning.}}

While she is predominantly a pop singer, Streisand's voice has been described as "semi-operatic" due to its strength and quality of tone.<ref name="nytimes1">{{cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |date=October 12, 2012 |title=Barbra Streisand at Barclays Center, a Homecoming |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/13/arts/music/a-sentimental-and-glorious-brooklyn-homecoming-for-streisand.html |work=The New York Times}}</ref> According to Adam Feldman of ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'', Streisand's "signature vocal style" is "a suspension bridge between old-school belting and microphone pop."<ref>{{cite web |last=Feldman |first=Adam |date=January 23, 2012 |title=The 25 best Broadway divas of all time |url=https://timeout.com/newyork/theater/broadways-25-all-time-greatest-divas-broadway |access-date=February 15, 2016 |website=Time Out}}</ref> She is known for her ability to hold relatively high notes, both loud and soft, with great intensity—which led classical pianist [[Glenn Gould]] to call himself "a Streisand freak"<ref>{{cite web |last=Gould |first=Glenn |date=May 1976 |title=Streisand as Schwarzkopf |url=http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/70s/high_fidelity_1976.html |publisher=Barbra Streisand Archives |access-date=January 6, 2014 |archive-date=September 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902195910/http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/70s/high_fidelity_1976.html |url-status=live }}</ref>—as well as for her ability to make slight but unobtrusive embellishments on a melodic line.

Since about 2010 critics and audiences noted that her voice had "lowered and acquired an occasionally husky edge". However, ''New York Times'' music critic Stephen Holden noted that her distinctive tone and musical instincts remained, and that she still had "the gift of conveying a primal human longing in a beautiful sound".<ref name="nytimes1" /> Paul Taylor of ''[[The Independent]] ''wrote that Streisand "has sounded a little scratchy and frayed, though the stout resolve and superb technique with which Streisand manages to hoist it over these difficulties has come to seem morally as well aesthetically impressive."<ref>{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Paul |date=June 3, 2013 |title=Music review: Barbra Streisand's unparallelled vocal gifts were in awesome evidence at the O2 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/music-review-barbra-streisands-unparallelled-vocal-gifts-were-in-awesome-evidence-at-the-o2-8641790.html |access-date=November 11, 2014 |work=The Independent}}</ref> Reviewing Streisand's 2014 studio album ''[[Partners (Barbra Streisand album)|Partners]]'', Gil Naveh of ''[[Haaretz]] ''described Streisand's voice as "velvety, clear and powerful ... and the passing years have given it a fascinating depth and roughness."<ref>{{cite web |last=Naveh |first=Gil |date=September 16, 2014 |title=Come rain and not shine: Barbra Streisand's 'Partners' is pretentious kitsch |url=https://www.haaretz.com/life/music-theater/.premium-1.616032 |access-date=November 30, 2014 |website=Haaretz |publisher=Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd |archive-date=December 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206225510/http://www.haaretz.com/life/music-theater/.premium-1.616032 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
=== Marriages and relationships ===
[[File:Streisand - Gould 1967.jpg|thumb|240px|Streisand with husband [[Elliott Gould]] and son [[Jason Gould|Jason]] (1967)]]
[[File:Barbra Streisand and James Brolin.jpg|thumb|240px|With [[James Brolin]] (2013)]]
Streisand has been married twice. Her first husband was actor [[Elliott Gould]], whom she married on September 13, 1963. They announced their separation on February 12, 1969, and divorced on July 6, 1971.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZXAeAAAAIBAJ&pg=4185%2C2883840|title=Barbra Streisand And Husband Separating|date=February 13, 1969|work=Daytona Beach Morning Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ETFgAAAAIBAJ&pg=4837%2C1203322|title=Gould divorced|date=July 7, 1971|work=The Star-Phoenix}}</ref> They had one child, [[Jason Gould]], who appeared as her on-screen son in ''[[The Prince of Tides]]''.

In 1969 and 1970, Streisand dated Canadian Prime Minister [[Pierre Trudeau]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Tierney|first=Ben|date=January 30, 1970|title=Pierre Shy But Barbra Loved It|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QGtkAAAAIBAJ&pg=5746%2C2992239|work=The Calgary Herald}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Klassen|first=Nicholas|date=September 27, 2012|title=Longing for a Suave Prime Minister |url=http://ballastmag.com/2012/09/longing-for-a-suave-prime-minister/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214162228/http://ballastmag.com/2012/09/longing-for-a-suave-prime-minister/|archive-date=December 14, 2012|website=Ballast}}</ref>

She started a relationship with hairdresser/producer [[Jon Peters]] in 1973.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/381792139|title=Jon, Barbra More Than Patron, Client|date=November 26, 1973|first=Joyce|last=Haber|work=Los Angeles Times|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He went on to be her manager and producer. They broke up in 1982 during the making of ''[[Yentl (film)|Yentl]]'', but remain friends. She is the godmother of his daughters, Caleigh Peters and Skye Peters.<ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Liz |date=September 22, 2004 |title=Time to say, You're Friared! |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/696838721.html?dids=696838721:696838721&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+22%2C+2004&author=Liz+Smith&pub=Newsday+%28Combined+editions%29&desc=Time+to+say%2C+Youre+Friared!&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131175832/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/696838721.html?dids=696838721:696838721&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+22,+2004&author=Liz+Smith&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Time+to+say,+Youre+Friared!&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |access-date=December 13, 2012 |work=Newsday}}</ref>

Streisand briefly dated film director [[Michael Cimino]] in early 1983, though they kept their relationship secret. Cimino had considered her for a role in his planned adaptation of ''[[The Fountainhead]]'' by [[Ayn Rand]], which was not made.<ref>{{cite book |last=Elton |first=Charles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DESPzgEACAAJ |title=Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven's Gate, and the Price of a Vision |publisher=Abrams Press |year=2022 |isbn=9781419747113 |page=223}}</ref>

From November 1983 to October 1987, Streisand lived with [[Baskin-Robbins]] ice cream heir [[Richard Baskin]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Eder |first=Shirley |date=October 27, 1987 |title=Streisand-Baskin split-up for real, but it's friendly |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/99914783/ |url-access=subscription |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |access-date=June 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108084629/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/99914783/ |url-status=live }}</ref> who composed the lyrics to "Here We Are At Last" on her 1984 album ''[[Emotion (Barbra Streisand album)|Emotion]]''. They remained friends after the split, and Baskin would accompany Streisand to public events in between her subsequent romances.<ref>{{cite web|title=Is Barbra Streisand still secretly seeing Clint Eastwood? Are they in love?|date=December 11, 1989|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1989/12/11/q-is-barbra-streisand-still-secretly-seeing/|work=Orlando Sentinel|quote=Barbra's private life of late has become predictable. Her fling with Eastwood was short-lived, shorter than her romp with Don Johnson before his marriage. A steady companion throughout has been Richard Baskin, the ice-cream mogul. He still squires Streisand around Hollywood no matter what her flings of the moment.}}</ref>

She dated actor [[Don Johnson]] from December 1987 until at least September 1988;<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dougherty |first1=Margot |date=May 9, 1988 |title=Spring Fervor |url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-spring-fervor-vol-29-no-18/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228021948/https://people.com/archive/cover-story-spring-fervor-vol-29-no-18/ |archive-date=February 28, 2023 |website=People}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Byrne |first1=Suzy |date=May 9, 2018 |title=30 years ago, Barbra Streisand and Don Johnson were a 'gooey-eyed' Hollywood 'it' couple — and #couplehairgoals to the max |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/30-years-ago-barbra-streisand-don-johnson-gooey-eyed-hollywood-couple-couplehairgoals-max-191936016.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313184134/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/30-years-ago-barbra-streisand-don-johnson-gooey-eyed-hollywood-couple-couplehairgoals-max-191936016.html |archive-date=March 13, 2023 |publisher=Yahoo}}</ref> they recorded a duet of "[[Till I Loved You (song)|Till I Loved You]]".

In 1983 and 1989 respectively, Streisand briefly dated actors [[Richard Gere]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=89ZOAAAAIBAJ&pg=7129%2C4397660|date=February 17, 1983|title=Tipoff|work=Wilmington Morning Star}}</ref><ref>Andersen 2006, p. [https://archive.org/details/barbrawaysheisande/page/284 284].</ref> and [[Clint Eastwood]].<ref>{{cite news|title=What's this about Clint Eastwood falling for Barbra Streisand?|date=May 16, 1989|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1989/05/16/whats-this-about-clint-eastwood-falling-for|newspaper=Orlando Sentinel|quote=It's the talk of all Hollywood. Eastwood and Streisand are on the rebound – he from a 15-year relationship with actress-director Sondra Locke, she from a short but intense fling with Don Johnson. The result: Eastwood and Streisand are Tinseltown's most provocative couple of the moment.}}</ref>

From 1989 to 1991, she was involved with composer [[James Newton Howard]].<ref name="tcm">{{cite web |title=Companions for Barbra Streisand |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/185903%7C17967/barbra-streisand#family-companions |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726141240/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/185903%7C17967/Barbra-Streisand/companions.html |archive-date=July 26, 2020 |publisher=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref>

Streisand dated tennis champion [[Andre Agassi]] from 1992 to 1993. Writing about the relationship in his 2009 autobiography, Agassi said: "We agree that we're good for each other, and so what if she's twenty-eight years older? We're [[wikt:simpatico|simpatico]], and the public outcry only adds spice to our connection. It makes our friendship feel forbidden, taboo – another piece of my overall rebellion. Dating Barbra Streisand is like wearing Hot Lava."<ref name="Open_bio">{{Cite book|last=Agassi|first=Andre|title=Open: An Autobiography|page=174|year=2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wSzxa9ZaVcUC&pg=PA174|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=9780307388407}}</ref>

During the early-to-mid-1990s, Streisand was in romantic relationships with several high-profile men, including newscaster [[Peter Jennings]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gleick |first1=Elizabeth |date=August 29, 1994 |title=Suddenly Single |url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-suddenly-single-vol-42-no-9/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228021948/https://people.com/archive/cover-story-suddenly-single-vol-42-no-9/ |archive-date=February 28, 2023 |website=People}}</ref> and actors [[Liam Neeson]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Dinitia |date=December 4, 1994 |title=It's...! Liam Neeson |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/04/magazine/it-s-liam-neeson.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825232406/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/04/magazine/it-s-liam-neeson.html |archive-date=August 25, 2023 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> [[Jon Voight]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Lampert |first=Nicole |date=April 12, 2012 |title=Barbra's 'royal conquest' |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/barbra-s-royal-conquest-7274090.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227145831/https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/barbra-s-royal-conquest-7274090.html |archive-date=February 27, 2023 |website=London Evening Standard}}</ref> and [[Peter Weller]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Saltonstall |first=Dave |date=November 16, 1993 |title='People who love people'? Streisand doesn't share wealth with mom, book claims |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-11-16-1993320166-story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616011000/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-11-16-1993320166-story.html |archive-date=June 16, 2020 |website=The Baltimore Sun}}</ref>

Her second husband is actor [[James Brolin]], whom she married on July 1, 1998.<ref>{{cite web |last=Schindehette |first=Susan |date=July 20, 1998 |title=The Way They Were |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20125806,00.html |access-date=September 13, 2012 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |archive-date=July 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702090614/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20125806,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> They have no children together. Brolin has two sons from his first marriage, including actor [[Josh Brolin]], and one daughter from his second marriage.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 2, 2018 |title=Barbra Streisand and James Brolin Celebrate 20th Anniversary |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/barbra-streisand-and-james-brolin-celebrate-20th-anniversary/ |access-date=July 3, 2018 |work=Us Weekly |archive-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703162324/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/barbra-streisand-and-james-brolin-celebrate-20th-anniversary/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Barbra Streisand celebrates 20 years of marriage with James Brolin |url=http://www.music-news.com/news/UK/114093/Barbra-Streisand-celebrates-20-years-of-marriage-with-James-Brolin |access-date=July 3, 2018 |website=Music-News.com}}</ref>

Streisand has several dogs; she loved her dog Samantha so much that she had her [[Pet cloning|cloned]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Streisand |first=Barbra |date=March 2, 2018 |title=Barbra Streisand Explains: Why I Cloned My Dog |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/style/barbra-streisand-cloned-her-dog.html |access-date=March 29, 2018 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329234334/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/style/barbra-streisand-cloned-her-dog.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In March 2019, Streisand apologized for her controversial statements about [[Michael Jackson]]'s accusers.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 24, 2019 |title=Barbra Streisand apologises for comments on Michael Jackson's accusers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/mar/23/michael-jackson-barbra-streisand-leaving-neverland |work=The Guardian |archive-date=March 24, 2019 |access-date=March 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324183843/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/mar/23/michael-jackson-barbra-streisand-leaving-neverland |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Name ===
Streisand changed her name from "Barbara" to "Barbra" because, she said, "I hated the name, but I refused to change it."<ref>{{cite web |date=November 1963 |title=The Mouse That Wails |url=http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/60s/rogue_streisand.html |access-date=August 26, 2010 |work=Rogue |publisher=Barbra |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214056/http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/60s/rogue_streisand.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Streisand further explained, "Well, I was 18 and I wanted to be unique, but I didn't want to change my name because that was too false. You know, people were saying you could be Joanie Sands, or something like that. (My middle name is Joan.) And I said, 'No, let's see, if I take out the 'a,' it's still 'Barbara,' but it's unique."<ref>{{cite news |date=September 27, 2010 |title=Her name is Barbra |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/her-name-is-barbra-08-08-2010/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825050655/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/08/sunday/main6753884.shtml |archive-date=August 25, 2010 |access-date=August 26, 2010 |work=[[CBS News]]}}</ref> A 1967 biography with a concert program said, "the spelling of her first name is an instance of partial rebellion: she was advised to change her last name and retaliated by dropping an "a" from the first instead."<ref>{{cite web |date=July 9, 1967 |title=An Evening With Barbra Streisand |url=http://barbra-archives.com/live/60s/hollywood_bowl_67_streisand.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217144634/http://barbra-archives.com/live/60s/hollywood_bowl_67_streisand.html |archive-date=February 17, 2012 |access-date=August 26, 2010 |publisher=Barbra Archives}}</ref>

According to Streisand, her surname is pronounced with an "s" sound "like sand on the beach," not the "z" sound often used.<ref>{{cite news |last=Graye |first=Megan |date=October 24, 2022 |title=Barbra Streisand says people still can't say her name correctly |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/barbra-streisand-name-b2209318.html |newspaper=The Independent}}</ref> The [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] voice digital assistant [[Siri]] originally pronounced her surname wrong, prompting Streisand to personally contact Apple CEO [[Tim Cook]] to complain about the pronunciation, which Apple soon corrected.<ref>{{cite news |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=November 6, 2023 |title=Barbra Streisand: I haven't had much fun in my life |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67283909 |website=BBC News}}</ref>

=== Politics ===
In the early years of her career, Streisand's interest in politics was limited, with the exception of her participation in activities of the anti-nuclear group [[Women Strike for Peace]] in 1961 and 1962.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mann |title=Hello Gorgeous |page=165}}</ref> In 1968, her political activism increased, and she helped promote the presidential campaign of [[Eugene McCarthy]] who held an anti–[[Vietnam War]] stance.<ref>{{cite web |last=Brownstein |first=Ronald |date=June 3, 2011 |title=Top 20 Celebrity Activists of All Time |url=https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/advocacy/info-06-2011/NJ-Top-20-Celebrities.html |accessdate=August 12, 2020 |website=AARP |archive-date=January 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107055250/https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/advocacy/info-06-2011/NJ-Top-20-Celebrities.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In July 1968, with [[Harry Belafonte]] and others, she performed at the Hollywood Bowl in a fundraising concert sponsored by the [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]] to benefit the poor.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 2, 2016 |title=Hollywood Flashback: Barbra Streisand Sang for Civil Rights in 1968 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywood-flashback-barbra-streisand-sang-898675 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=March 4, 2019 |archive-date=April 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411230039/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywood-flashback-barbra-streisand-sang-898675 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Streisand has been an active supporter of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] and many of its causes. She was among the celebrities on President [[Richard Nixon]]'s [[Master list of Nixon's political opponents|1971 list of political enemies]].<ref>{{cite news |date=June 27, 1973 |title=Harassment plots for Nixon's foes |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9RwfAAAAIBAJ&pg=3962,4375455 |access-date=February 1, 2013 |work=Anchorage Daily News |agency=Associated Press}}{{Dead link|date=January 2022|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> In 1972, she assisted the presidential campaign of anti-war candidate [[George McGovern]] by headlining the [[benefit concert]] [[Four for McGovern]], organized by actor [[Warren Beatty]] and record producer [[Lou Adler]]; her concert recording was released as ''[[Live Concert at the Forum]]''.<ref name="DFP">{{cite news |last=Greenberg |first=Peter |date=April 23, 1972 |title=A New Political Beat to Follow: Rock and Roll |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |page=33 |authorlink=Peter Greenberg}}</ref> The next year, in association with liberal activist [[Stanley Sheinbaum]] and the [[American Civil Liberties Union]], Streisand performed a benefit at the mansion of film mogul [[Jennings Lang]] to pay for the legal defense of [[Daniel Ellsberg]] of [[Pentagon Papers]] fame. Accompanied by a small combo including [[Marvin Hamlisch]] on piano, Streisand took paid song requests from the star-studded audience and by telephone to bring the night's total to $50,000.<ref name="Sheinbaum2012">{{cite web |last=Sheinbaum |first=Stanley |authorlink=Stanley Sheinbaum |date=November 13, 2012 |title=Hooray for Hollywood |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hollywood-fundraising-books-_b_2121510 |accessdate=August 12, 2020 |website=HuffPost}}</ref>

In 1984, Streisand joined [[Jane Fonda]] and ten other television and film industry notables to establish the activist group [[Hollywood Women's Political Committee]] (HWPC), the membership eventually growing to 300. The HWPC fought for liberal causes for more than a decade, contributing to the Democratic Party's taking majority control in the [[1986 U.S. Senate elections]],<ref name="Smith1993">{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Timothy K. |date=May 14, 1993 |title=What Does Barbra Believe in, Anyway? 'Repair the World' |newspaper=[[Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref> and in 1992 funding [[Bill Clinton]]'s [[1992 United States presidential election|presidential election]]<ref>{{cite news |date=September 7, 2004 |title=Clinton fell for Hollywood, but not before the stars fell for him |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Clinton-fell-for-Hollywood-but-not-before-the-2727296.php |accessdate=September 10, 2020 |newspaper=SF Gate}} Quoting from [[Kevin Starr]]'s book ''Coast of Dreams: California on the Edge, 1990–2003''.</ref> as well as helping to usher in the [[Year of the Woman]] by electing more women senators.<ref name="Ross2011">{{cite book |last=Ross |first=Steven J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JNma11zsi6MC&pg=PA277 |title=Hollywood Left and Right: How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics |date=2011 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195181722 |pages=277–278}}</ref> In 1995 Streisand spoke at [[Harvard University|Harvard's]] [[John F. Kennedy School of Government]] about the role of the artist as citizen, in support of arts programs and funding.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Artist as Citizen – Barbra Streisand |url=http://www.barbrastreisand.com/news/artist-citizen/ |access-date=November 3, 2018 |website=Barbrastreisand.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Artist as Citizen Barbra Streisand |url=http://iop.harvard.edu/forum/artist-citizen-barbra-streisand |access-date=November 3, 2018 |website=Iop.harvard.edu}}</ref>

Streisand is a supporter of [[LGBT rights in the United States|LGBT rights]] and backed the "No on 8" campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to defeat [[California Proposition 8]] of 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prop. 8 Reignites Calif. Same-Sex Marriage Battle |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95568740 |access-date=September 13, 2020 |website=NPR.org |date=October 11, 2008 |language=en |last1=Bates |first1=Karen Grigsby |archive-date=January 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108033845/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95568740 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2012, Streisand stated, "The new [[Voter identification laws in the United States|laws requiring U.S. citizens to produce photo IDs]] at the poll are designed to deprive elderly and minority citizens of the precious right to cast their vote.&nbsp;These regressive laws are themselves the most dangerous voter fraud threatening American democracy."<ref>{{cite web |title=Taking aim at ID laws |url=http://www.malibutimes.com/news/article_f8125386-99bc-5b71-bc33-84c3aa21078c.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210530220745/http://www.malibutimes.com/news/article_f8125386-99bc-5b71-bc33-84c3aa21078c.html |archive-date=May 30, 2021 |access-date=October 1, 2020 |website=Malibu Times |language=en}}</ref> Streisand continued her voter rights advocacy in 2020, tweeting a link to [[VoteRiders]], a nonprofit that assists citizens with obtaining voter ID.<ref>{{cite web |last=Streisand |first=Barbra |date=August 18, 2020 |title=Barbra Streisand on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/barbrastreisand/status/1295772554397995008 |access-date=October 1, 2020 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref>

A longtime supporter of [[Israel]], Streisand helped celebrate the 90th birthday of [[Shimon Peres]] at [[Jerusalem]]'s international convention center in June 2013.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/tEfHmKTy0to Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013031304/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEfHmKTy0to&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |date=June 27, 2013 |title=Barbra Streisand sings Avinu Malkeinu & People for Shimon Peres 90 birthday |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEfHmKTy0to |access-date=November 3, 2018 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She also performed at two other concerts in Tel Aviv that same week, part of her first concert tour of Israel.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sherwood |first=Harriet |date=2013-06-19 |title=Barbra Streisand echoes Monroe's birthday tribute for Shimon Peres |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/jun/19/barbra-streisand-shimon-peres-israel-gala |access-date=2025-01-03 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

In January 2017, she participated in [[2017 Women's March]] in Los Angeles. Introduced by [[Rufus Wainwright]], Streisand appeared on stage and made a speech.<ref name="CBSNewscelebsattend">{{cite news |last=Park |first=Andrea |date=January 21, 2017 |title=Celebrities attend Women's Marches around the world |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/celebrities-attend-womens-marches-around-the-world/4/ |access-date=January 25, 2017 |work=CBS News |archive-date=January 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129194044/http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/celebrities-attend-womens-marches-around-the-world/4/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In an October 2018 interview with [[Emma Brockes]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'', Streisand discussed the theme of her new album ''[[Walls (Barbra Streisand album)|Walls]]'': the danger she believed President [[Donald Trump]] posed towards the United States. She said, "This is a dangerous time in this nation, this republic: a man who is corrupt and indecent and is assaulting our institutions. It's really, really frightening. And I just pray that people who are compassionate and respect the truth will come out and vote. I'm saying more than just vote. Vote for Democrats!"<ref>{{cite news |last=Brockes |first=Emma |date=October 26, 2016 |title=Barbra Streisand: 'Trump is corrupt and indecent and is assaulting our institutions' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/26/barbra-streisand-trump-is-corrupt-and-indecent-and-is-assaulting-our-institutions |access-date=April 6, 2021 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=April 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426090214/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/26/barbra-streisand-trump-is-corrupt-and-indecent-and-is-assaulting-our-institutions |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2023, she praised President [[Joe Biden]], saying "I like Biden. I think he has done a good job. I think he is compassionate, smart, supports the right things."<ref>{{cite news |last=Cunningham |first=Kyndall |date=November 14, 2023 |title=Barbra Streisand Talks Israel-Gaza 'Insanity' and Antisemitism with Stephen Colbert |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/barbra-streisand-talks-israel-gaza-insanity-and-antisemitism-with-stephen-colbert |work=The Daily Beast}}</ref>

== Philanthropy ==
[[File:Famous American actress and singer Barbra Streisand standing at the new building for Jewish Studies which she donated (FL45747858).jpg|thumb|alt=Streisand during the opening ceremony of the Streisand building in the Hebrew University, 1984|Streisand during the opening ceremony of the Streisand building in the Hebrew University, 1984]]
In 1984, Streisand donated the Emanuel Streisand Building for Jewish Studies to the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]], in the Mount Scopus campus, in memory of her father, an educator and scholar who died when she was young.<ref>{{cite news |last=Eisenbud |first=Daniel K. |date=June 17, 2013 |title=Barbra Streisand given honorary doctorate at HU |url=https://www.jpost.com/National-News/Barbra-Streisand-given-honorary-doctorate-at-Hebrew-University-316843 |access-date=June 17, 2013 |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |archive-date=June 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617223522/http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Barbra-Streisand-given-honorary-doctorate-at-Hebrew-University-316843 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=June 17, 2013 |title=Barbra Picks Up PhD, Sees the Sights, Sings for President |url=http://www.barbratimeless.com/2009isr.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203050516/http://www.barbratimeless.com/2009isr.htm |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |access-date=June 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Berrin |first=Danielle |date=May 20, 2013 |title=Barbra Streisand expected to perform publicly in Israel for the first time |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/barbra_streisand_expected_to_perform_publicly_in_israel_for_the_first_time |access-date=June 17, 2013 |newspaper=Jewish Journal |archive-date=June 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608065655/http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/barbra_streisand_expected_to_perform_publicly_in_israel_for_the_first_time |url-status=live }}</ref>

Streisand has personally raised $25&nbsp;million<ref>{{cite web |last=Grein |first=Paul |title=Interview with Barbra Streisand |url=http://www.grammy.com/news/barbra-streisand-the-way-she-is-part-one |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711122524/http://www.grammy.com/news/barbra-streisand-the-way-she-is-part-one |archive-date=July 11, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences}}</ref> for organizations through her live performances. The Streisand Foundation,<ref>{{cite web |date=October 24, 2006 |title=Barbra News.com 2006 Interview with Marge Tabankin |url=http://www.barbranews.com/streisandfoundint.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720163109/http://www.barbranews.com/streisandfoundint.htm |archive-date=July 20, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |publisher=Barbranews.com}}</ref> established in 1986, has contributed over $16&nbsp;million through nearly 1,000 grants to "national organizations working on preservation of the environment, voter education, the protection of [[civil liberties]] and [[civil rights]], [[women's issues]]<ref name="Heartworknews.com">{{cite news |title=Barbra Streisand Endows Program at Cedars-Sinai Women's Heart Center: $5 Million Gift Supports Women's Cardiovascular Research and Education |url=http://heartworknews.com/news/Barbra_Streisand_Endows_Program_at_Cedars_Sinai_Womens_Heart_Center_5_Million_Gift_Supports_Womens_Cardiovascular_Research_and_ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621000419/http://heartworknews.com/news/Barbra_Streisand_Endows_Program_at_Cedars_Sinai_Womens_Heart_Center_5_Million_Gift_Supports_Womens_Cardiovascular_Research_and_ |archive-date=June 21, 2008 |access-date=April 22, 2008 |publisher=Heartworknews.com |df=mdy}}</ref> and [[nuclear disarmament]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=Barbra Streisand |url=http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/BarbraStreisand/foundationguidelines.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227020438/http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/BarbraStreisand/foundationguidelines.html |archive-date=February 27, 2008 |access-date=July 26, 2012 |publisher=Sonymusic.com}}</ref>

In 2006, Streisand donated $1&nbsp;million to the [[William J. Clinton Foundation]] in support of former President [[Bill Clinton]]'s climate change initiative.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dugger |first=Celia W. |date=September 23, 2006 |title=Clinton Effort Reaps Pledges of $7.3 Billion in Global Aid |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/23/world/23aid.html |access-date=August 17, 2011 |work=The New York Times |archive-date=August 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826065636/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/23/world/23aid.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2009, Streisand gifted $5&nbsp;million to endow the Barbra Streisand Women's Cardiovascular Research and Education Program at [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]]'s Women's Heart Center.<ref>{{cite web |title=Raising awareness about women's heart health |url=http://www.discoveringforlife.org/womens-heart-center/your-gift/barbra-streisand |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726001245/http://www.discoveringforlife.org/womens-heart-center/your-gift/barbra-streisand |archive-date=July 26, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |publisher=Discoveringforlife.org}}</ref> In September that year, ''[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]'' magazine included Streisand on its Giving Back Fund's second annual Giving Back 30 survey, "a ranking of the celebrities who have made the largest donations to charity in 2007 according to public records",<ref>{{cite web |title=The Giving Back Fund press release. September 14, 2008 |url=http://www.givingback.org/Programs_Services/GivingBack30_2007.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726110211/http://www.givingback.org/Programs_Services/GivingBack30_2007.html |archive-date=July 26, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |publisher=Givingback.org}}</ref> as the third most generous celebrity. The Giving Back Fund claimed Streisand donated $11&nbsp;million, which The Streisand Foundation distributed. In 2012 she raised $22&nbsp;million to support her women's cardiovascular center, bringing her own personal contribution to $10&nbsp;million. The program was officially named the Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center.<ref>{{cite web |title=Barbra Streisand Talks Up Women's Heart Health {{!}} NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |url=https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-events/barbra-streisand-talks-womens-heart-health |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723082740/https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-events/barbra-streisand-talks-womens-heart-health |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 23, 2018 |access-date=February 8, 2021 |website=www.niaid.nih.gov |language=en}}</ref>

At Julien's Auctions in October 2009, Streisand, a longtime collector of art and furniture, sold 526 items, with all the proceeds going to her foundation. Items included a costume from ''Funny Lady'' and a vintage dental cabinet purchased by the performer at 18 years old. The sale's most valuable lot was a painting by [[Kees van Dongen]].<ref>Douglas, Sarah. "[http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/32797/in-the-air-star-ambitions/ In the Air: Star Ambitions]."''[[Art+Auction]]'', October 2009.</ref>

In December 2011, she appeared at a fundraising gala for [[Israel Defense Forces]] charities.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 14, 2011 |title=The way we were: Streisand and Saban shore up for Israel |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/the_way_we_were_20111214/ |access-date=July 29, 2015 |work=Jewish Journal}}</ref>

In June 2020, she gifted [[George Floyd]]'s daughter, Gianna Floyd, Disney shares.<ref>{{cite news |last=Owoseje |first=Toyin |title=Barbra Streisand gifts George Floyd's daughter Disney shares |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/15/entertainment/george-floyd-daughter-barbra-streisand-disney-shares-intl-scli/index.html |access-date=June 15, 2020 |website=CNN |archive-date=June 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615132052/https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/15/entertainment/george-floyd-daughter-barbra-streisand-disney-shares-intl-scli/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

On September 22, 2022, [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]], the president of Ukraine, invited Streisand to become an ambassador for the [[United24|UNITED24]] platform, focusing on the Medical Aid direction of support.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barbra Streisand |url=https://u24.gov.ua/ambassador/barbra_streisand |access-date=May 8, 2023 |website=u24.gov.ua |language=en}}</ref> Streisand helped raise $240,000 for medical care.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barbra Streisand donated $240,000 to Medical Aid |url=https://u24.gov.ua/news/streisand_donation |access-date=May 8, 2023 |website=u24.gov.ua |language=en}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
Streisand is regarded as the "Queen of the Divas" by various media outlets.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 29, 2017 |title=Diva Alert #10: Barbra Streisand |url=https://performerstuff.com/mgs/diva-alert-10-barbra-streisand/ |access-date=April 25, 2022 |website=PerformerStuff More Good Stuff}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' called her among the three of America's Most Beloved Divas (alongside [[Dolly Parton]] and [[Patti Labelle]]).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yanagihara |first=Hanya |date=November 30, 2020 |title=Celebrating Three of America's Most Beloved Divas |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/30/t-magazine/barbra-streisand-dolly-parton-patti-labelle.html |access-date=April 25, 2022 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=April 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425053047/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/30/t-magazine/barbra-streisand-dolly-parton-patti-labelle.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]'' honored her enduring legacy saying her works influence "extends to [[Céline Dion]], the 1980s output of [[Lionel Richie]] and [[Luther Vandross]], and the more maudlin ballads of [[Mariah Carey]], [[Adele]], and [[Whitney Houston]]."<ref>{{cite web |last=Frank |first=Alex |date=November 27, 2017 |title=The Enduring Legacy of Barbra Streisand |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/11/the-enduring-legacy-of-barbra-streisand.html |access-date=April 25, 2022 |website=Vulture}}</ref> In 2022, ''[[Forbes]]'' hailed Streisand as the "Queen of the Charts" for her longevity on the ''Billboard'' charts,<ref>{{cite magazine |last=McIntyre |first=Hugh |title=4 Reasons Why Barbra Streisand Is Still Queen Of The Charts |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2016/09/08/4-reasons-why-barbra-streisand-is-still-queen-of-the-charts/ |access-date=April 25, 2022 |magazine=Forbes}}</ref> and she was ranked at number 88 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s 2025 "Top 100 Women Artists of the 21st Century" list.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Anderson |first1=Trevor |last2=Asker |first2=Jim |last3=Bustlos |first3=Pamela |last4=Caulfield |first4=Keith |last5=Frankenberg |first5=Eric |last6=Rutherford |first6=Kevin |last7=Trust |first7=Gary |last8=Zellner |first8=Xander |title=Billboard's Top 100 Women Artists of the 21st Century Chart, Nos. 100-1 |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/top-women-artists-21st-century-chart/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250319183615/https://www.billboard.com/lists/top-women-artists-21st-century-chart/ |url-status=live |archive-date=March 19, 2025 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 23, 2025 |date=March 19, 2025}}</ref> The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' also hailed her as the "most influential female vocalist" and the "most revolutionary of performers" for being responsible for changing the rules for female performers to come.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 28, 2016 |title=A case for Barbra Streisand as the most revolutionary of performers |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-barbra-streisand-revolution-20160501-story.html |access-date=April 25, 2022 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> [[CNN]] listed her as one of the most romantic singers of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite news |title=Most romantic singers of the 20th century |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/12/entertainment/gallery/most-romantic-singers/index.html |access-date=April 25, 2022 |agency=CNN}}</ref> In 2023, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked Streisand at number 147 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=January 1, 2023 |title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/barbra-streisand-5-1234642944/ |access-date=April 7, 2023 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> In 1997, ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine acknowledged her fashion sense saying "she embarked on a surreal, chameleonic, personal fashion quest" that single-handedly began the retro revolution in the 1960s.<ref name="Western">{{cite magazine |last=Paglia |first=Camille |author-link=Camille Paglia |date=February 24, 1997 |title=Pop Shoots |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XegCAAAAMBAJ&dq=Streisand&pg=PA104 |access-date=November 6, 2023 |magazine=New York |page=104}}</ref>

=== Honors ===
Streisand was presented the Distinguished Merit Award by ''[[Mademoiselle (magazine)|Mademoiselle]]'' in 1964, and selected as Miss Ziegfeld in 1965. In 1968, she received the Israel Freedom Medal, the highest civilian award of Israel, and she was awarded Pied Piper Award by [[ASCAP]] and [[Académie Charles Cros|Prix De L'Academie Charles Cros]] in 1969, Crystal Apple by her hometown City of New York, Woman of Achievement in the Arts by [[Anti-Defamation League]] in 1978. In 1984, Streisand was awarded the [[Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards|Women in Film Crystal Award]] for outstanding women who, through their endurance and the excellence of their work, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Recipients |url=http://wif.org/past-recipients |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724120329/http://www.wif.org/past-recipients |archive-date=July 24, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |publisher=Wif.org}}</ref> She received the Woman of Courage Award by the [[National Organization for Women]] (NOW), [[the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]]<ref name="whoswho.com">{{cite web |title=Barbra Streisand Career Professional honors and awards |url=http://www.whoswho.com/us/barbra-streisand |access-date=December 10, 2014 |publisher=whoswho.com}}</ref> and Scopus Award by [[American Friends of the Hebrew University]].

She received Breakthrough Awards for "making films that portray women with serious complexity" at the Women, Men and Media symposium in 1991.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 5, 1991 |title=Breakthrough Awards to Go to 12 in Media |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-05-vw-2038-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> In 1992, she was given the Commitment to Life Award by [[AIDS Project Los Angeles]] (APLA), and the Bill of Rights Award by the [[American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California]], the Dorothy Arzner Special Recognition by [[Women in Film Los Angeles|Women in Film]], and the Golden Plate by the [[Academy of Achievement]]. She was honored with the Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award from the ASCAP in 1994 and the [[Peabody Award]] in 1995, the same year she was accorded an Honorary Doctorate in Arts and Humanities by [[Brandeis University]].<ref name="whoswho.com" /> She was also awarded Filmmaker of the Year Award for "lifetime achievement in filmmaking" by ShowEast and Peabody Award in 1996, [[Christopher Award]] in 1998.

In 2000, President Bill Clinton presented Streisand with the [[National Medal of Arts]], the highest honor specifically given for achievement in the arts,<ref>{{cite web |title=Lifetime Honors – National Medal of Arts |url=http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html#00 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721054307/http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html |archive-date=July 21, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |publisher=Nea.gov}}</ref> and [[Library of Congress Living Legend]], she also received the highest honor for a career in film [[AFI Life Achievement Award]] from [[American Film Institute]] and Liberty and Justice Award from [[Rainbow/PUSH]] Coalition, [[Gracie Allen Award]], First Annual Jewish Image Awards in 2001, and Humanitarian Award "for her years of leadership, vision, and activism in the fight for civil liberties, including religion, race, gender equality and freedom of speech, as well as all aspects of gay rights" from [[Human Rights Campaign]] in 2004. In 2007, French President Nicolas Sarkozy presented Streisand with [[Legion of Honour]], the highest decoration in France, and President George W. Bush presented her [[Kennedy Center Honors]], the highest recognition of cultural achievement.

In 2011, she was given Board of Governors Humanitarian Award for her efforts on behalf of women's heart health and her many other philanthropic activities." by [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center|Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute]]. She received the L'Oréal Paris Legend Award in 18th ''Elle'' Magazine Women in Hollywood. In 2012, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the [[Women Film Critics Circle]]. She was accorded an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy by the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] in 2013. In that year, she was also recipient of the Charlie Chaplin Award for Lifetime Achievement by the [[Film Society of Lincoln Center]] as the only female artist to direct, write, produce and star in the same major studio film, ''Yentl,''<ref>{{cite magazine |title=On the Scene: Barbra Streisand Receives Film Society of Lincoln Center's Charlie Chaplin Award |url=https://ew.com/article/2013/04/23/on-the-scene-barbra-streisand-chaplin-award |access-date=April 23, 2013 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402134653/http://www.ew.com/article/2013/04/23/on-the-scene-barbra-streisand-chaplin-award |url-status=live }}</ref> along with a Lifetime Achievement [[Glamour Awards]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Barbra Streisand: The Legend |url=http://www.glamour.com/inspired/women-of-the-year/2013/barbra-streisand |access-date=December 10, 2013 |magazine=Glamour}}</ref>

In 2014, Streisand was on one of eight different ''New York Magazine'' covers celebrating the magazine's "100 Years, 100 Songs, 100 Nights: A Century of Pop Music in New York". She also received the [[American Society of Cinematographers]] (ASC) Board of Governors Award,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chagollan |first1=Steve |title=Barbra Streisand to be Honored by American Society of Cinematographers |url=https://variety.com/2015/artisans/awards/barbra-streisand-to-be-honored-by-american-society-of-cinematographers-1201404838/ |website=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130220632/https://variety.com/2015/artisans/awards/barbra-streisand-to-be-honored-by-american-society-of-cinematographers-1201404838/ |archive-date=November 30, 2022 |date=January 14, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at [[The Hollywood Reporter]]'s annual Women in Entertainment Breakfast,<ref>{{cite magazine |date=October 13, 2015 |title=Barbra Streisand to be Honored at The Hollywood Reporter 2015 Women in Entertainment Breakfast |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6723076/barbra-streisand-honored-hollywood-reporter-women-in-entertainment |access-date=October 13, 2015 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016182129/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6723076/barbra-streisand-honored-hollywood-reporter-women-in-entertainment |url-status=live }}</ref> and came first in the 1010 Wins Iconic Celebrity Poll by CBS in 2015.<ref name="whoswho.com" /> In November 2015, President [[Barack Obama]] announced that Streisand would receive the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], the highest [[Civilian decorations of the United States|civilian award]] of the United States.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 16, 2015 |title=President Obama Names Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/11/16/president-obama-names-recipients-presidential-medal-freedom |access-date=November 16, 2015 |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |archive-date=January 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128065413/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/11/16/president-obama-names-recipients-presidential-medal-freedom |url-status=live }}</ref>

Streisand was inducted into and [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in 1976, [[Goldmine (magazine)|Goldmine Hall of Fame]] in 2002,<ref>{{cite news |date=July 5, 2012 |title=Goldmine's Hall of Fame Inductees |url=http://www.goldminemag.com/blogs/great-blogs-of-fire/goldmine-hof-volume-3 |access-date=July 5, 2012 |newspaper=Goldmine Magazine: Record Collector & Music Memorabilia |publisher=Goldmine Hall of Fame}}</ref> [[Long Island Music Hall of Fame]] in 2007,<ref>{{cite web |title=Barbra Streisand |url=http://www.limusichalloffame.org/project/5907 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413214541/http://www.limusichalloffame.org/project/5907/ |archive-date=April 13, 2014 |access-date=April 23, 2014 |publisher=Long Island Music Hall of Fame}}</ref> the [[Hit Parade Hall of Fame]] in 2009,<ref>{{cite web |title=Barbra Streisand |url=http://hitparadehalloffame.com/barbra-streisand/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007194812/http://hitparadehalloffame.com/barbra-streisand/ |archive-date=October 7, 2014 |access-date=January 23, 2014 |publisher=Hit Parade Hall of Fame}}</ref> [[National Museum of American Jewish History]] and [[California Hall of Fame]] in 2010.<ref name="whoswho.com" />

In 1970, she received a [[Special Tony Award]] named "Star of the Decade", and was selected "Star of the Decade" by the [[National Association of Theatre Owners]] (NATO) in 1980, "Star of Decade" by NATO/ShowWest and President's Award by [[NARM]] in 1988. That year she was also named as All-Time Favorite Musical Performer by [[People's Choice Awards]]. In 1986, ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' named her as one of "Five Hollywood's Most Powerful Women".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Hollywood's Most Powerful Women |url=http://www.wonderwall.com/movies/Jessica-Lange-photos-850.celebrity?photoId=160187 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624161127/http://www.wonderwall.com/movies/Jessica-Lange-photos-850.celebrity?photoId=160187 |archive-date=June 24, 2015 |access-date=January 14, 2015 |magazine=Life}}</ref> In 1998, [[Harris Poll]] reported that she is the "Most Popular Singer Among Adult Americans of All Ages." She was also featured on [[VH1]]'s 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll,<ref name="Barbra Streisand's trivia">{{cite web |title=Barbra Streisand's Trivia |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000659/bio |access-date=January 14, 2015 |website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref> Top 100 Singers of all time by ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' magazine,<ref name="mojolist">{{cite web |title=''Mojo'' Readers Top&nbsp;100 Singers of All Time |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/mojo_p3.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060506041339/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/mojo_p3.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=May 6, 2006 |access-date=June 30, 2012 |publisher=Rock List Music (Julian White)}}</ref> named the century's best female singer in a Reuters/Zogby poll, and "Top Female Artist of the Century" by [[Recording Industry Association of America]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 12, 1998 |title=Century Bests |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,616842,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409070231/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,616842,00.html |archive-date=April 9, 2008 |access-date=August 28, 2005 |agency=Time Inc}}</ref><ref name="*foot notes">{{cite news |date=January 7, 2000 |title=*foot notes |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-07-me-51816-story.html |access-date=August 28, 2004 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> In 2006, Streisand was one of honorees at [[Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball|Oprah Winfrey's white-tie Legends Ball]].<ref name="abc">{{cite web |title=Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball |url=http://abc.go.com/primetime/legendsball/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007071949/http://abc.go.com/primetime/legendsball/ |archive-date=October 7, 2007 |publisher=American Broadcasting Company}}</ref>

In 2015, ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' ranked Streisand as one of the 10 top female singer-songwriters of all time.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 29, 2015 |title=The 50 top female singer-songwriters |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/9645702/The-50-top-female-singer-songwriters.html?frame=2384360 |access-date=August 28, 2015 |work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> [[A&E (TV channel)|A&E]]'s ''Biography'' magazine ranked Streisand as one of their favorite leading actress of all time,<ref>{{cite news |date=May 29, 2001 |title=Audrey Hepburn Named Favorite All-Time Oscar-Winning Actress by Biography Magazine Readers |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Audrey+Hepburn+Named+Favorite+All-Time+Oscar-Winning+Actress+by...-a075081004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110213336/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Audrey+Hepburn+Named+Favorite+All-Time+Oscar-Winning+Actress+by...-a075081004 |archive-date=November 10, 2012 |access-date=October 28, 2012 |agency=PR Newswire}}</ref> she was also featured on the Voices of the Century list by [[BBC]],<ref>{{cite news |date=May 17, 2001 |title=Ol' Blue Eyes is tops, poll shows |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/apr/17/helencarter |access-date=October 28, 2012 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> the "100 Greatest Movie Stars of Time" list compiled by ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'',{{sfn|Laufenberg|2005|p=120}} [[VH1]]'s list of the "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons of All Time",<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-200-greatest-pop-culture-icons-complete-ranked-list-70807437.html |title=The 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons Complete Ranked List |publisher=VH1 |date=July 21–25, 2003 |accessdate=March 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501100900/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-200-greatest-pop-culture-icons-complete-ranked-list-70807437.html |archive-date=May 1, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> the "100 Greatest Entertainers of All Time", "ranked at #13" and the "Greatest Movie Star of all time list" by ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'',<ref name="Barbra Streisand's trivia" /> "The 50 Greatest Actresses of All Time" by [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]],<ref>{{cite web |title=The 50 Greatest Actresses of All Time |url=http://www.amc.com/movie-guide/the-50-greatest-actresses-of-all-time |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027161757/http://www.amc.com/movie-guide/the-50-greatest-actresses-of-all-time |archive-date=October 27, 2015 |access-date=November 24, 2015 |website=AMC}}</ref> and Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists.<ref>{{cite magazine |year=2008 |title=The ''Billboard'' Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-artists-20.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913205920/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-artists-20.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 13, 2008 |access-date=March 17, 2011 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' also ranked Streisand as the top female Jewish musician of all time.<ref>{{cite magazine |year=2013 |title=The Top 30 Jewish Musicians |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/1481533/the-top-30-jewish-musicians?page=0%2C2 |access-date=March 17, 2014 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222163559/http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/1481533/the-top-30-jewish-musicians?page=0,2 |url-status=live }}</ref> As a [[gay icon]], Streisand was named by ''[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]'' as one of the "25 Coolest Women" and the "9 Coolest Women Appealing to Both Lesbians and Gay Men",<ref name="advocate">{{Cite news |date=November 23, 1999 |title=The Advocate's 25 Coolest Women |periodical=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]}}</ref> and was also placed among the "12 Greatest Female Gay Icons of All Time" by ''[[Out magazine|Out]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 17, 2014 |title=The 12 Greatest Female Gay Icons of All Time |url=http://www.out.com/entertainment/michael-musto/2014/08/25/12-greatest-female-gay-icons-all-time-also-nathan-matthew |access-date=October 28, 2014 |work=Out magazine |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116214148/https://www.out.com/entertainment/michael-musto/2014/08/25/12-greatest-female-gay-icons-all-time-also-nathan-matthew |url-status=live }}</ref> She was recognized as one of the top gay icons of the past three decades by ''[[Gay Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 17, 2014 |title=Gay Times Top 30 gay icons of the last 30 years |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/gay-times-top-30-gay-icons-of-the-last-30-years-9756312.html?action=gallery |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624162552/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/gay-times-top-30-gay-icons-of-the-last-30-years-9756312.html?action=gallery |archive-date=June 24, 2015 |access-date=October 28, 2014 |work=Gay Times}}</ref>

During the first decade of the 21st century, the American Film Institute celebrated 100 years of the greatest films in American cinema. Four of Streisand's songs were represented on [[AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs]], which highlighted "America's Greatest Music in the Movies": "The Way We Were" at #8, "Evergreen (Love Theme From ''A Star Is Born'')" at # 16, "People" at #13, and "Don't Rain on My Parade" at #46. Many of her films were represented on AFI's 100 Years ... series. [[AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Laughs]], highlighting "the films and film artists that have made audiences laugh throughout the century," ranked ''[[What's Up, Doc? (1972 film)|What's Up, Doc?]]'' at #61. [[AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Passions]] highlighted the top 100 greatest love stories in American cinema and placed ''[[The Way We Were]]'' at #8, ''[[Funny Girl (film)|Funny Girl]]'' at #41, and ''What's Up, Doc?'' at #68. [[AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals]] highlighted the 25 greatest American movie musicals, ranking ''Funny Girl'' at #16.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hernandez |first1=Ernio |title=Singin in the Rain Shines as Top Movie Musical According to AFI's Top 25 |url=https://playbill.com/article/singin-in-the-rain-shines-as-top-movie-musical-according-to-afis-top-25-com-134719 |website=[[Playbill]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227234208/https://www.playbill.com/article/singin-in-the-rain-shines-as-top-movie-musical-according-to-afis-top-25-com-134719 |archive-date=February 27, 2024 |date=September 6, 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Library of Congress]] chose ''Funny Girl'' for preservation in the [[National Film Registry]] in December 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=With '20,000 Leagues', the National Film Registry Reaches 700 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-16-209/with-20000-leagues-the-national-film-registry-reaches-700/2016-12-14/ |access-date=November 3, 2018 |website=Loc.gov |archive-date=April 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423132631/https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-16-209/with-20000-leagues-the-national-film-registry-reaches-700/2016-12-14/ |url-status=live }}</ref> When "People" was selected in March 2017 for preservation in the [[National Recording Registry]], Streisand said she was humbled to have the song honored "as part of the flow of our nation's culture."<ref>{{cite web |date=March 29, 2016 |title=National Recording Registry Picks Are 'Over the Rainbow' |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-17-029/ |access-date=March 29, 2016 |work=Library of Congress |archive-date=March 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329190218/https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-17-029/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Professional memberships ===
As one of the most acclaimed actresses, singers, directors, writers, composers, producers, designers, photographers and activists in every medium that she's worked in, Streisand is the only artist who is concurrently a member of the [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers]], [[Screen Actors Guild]], [[American Federation of Television and Radio Artists]], [[Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences]] and [[Actors' Equity Association]], as well as the honorary chairwoman of the board of directors of [[Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America|Hadassah]]'s International Research Institute on Women.<ref>{{cite web |title=Barbra Streisand Career Professional memberships |url=http://www.whoswho.com/us/barbra-streisand |access-date=December 10, 2014 |publisher=whoswho.com}}</ref>

=== "Streisand effect" ===
{{Main|Streisand effect}}
[[File:Streisand Estate.jpg|thumb|The infamous photo of the Streisand Estate]]
In a 2003 lawsuit, Streisand claimed that a website illustrating [[coastal erosion]] invaded her privacy because one of its over 12,000 images happened to show her [[Malibu, California]], home; Streisand wanted the photo removed from the site. The suit was dismissed and the resultant publicity prompted hundreds of thousands of people to download the photo, which had been accessed only four times prior to Streisand initiating legal action.<ref>{{cite web |last=Adelman |first=Kenneth |date=May 13, 2007 |title=Barbra Streisand Sues to Suppress Free Speech Protection for Widely Acclaimed Website |url=http://www.californiacoastline.org/streisand/lawsuit.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407234728/http://www.californiacoastline.org/streisand/lawsuit.html |archive-date=April 7, 2008 |access-date=April 8, 2008 |publisher=California Coastal Records Project}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=Streisand's Lawsuit to Silence Coastal Website Dismissed |url=http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2003/Barbra-Streisand-Coastal3dec03.htm |publisher=Mindfully.org |date=December 3, 2003 |access-date=April 8, 2008 |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090706034700/http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2003/Barbra-Streisand-Coastal3dec03.htm |archive-date=July 6, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> The term ''Streisand effect'' was coined to refer to an attempt to [[Censorship|censor]] information which unintentionally publicizes that information.<ref>{{cite web |last=Siegel |first=Robert |date=February 29, 2008 |title=The Streisand Effect' Snags Effort to Hide Documents |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87809195 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306072519/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87809195 |archive-date=March 6, 2018 |work=[[All Things Considered]] |publisher=[[National Public Radio]] |quote=The episode is the latest example of a phenomenon known as the 'Streisand Effect.' Robert Siegel talks with Mike Masnick, CEO of Techdirt Inc., who coined the term. }}</ref>

===Namesakes===
The ''Barbra Streisand Cup'' is a [[rugby union]] match held in [[Sydney]],<ref>{{cite web |date=May 20, 2022 |title=Maccabi rugby seal Streisand cup versus Convicts |url=https://www.australianjewishnews.com/maccabi-rugby-seal-streisand-cup-versus-convicts/ |access-date=February 19, 2024 |publisher=[[The Australian Jewish News]]}}</ref> Australia each year played between the Sydney Convicts, Australia's first gay and inclusive Rugby Union club, and the [[Maccabi R.F.C.|Maccabi Rugby FC]], Sydney's only Jewish rugby team.  The match is typically played in or around April, between the rival clubs and is named in Streisand's honour as she is known to have a large fan base in both the gay and the Jewish communities.

== Acting credits ==
{{Main|Barbra Streisand on screen and stage}}
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* ''[[Funny Girl (film)|Funny Girl]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Hello, Dolly! (film)|Hello, Dolly!]]'' (1969)
* ''[[On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (film)|On a Clear Day You Can See Forever]]'' (1970)
* ''[[The Owl and the Pussycat (film)|The Owl and the Pussycat]]'' (1970)
* ''[[What's Up, Doc? (1972 film)|What's Up, Doc?]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Up the Sandbox]]'' (1972)
* ''[[The Way We Were]]'' (1973)
* ''[[For Pete's Sake (film)|For Pete's Sake]]'' (1974)
* ''[[Funny Lady]]'' (1975)
* ''[[A Star Is Born (1976 film)|A Star Is Born]]'' (1976)
* ''[[The Main Event (1979 film)|The Main Event]]'' (1979)
* ''[[All Night Long (1981 film)|All Night Long]]'' (1981)
* ''[[Yentl (film)|Yentl]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Nuts (1987 film)|Nuts]]'' (1987)
* ''[[The Prince of Tides]]'' (1991)
* ''[[The Mirror Has Two Faces]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Meet the Fockers]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Little Fockers]]'' (2010)
* ''[[The Guilt Trip (film)|The Guilt Trip]]'' (2012)
{{div col end}}

== Awards and nominations ==
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Barbra Streisand}}
Barbra Streisand is one of the most decorated entertainers in history. She has won two Academy Awards – one for [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] in [[Funny Girl (film)|Funny Girl (1968)]] and another for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] for [[Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)|Evergreen (1976)]], making her the first woman to receive the latter. Streisand has earned 10 [[Grammy Awards]], including [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] for [[The Barbra Streisand Album]]. She was also awarded the prestigious [[Grammy Legend Award]], an honor received by only 14 other artists, as well as the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]]. She has won five [[Emmy Awards]], comprising four [[Primetime Emmys]] and one [[Daytime Emmy]]. She has received four [[Peabody Awards]], the [[Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award]] and nine [[Golden Globes]]. Additionally, she received a [[Special Tony Award]] in [[24th Tony Awards|1970]], recognizing her contributions to Broadway. In 2011, she was honored as [[MusiCares Person of the Year]] by the [[Grammy Foundation]] for her artistic achievement in the music industry.

== Discography ==
{{Main|Barbra Streisand discography|List of songs recorded by Barbra Streisand}}
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* ''[[The Barbra Streisand Album]]'' (1963)
* ''[[The Second Barbra Streisand Album]]'' (1963)
* ''[[The Third Album (Barbra Streisand album)|The Third Album]]'' (1964)
* ''[[People (Barbra Streisand album)|People]]'' (1964)
* ''[[My Name Is Barbra]]'' (1965)
* ''[[My Name Is Barbra, Two...]]'' (1965)
* ''[[Color Me Barbra]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Je m'appelle Barbra]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Simply Streisand]]'' (1967)
* ''[[A Christmas Album (Barbra Streisand album)|A Christmas Album]]'' (1967)
* ''[[What About Today?]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Stoney End (Barbra Streisand album)|Stoney End]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Barbra Joan Streisand (album)|Barbra Joan Streisand]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Barbra Streisand...and Other Musical Instruments]]'' (1973)
* ''[[The Way We Were (Barbra Streisand album)|The Way We Were]]'' (1974)
* ''[[ButterFly (Barbra Streisand album)|ButterFly]]'' (1974)
* ''[[Lazy Afternoon (Barbra Streisand album)|Lazy Afternoon]]'' (1975)
* ''[[Classical Barbra]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Superman (Barbra Streisand album)|Superman]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Songbird (Barbra Streisand album)|Songbird]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Wet (album)|Wet]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Guilty (Barbra Streisand album)|Guilty]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Emotion (Barbra Streisand album)|Emotion]]'' (1984)
* ''[[The Broadway Album]]'' (1985)
* ''[[Till I Loved You (album)|Till I Loved You]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Back to Broadway]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Higher Ground (Barbra Streisand album)|Higher Ground]]'' (1997)
* ''[[A Love Like Ours]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Christmas Memories]]'' (2001)
* ''[[The Movie Album (Barbra Streisand album)|The Movie Album]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Guilty Pleasures (Barbra Streisand album)|Guilty Pleasures]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Love Is the Answer (album)|Love Is the Answer]]'' (2009)
* ''[[What Matters Most (Barbra Streisand album)|What Matters Most]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Partners (Barbra Streisand album)|Partners]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway]]'' (2016)
* ''[[Walls (Barbra Streisand album)|Walls]]'' (2018)
* ''[[The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two]]'' (2025)
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== Tours ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Continents
!Box-office proceeds
!Total audience
|-
|1966
|An Evening with Barbra Streisand Tour
|North America
|$480,000
|67,500
|-
|1993–1994
|[[Barbra Streisand in Concert]]
|North America and Europe
|$50&nbsp;million
|400,000
|-
|1999–2000
|[[Timeless (Barbra Streisand)|Timeless]]
|North America and Australia
|$70&nbsp;million
|200,000
|-
|2006–2007
|[[Streisand (concert tour)|Streisand]]
| rowspan="2" |North America and Europe
|$119.5&nbsp;million
|425,000
|-
|2012–2013
|[[Barbra Live]]
|$66&nbsp;million
|254,958
|-
|2016–2017
|[[Barbra: The Music, The Mem'ries, The Magic]]
|North America
|$53&nbsp;million
|203,423
|}

== Autobiography ==
Streisand's writing of her autobiography stalled at various stages,<ref>''People'', September 29, 2014</ref> and [[Viking Press]] announced in May 2015 that they anticipated publishing her long-awaited memoir in 2017, spanning Streisand's entire life and career.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 20, 2015 |title=Barbra Streisand Memoir Coming in 2017 |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/barbra-streisand-memoir-coming-in-2017/ |access-date=May 20, 2015 |archive-date=May 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520215707/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/barbra-streisand-memoir-coming-in-2017/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Upon the release of ''[[My Name Is Barbra (book)|My Name Is Barbra]]'' on November 7, 2023,<ref>{{Cite web |title=My Name Is Barbra Official Memoir |url=https://releases.barbrastreisand.com/ |access-date=November 6, 2023 |website=releases.barbrastreisand.com |language=en |archive-date=November 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106192013/https://releases.barbrastreisand.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Knight |first1=Lucy |date=February 7, 2023 |title=Barbra Streisand to publish her first memoir |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/07/barbra-streisand-to-publish-her-first-memoir |newspaper=The Guardian |archive-date=November 9, 2023 |access-date=March 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109214203/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/07/barbra-streisand-to-publish-her-first-memoir |url-status=live }}</ref> her [[BBC]] interview concluded with Streisand claiming she wanted "to have more fun" in life.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 6, 2023 |title=Barbra Streisand: I haven't had much fun in my life |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67283909 |access-date=November 6, 2023 |publisher=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
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* {{Cite book |last=Andersen |first=Christopher |title=Barbra: The Way She Is |publisher=Harper-Collins |year=2006 |url=https://archive.org/details/barbrawaysheisande |isbn=0-06-056256-0}}
* {{Cite book |last=Edwards |first=Anne |title=Streisand: A Biography |publisher=Little, Brown |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-316-21138-3}}
* {{Cite book |last=Gabler |first=Neal |title=Barbra Streisand: Redefining Beauty, Femininity, and Power |publisher=Yale University Press |year=2016 |isbn=978-0300210910 |location=New Haven, CT}}
* {{cite book |last=Laufenberg |first=Norbert B. |title=Entertainment Celebrities |publisher=[[Trafford Publishing]] |year=2005 |isbn=1-4120-5335-8}}
* {{Cite book |last=Pohly |first=Linda |url=https://archive.org/details/barbrastreisandc00lind |title=The Barbra Streisand Companion: A Guide to Her Vocal Style and Repertoire |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=2000 |isbn=0-313-30414-9}}
* {{Cite book |last=Riese |first=Randall |url=https://archive.org/details/hernameisbarbrai00ries_0 |title=Her Name Is Barbra: An Intimate Portrait of the Real Barbra Streisand |publisher=Birch Lane Press |year=1993 |isbn=1-55972-203-7}}
* {{Cite book |last=Santopietro |first=Tom |url=https://archive.org/details/importanceofbein00sant |title=The Importance of Being Barbra: The Brilliant, Tumultuous Career of Barbra Streisand |publisher=Thomas Dunne |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-312-34879-3}}
* {{Cite book |last1=Schapiro |first1=Steve |title=Barbra Streisand |last2=Schiller |first2=Lawrence |publisher=Taschen |year=2016 |isbn=9783836563239}}
* {{Cite book |last=Spada |first=James |title=Streisand: Her Life |publisher=Crown Publishers, Inc |year=1995 |isbn=0-517-59753-5}}
{{refend}}

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