Barbra Streisand

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Barbra Streisand, 1973

Barbra Streisand (* 24. April 1942 as Barbara Joan Streisand in New York City ) is an American singer , actress and director . Streisand, who started out as a musical actress, is one of the world's most successful singers with over 145 million records sold.

Since her breakthrough with the lead role in the film Funny Girl (1968), she has also been counted among the stars of New Hollywood and was later able to establish herself with her own film productions and directing work. She has received several Grammy Awards for her musical achievements, she has also won the Oscar for Best Actress (Funny Girl) and for Best Movie Song ( Evergreen from A Star Is Born ) as well as several Emmys , Golden Globe Awards and a Special Tony Award . She is the only artist to land at number 1 on the US charts with at least one album each for six consecutive decades .

Life

Family background

Barbra Streisand was born into a Jewish family in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn . Her father Emanuel Streisand was a primary school teacher and died when she was 15 months old. Her mother Diana Ida Rosen was a school secretary and had a son, Sheldon Streisand, with her first husband. Her mother married Louis Kind when Barbra Streisand was seven years old. From this marriage comes Streisand's half-sister Roslyn Kind , who also became an actress, singer and songwriter . Streisand's paternal grandparents came from Galicia . A childhood friend was the future world chess champion Bobby Fischer , who also attended Erasmus Hall High School in Flatbush .

Music career

Barbra Streisand, 1962

On December 29, 1955, 13-year-old Barbra Streisand recorded two songs for a demo tape. One of the recordings was You'll Never Know . In the fall of 1957 she was an Honors Student (student with very good grades) in her class. She sang in the school choir with Neil Diamond ; However, both did not get to know each other personally until many years later during their duo You Don't Bring Me Flowers together and are still friends today.

As a teenager, Streisand performed as a nightclub singer. Because she actually wanted to be an actress, she played in the musical Driftwood and several other summer theater productions (Summer stock) . She gained her first stage experience in 1958 when she appeared in three plays at the Clinton Theater.

In 1961 she made her first television appearance on the Tonight Show . She signed her first record deal in 1962 with Columbia Records . Other guest appearances on television followed, for example in the Judy Garland Show in 1963, where she sang Happy Days Are Here Again and Judy Garland Get Happy . Both songs were arranged in a duet by Garland. After these successes, she released her second album in the fall of 1963 with The Second Barbra Streisand Album . With her first album The Barbra Streisand Album , she won two Grammys in 1964. From 1961 she also got engagements on Broadway . She played her first role in the musical I Can Get It For You Wholesale, another in 1964 as Fanny Brice in the musical Funny Girl .

Her first record successes and the hit on Broadway with Funny Girl brought her a multi-year television contract with the television company CBS , which produced TV specials with her until the late 1960s. The highlight of these shows was the live recording of a concert in New York's Central Park in front of 300,000 spectators with free admission. She won the Oscar for best actress in 1969 for Funny Girl , a film adaptation of the musical of the same name. In 1970, Streisand received a Special Tony Award for her Broadway career in the previous decade.

After Streisand became known in the 1960s with artistic and very successful songs from Broadway musicals and interpretations in the field of traditional pop and jazz standards , she switched to the album What About Today? for the first time in a contemporary musical direction under the influence of soft rock and mass and youth culture. In the 1970s and early 1980s she was one of the most important pop singers with her distinctive, always somewhat dramatic singing style, with a repertoire of numerous ballads, some of them from film soundtracks. Starting with the album Lazy Afternoon (1975), she also repeatedly recorded songs in the disco style that was popular at the time. This culminated in the number one success No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) , a duet with the then "Queen of Disco", Donna Summer .

She received a second Oscar in 1977 for her composition Evergreen for the film A Star Is Born . She was the first woman to receive this award. In the same year she was immortalized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . Between 1970 and 1980 she received the prestigious AGVA Georgie Award from the Association of American Variety Artists for her achievements on the music stage.

In 1980 Streisand's most commercially successful pop album Guilty was released , which was produced by the Bee Gees and from which the world hit Woman in Love was released. It was only with The Broadway Album in 1985 that she returned to her musical roots when she recorded some of his most beautiful musicals under the direction of Stephen Sondheim . The album became a best seller and brought her again in 1987 the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

In total, she released more than sixty albums, including her film soundtracks, for which she was awarded over 50 golds, over 30 platinum and more than 18 multi-platinum records, putting her in second place in the all-time charts the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and is only surpassed by Elvis Presley .

In the summer of 2007 Streisand went on a concert tour in continental Europe for the first time, with stops in Zurich , Vienna , Paris , Berlin , Manchester , Dublin and London . In 2012, Streisand went on her back-to-Brooklyn tour in the USA . This took her to Europe again in 2013, with stations in London, Amsterdam , Cologne , Berlin and Tel Aviv .

Film career

Streisand has directed several films, such as Yentl , where she worked as a producer, director, screenwriter and leading actress. Dealing with the in Yentl themed Judaism runs like a thread through Streisand works. She also founded the Barwoods Films production company in 1972 , which she uses to produce her own films. With Barwoods she produced Yentl, Nuts… Crazy , Lord of the Tides and Love has two faces with great success. She celebrated a resounding success in 1972 in the female lead in the film Is' was, Doc? directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Ryan O'Neal .

In her first films she was mostly dubbed by Sabine Eggerth ; from the 1980s until her death, Dagmar Heller was her permanent German voice.

Personal

Barbra Streisand, 2013

From 1963 to 1971 Streisand was married to actor Elliott Gould , with whom they have their son Jason Gould . This can be seen as a supporting actor in Streisand's film Lord of the Tides . In 1998 she married the actor James Brolin . Her trademarks are her light silver look and her big nose. She refused a nose operation because she feared that it would affect her voice.

Streisand has been involved in numerous charity projects with the Streisand Foundation since 1986 . Streisand has always stood up for the US Liberal Democratic Party . For this reason, in 1971, she was part of Republican President Richard Nixon's list of enemies .

Mentions in popular culture

Streisand is often mentioned in the animated series South Park , in the episode "Robo Streisand" of the first season she is even a main character. She was a recurring theme in the sitcom The Nanny , where she was referred to as a great role model for the main character portrayed by Fran Drescher , as well as in Glee , where Rachel Berry names her as one of her idols. Streisand is also mentioned in films like In & Out or Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas .

In the music video for the song Barbra Streisand by the band Duck Sauce , she is portrayed by an actress.

Barbra Streisand is also responsible for naming the Streisand effect , which is used to describe the media phenomenon that the attempt to suppress information first makes it known to a larger audience.

In 2016 she was appointed chairman of a committee for an arts center at Ground Zero in Manhattan, which is to consist of three halls in a building cube.

Filmography

cinemamovies

TV specials

  • 1965: My Name Is Barbra
  • 1966: Color Me Barbra
  • 1967: The Belle of 14th Street
  • 1968: A Happening in Central Park
  • 1973: Barbra Streisand… and Other Musical Instruments
  • 1975: Funny Girl to Funny Lady
  • 1976: Barbra: With One More Look at You
  • 1983: A Film Is Born: The Making of 'Yentl'
  • 1986: Putting It Together: The Making of The Broadway Album
  • 1987: One Voice
  • 1994: Barbra Streisand: The Concert
  • 2001: Barbra Streisand: Timeless
  • 2009: Streisand: Live in Concert
  • 2009: Friday Night with Streisand and Ross

Stage appearances

Broadway

West end

  • 1966: Funny Girl

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1963 The Barbra Streisand Album - - - - US8th
gold
gold

(101 weeks)US
First published: February 25, 1963
Sales: +500,000
3 x Grammy / Grammy Hall of Fame
The Second Barbra Streisand Album - - - - US2
gold
gold

(74 weeks)US
First published: August 1963
Sales: + 500,000
1964 The Third Barbra Streisand Album - - - - US5
gold
gold

(74 weeks)US
First published: February 1964
Sales: + 500,000
People - - - - US1
platinum
platinum

(84 weeks)US
First published: September 1964
Sales: + 1,000,000
Grammy
1965 My name is Barbra - - - - US2
gold
gold

(68 weeks)US
First published: May 1965
Sales: + 500,000
album for the TV show of the same name on April 28, 1965
My Name Is Barbra, Two ... - - - UK6 (22 weeks)
UK
US2
platinum
platinum

(48 weeks)US
First published: October 1965
Sales: + 1,000,000
Grammy
1966 Color Me Barbra DE33 (1 week)
DE
- - - US3
gold
gold

(36 weeks)US
First published: March 1966
Sales: + 500,000
album for the TV show of the same name on March 30, 1966
Je m'appelle Barbra - - - - US5
gold
gold

(29 weeks)US
First published: October 1966
Sales: + 500,000
1967 Simply Streisand - - - - US12
gold
gold

(23 weeks)US
First published: October 1967
Sales: + 500,000
1969 What About Today? - - - - US31 (17 weeks)
US
First published: July 1969
1971 Stoney End - - - UK28 (2 weeks)
UK
US10
platinum
platinum

(29 weeks)US
First published: February 1971
Sales: + 1,000,000
Barbra Joan Streisand - - - - US11
gold
gold

(26 weeks)US
First published: August 1971
Sales: + 500,000
1973 Barbra Streisand… and Other
Musical Instruments
- - - - US64 (? Where)
US
First release: November 1973
album for the TV show of the same name from November 2, 1973
1974 butterfly - - - - US13
gold
gold

(24 weeks)US
First published: October 1, 1974
Sales: + 500,000
1975 Lazy afternoon - - - - US12
gold
gold

(20 weeks)US
First published: October 14, 1975
Sales: + 500,000
1976 Classical Barbra - - - - US46
gold
gold

(14 weeks)US
First published: February 1976
Sales: + 500,000
1977 Streisand Superman - - - UK32 (9 weeks)
UK
US3
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(25 weeks)US
First published: June 1977
Sales: + 2,135,000
1978 Songbird - - - UK48
silver
silver

(2 weeks)UK
US12
platinum
platinum

(27 weeks)US
First published: May 1978
Sales: + 1,195,000
1979 Wet - - - UK25th
gold
gold

(13 weeks)UK
US7th
platinum
platinum

(26 weeks)US
First published: October 1979
Sales: + 1,270,000
1980 Guilty DE4th
platinum
platinum

(31 weeks)DE
AT1 (26 weeks)
AT
- UK1
platinum
platinum

(83 weeks)UK
US1
Quintuple platinum
× 5
Quintuple platinum

(49 weeks)US
First published: September 23, 1980
Sales: + 15,000,000
Producer: Barry Gibb
1982 Love songs - - - UK1
platinum
platinum

(130 weeks)UK
-
First published: 1982
Sales: + 300,000
1984 emotion DE40 (3 weeks)
DE
AT13 (10 weeks)
AT
CH17 (4 weeks)
CH
UK15th
gold
gold

(12 weeks)UK
US19th
platinum
platinum

(28 weeks)US
First published: October 9, 1984
Sales: + 1,285,000
1985 The Broadway album - AT29 (4 weeks)
AT
- UK3
gold
gold

(16 weeks)UK
US1
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(50 weeks)US

Initial release: November 5, 1985 Sales: + 4,265,000
Grammy
1988 Till I Loved You DE33 (11 weeks)
DE
- CH16
gold
gold

(12 weeks)CH
UK29
gold
gold

(13 weeks)UK
US10
platinum
platinum

(26 weeks)US
First published:
Oct 25, 1988 Sales: + 1,345,000
1993 Back to Broadway DE81 (9 weeks)
DE
AT37 (5 weeks)
AT
- UK4th
gold
gold

(18 weeks)UK
US1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(49 weeks)US
First published: June 29, 1993
Sales: + 2,200,000
1997 Higher ground DE35 (17 weeks)
DE
AT42 (2 weeks)
AT
CH15 (15 weeks)
CH
UK12
gold
gold

(13 weeks)UK
US1
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(27 weeks)US
First published: November 11, 1997
Sales: + 3,627,500
1999 A love like ours DE48 (6 weeks)
DE
AT45 (2 weeks)
AT
CH39 (3 weeks)
CH
UK12
gold
gold

(11 weeks)UK
US6th
platinum
platinum

(23 weeks)US
First published: September 21, 1999
Sales: + 1,185,000
2003 The Movie Album DE85 (1 week)
DE
- - UK25th
silver
silver

(5 weeks)UK
US5
gold
gold

(14 weeks)US
First published: October 14, 2003
Sales: + 789,000
2005 Guilty Pleasures DE31 (6 weeks)
DE
AT20 (7 weeks)
AT
CH51 (6 weeks)
CH
UK3
platinum
platinum

(18 weeks)UK
US5
gold
gold

(19 weeks)US
First published: September 20, 2005
Sales: + 865,000 Follow-
up to Guilty (1980)
Producer: Barry Gibb
2009 Love is the answer DE28 (7 weeks)
DE
AT10 (9 weeks)
AT
CH32 (5 weeks)
CH
UK1
gold
gold

(10 weeks)UK
US1
gold
gold

(14 weeks)US
First published: September 29, 2009
Sales: + 634,000
2011 What Matters Most DE18 (4 weeks)
DE
AT29 (4 weeks)
AT
CH28 (5 weeks)
CH
UK7 (5 weeks)
UK
US4 (10 weeks)
US
First published: August 23, 2011
Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman
2014 Partners DE9 (6 weeks)
DE
AT10 (10 weeks)
AT
CH16 (6 weeks)
CH
UK2
platinum
platinum

(22 weeks)UK
US1
platinum
platinum

(24 weeks)US
First published: September 16, 2014
Sales: + 1,480,000
2016 Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway DE23 (3 weeks)
DE
AT2 (5 weeks)
AT
CH24 (3 weeks)
CH
UK1 (7 weeks)
UK
US1 (11 weeks)
US
First published: August 26, 2016
Sales: + 600,000
2018 Walls DE34 (2 weeks)
DE
AT18 (3 weeks)
AT
CH19 (2 weeks)
CH
UK6th
silver
silver

(8 weeks)UK
US12 (2 weeks)
US
First published: November 2, 2018

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Artist awards

Academy Award

  • Awards
1969: Best Actress (Funny Girl)
1977: Best movie song (Evergreen (Love Theme from "A Star Is Born"))
  • Nominations
1974: Best Actress (Just As We Were)
1992: Best Film (Lord of the Tides)
1997: Best movie song (I Finally Found Someone)

AGVA Georgie Award

1970: Entertainer of the year
1972: Singer of the Year
1977: Singer of the Year
1980: singer of the year

American Film Institute

2001: AFI Life Achievement Award

Cable ACE Award

1995: Best performance in a musical or a series (Barbra Streisand: The Concert)
1995: Best Director in a Musical or Series (Barbra Streisand: The Concert)

David di Donatello

Emmy

  • Awards
1965: Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment (My Name Is Barbra)
1995: Outstanding variety, music or comedy special (Barbra Streisand: The Concert)
1995: Outstanding individual performance in a variety or music show (Barbra Streisand: The Concert)
2001: Outstanding individual performance in a variety or music show (Barbra Streisand: Timeless)
  • Nominations
1964: Outstanding performance in a variety or musical show (The Judy Garland Show)
1969: Outstanding variety or musical show (Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park)
1974: Outstanding comedy, variety or music special (Barbra Streisand ... and Other Musical Instruments)
1995: Outstanding TV film (Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story)
1995: Outstanding individual performance directing a variety show or music program (Barbra Streisand: The Concert)

Golden Raspberry

  • nomination
1982: Worst Actress (Every Night Counts)
1984: Worst Actor (Yentl, for her role as a man)
2011: Worst Supporting Actress (My wife, our kids and I)
2013: Worst Actress (On the Road with Mum)

Golden Globe Award

  • Awards
1969: Best Actress - Comedy or Musical (Funny Girl)
1970: Henrietta Award for Most Popular Actress
1971: Henrietta Award for Most Popular Actress
1975: Henrietta Award for Most Popular Actress
1977: Best Original Movie Song (Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born))
1977: Best Actress - Comedy or Musical (A Star Is Born)
1978: Henrietta Award for Most Popular Actress
1984: Best Director (Yentl)
2000: Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement
  • Nominations
1970: Best Actress - Comedy or Musical (Hello, Dolly!)
1971: Best Actress - Comedy or Musical (The Owl and the Kitten)
1974: Best Actress - Drama (The Way We Were)
1976: Best Actress - Comedy or Musical (Funny Lady)
1984: Best Actress - Comedy or Musical (Yentl)
1988: Best Motion Picture Drama (Nuts ... Crazy)
1988: Best Actress - Drama (Nuts ... Crazy)
1992: Best Director (Lord of the Tides)
1997: Best Original Movie Song (I Finally Found Someone)
1997: Best Actress - Comedy or Musical (love has two faces)

Grammy Award

  • Awards
1964: Album of the year (The Barbra Streisand Album)
1964: Best female vocal performance (The Barbra Streisand Album)
1965: Best female vocal performance (People)
1966: Best female vocal performance (My Name Is Barbra)
1978: Song of the Year (Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born) , with Paul Williams)
1978: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born))
1981: Best pop performance by a duo or group with vocals (Guilty , with Barry Gibb )
1987: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (The Broadway Album)
1992: Grammy Legend Award
1995: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
2004: Grammy Hall of Fame Award (Funny Girl. Original Broadway Cast Recording)
2006: Grammy Hall of Fame Award (The Barbra Streisand Album)
2008: Grammy Hall of Fame Award ( The Way We Were )
2011: MusiCares Person of the Year
  • Nominations
1964: Single of the year (Happy Days Are Here Again)
1965: Single of the year (People)
1965: Album of the Year (People)
1966: Album of the Year (My Name Is Barbra)
1967: Album of the Year (Color Me Barbra)
1967: Best female vocal performance (Color Me Barbra)
1969: Best Contemporary Female Pop Vocal Performance (Funny Girl. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1973: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (Sweet Inspiration / Where You Lead)
1977: Best classical solo vocal performance (Classical Barbra)
1978: Single of the Year (Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born))
1978: Best Original Music Written for a Film or TV Special (A Star Is Born)
1979: Single of the Year (You Don't Bring Me Flowers , with Neil Diamond )
1979: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (You Don't Bring Me Flowers - Solo Version)
1979: Best pop performance by a duo or group with vocals (You Don't Bring Me Flowers , with Neil Diamond)
1981: Single of the year (Woman in Love)
1981: Album of the Year (Guilty)
1981: Best female pop vocal performance (Woman in Love)
1987: Album of the Year (The Broadway Album)
1988: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (One Voice)
1988: Best Concert Music Video (One Voice)
1992: Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance (Warm All Over)
1994: Best pop performance by a duo or group with vocals (The Music of the Night , with Michael Crawford )
1994: Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance (Back to Broadway)
1995: Best female pop vocal performance (Ordinary Miracles)
1995: Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance (Barbra Streisand: The Concert)
1998: Best pop collaboration with vocals (I Finally Found Someone , with Bryan Adams )
1998: Best pop collaboration with vocals (Tell Him , with Celine Dion )
2001: Best Traditional Pop Singing Album (Timeless: Live in Concert)
2003: Best Traditional Pop Singing Album (Christmas Memories)
2004: Best Traditional Pop Singing Album (The Movie Album)
2008: Best Traditional Pop Singing Album (Live in Concert 2006)
2011: Best Traditional Pop Singing Album (Love Is the Answer)
2012: Best Traditional Pop Singing Album (What Matters Most)
2015: Best Traditional Pop Singing Album (Partners)

Human Rights Campaign Award

2004: Humanitarian Award

New York Drama Critics Poll Award

1962: Best Supporting Actress in a Musical (I Can Get It for You Wholesale)

Peabody Award

1966: My Name Is Barbra
1995: Barbra Streisand: The Concert

People's Choice Award

1975: Most popular film actress
1975: Most popular singer
1977: Most popular film actress
1978: Most popular film actress
1984: Most popular entertainer

Rose of Montreux

1974: Silver Rose for "Barbra Streisand and other Musical Instruments"
1986: Producer award for "One Voice"

Tony Award

  • Award
1970: Special Tony Award as "Actress of the Decade"
  • Nominations
1962: Best Supporting Actress in a Musical (I Can Get It for Your Wholesale)
1964: Best Actress in a Musical (Funny Girl)

Presidential Medal of Freedom

2015
Trophee National Midem
1965-66

literature

  • James Spada: Barbra Streisand . A biography (original title: Streisand, Her Life , translated by Anita Krätzer and Bernd Rullkötter) Heyne, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-453-11518-X .
  • Nick Yapp: Barbra Streisand . Photographs of a legend. Illustrated book (translated by Madeleine Lampe), Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-89602-869-3 .
  • Steve Schapiro, Lawrence Schiller: Barbra Streisand's early years in Hollywood: 1968 - 1976. Edited by Nina Wiener. Essays by Patt Morrison and Lawrence Grobel. Captions by Matt Tunia. TASCHEN , Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-8365-4240-1 .

Web links

Commons : Barbra Streisand  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. The Mouse That Wails , Rogue Magazine November 1963, accessed August 8, 2012
  2. Helen Brown: Barbra Streisand, O2 Arena, review. In: The Daily Telegraph. June 2, 2013, accessed July 2, 2017 .
  3. http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6259282/barbra-streisand-no-1-partners
  4. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/celeb/streisand.htm
  5. See Harenberg Personenlexikon , Harenberg Lexikon Verlag 2000, p. 956
  6. Entry at filmreference.com
  7. http://www.barbrastreisand.com/de/node/2579 ( Memento from October 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  8. http://charity.lovetoknow.com/Streisand_Foundation
  9. message in the nytimes from September 9, 2016
  10. ^ Charles in charge. In: Google Books (New York Magazine). May 18, 1992, accessed September 17, 2018 .
  11. Anuario SGAE 2016 (Musica Grabada). (PDF 1.2MB) Retrieved September 17, 2018 (Spanish).
  12. Barbra Streisand - Grammy Awards Retrospective ( Memento from May 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive )