Barbra Archives (2024)

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When did Barbra Streisand come out? ›

Her first album, The Barbra Streisand Album, got not one but two Grammy Awards in 1963 including Album of the Year, making her at that time the youngest artist ever to have received that award.

Now in her 80s, Barbra Streisand is still as active as ever. When she has time between all her activities, she retreats to California, where she lives with her second husband, actor James Brolin, on the Malibu coast. Penguin Random House is releasing "My Name is Barbra" on November 7, 2023.

Barbra — whose real name is spelled Barbara — revealed that when she was starting out in the industry casting agents suggested that she change her name. “They wanted something simpler … Barbara Strand or Sands … but that felt phony,” she recalled.

Barbra Streisand has one biological child, her son Jason Gould whom she shares with her ex-husband Elliot Gould. She also has three stepchildren through her marriage to James Brolin: Jess Brolin, Molly Elizabeth Brolin and actor Josh Brolin—yep, Thanos is related to Babs!

Below them was a photo of my friend Melissa McCarthy who I sang with on my Encore album. She looked fantastic! I just wanted to pay her a compliment. I forgot the world is reading!"

Barbra Streisand won an Oscar for Actress in a Leading Role for her performance as Fanny Brice in the 1968 film adaptation of 'Funny Girl. ' Barbra tied with Katharine Hepburn ('The Lion in Winter') - an Oscars first.

Tell Him (Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion song)

Legendary actor and singer Barbra Streisand has a tiny mall inside her home in Malibu, California. The Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony winner has a gift shop, a sweet shop, and a doll shop in the mall.

Does Barbra Streisand still entertain? ›

The legendary diva Barbra Streisand is heading back out on tour in 2024, which means you've got the chance to see the iconic singer performing some of her most beloved songs, live and in person! Tickets are on sale for all scheduled dates, but with only a few venues booked, they're sure to go fast.

She even flew to Las Vegas to meet with Presley in person. “We talked about the film, and Elvis was interested,” Streisand writes. “But obviously it didn't work out.

Streisand and Elliott were married for eight years before splitting in 1971. (The Broadway star later wed actor James Brolin in 1998.) Over the years, Jason has worked as an actor (his first role was alongside his mom in Up the Sandbox) and a musician.

Barbra's life wasn't just miserable at home. She was taunted by classmates for her 'Big Beak' and was a self-described 'real ugly kid' who was painfully thin and slightly cross-eyed.

"We sat under the hairdryers, talking, and then every time we remembered where we were, we would start to giggle," wrote Streisand. In Chapter 49 of her book, Streisand wrote about her difficult relationship with her own mother, Diana, an aspiring singer who seemed jealous of her daughter's fame.

In 1965, A Rule-Breaking Barbra Streisand, Just 23, Won an Emmy for Her First TV Special 'My Name Is Barbra' In 1964, while Streisand was starring in Funny Girl on Broadway, CBS offered her the chance to star in her own TV special. Streisand accepted the offer, but she insisted on doing it her way.

Streisand and Brolin first met in 1996 at a blind date dinner party when she was 54 and he was 56. They tied the knot two years later in a backyard ceremony at the "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" singer's home in Malibu, California.

APRIL 5, 1961. Streisand makes her television debut on "The Jack Paar Show" thanks to guest host Orson Bean, who'd seen her at the Bon Soir.

Streisand established herself as a major Broadway star in the career-making role of Fanny Brice in the musical Funny Girl (1964). In 1965 she won two Emmy Awards for My Name Is Barbra, the first of a series of tremendously successful television specials.