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Barbra Joan Streisand |
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Barbra |
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Female |
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5' 5" |
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| Nationality |
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US - United States of America |
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April 24, 1942 |
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Brooklyn, NY |
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160 West 96th Street |
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New York, NY 10025 |
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c/o Creative Artists Agency |
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9830 Wilshire Boulevard |
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Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1825 |
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Biography |
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Barbara Joan Streisand (singer, actress, producer, and director) was born April 24, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York and educated at Beis Yakov School and Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn. She first performed in a gay bar in Manhattan's Greenwich Village and became a smashing success as a singer. She signed to Columbia Records in 1962 and her first album, The Barbra Streisand Album, won two Grammy Awards in 1963. Her first film was a reprise of her Broadway hit, Funny Girl (1968), won her the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1995 she received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. She was married to Elliott Gould (1963-1971), and had a son Jason Gould. She later married actor James Brolin in 1998. In 2004, Streisand returned to the big screen in the comedy Meet the Fockers. She has recorded more than forty albums.
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