Filmography:
>> Timeless: Live in Concert (2001) (V) .... Herself
>> Tribute to Barbra Streisand, A (2001) (TV) .... Herself
>> Brooke Shields: Celebrity Profile (2001) (TV) (archive footage)
.... Herself
>> Mirror Has Two Faces, The (1996) .... Rose Morgan
>> Barbra Streisand: The Concert (1995) (TV) .... Herself, performer
>> 65th Annual Academy Awards, The (1993) (TV) (uncredited) .... Presenter
- Best Director
>> Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991) (TV) (Host/Narrator)
.... Herself
>> Prince of Tides, The (1991) .... Susan Lowenstein
>> 63rd Annual Academy Awards, The (1991) (TV) (uncredited) .... Presenter
- Best Picture
>> Earth Day Special (1990) (TV) .... Herself
>> Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (1990) .... Herself
>> Nuts (1987) .... Claudia Draper
>> One Voice (1987) (TV) .... Herself
>> Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville (1987) (TV)
>> Directed by William Wyler (1986) .... Herself
>> Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album (1985) (V)
.... Herself
>> Film Is Born: The Making of Yentl, A (1983) (TV) .... Herself /
Yentl / Anshel
>> Yentl (1983) .... Yentl/Anshel
>> All Night Long (1981) .... Cheryl Gibbons
>> Getting in Shape for the Main Event (1979) (TV)
>> Main Event, The (1979) .... Hillary Kramer
>> Barbra: With One More Look at You (1976) (TV) .... Herself / Esther
Hoffman Howard
>> Star Is Born, A (1976) .... Esther Hoffman
>> Funny Girl to Funny Lady (1975) (TV) (as Miss Barbra Streisand)
.... Herself / Fanny Brice
>> Funny Lady (1975) .... Fanny Brice
>> For Pete's Sake (1974) .... Henrietta 'Henry' Robbins
>> Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments (1973) (TV) ....
Herself
>> Way We Were, The (1973) .... Katie Morosky
>> Up the Sandbox (1972) .... Margaret Reynolds
>> What's Up, Doc? (1972) .... Judy Maxwell
>> World of Love, A (1971) (TV) .... Host
>> Barbra: Yesterday, Today and Forever! (1970) .... Herself / Daisy
Gamble
>> Owl and the Pussycat, The (1970) .... Doris
>> On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) .... Daisy Gamble
>> 42nd Annual Academy Awards, The (1970) (TV) (uncredited) .... Presenter
- Best Actor
>> Hello, Dolly! (1969) .... Dolly Levi
>> Funny Girl (1968) .... Fanny Brice
>> Belle of 14th Street, The (1967) (TV) .... Herself
>> Happening in Central Park, A (1967) (TV) .... Herself
>> Color Me Barbra (1966) (TV) .... Herself
>> My Name Is Barbra (1965) (TV) .... Herself
Mini Biography :
>> If America can be said to have a Queen of Show Business,
then Streisand surely fills the bill. Absolutely uncompromising in
her determination to excel in whatever she attempts, this performerproducer/director
has fought every step of the way for respect in an industry that doles
it out sparingly to women. A cabaret singer and recording artist who
burst onto Broadway in 1962's "I Can Get It for You Wholesale," Streisand
wowed audiences with her seemingly boundless energy and astonishing
vocal range.
>> She subsequently won a Tony nomination for her characterization
of show-biz legend Fanny Brice in "Funny Girl," and taped a number
of TV specials (one of which, 1965's "My Name Is Barbra," won her
an Emmy) before starring in the movie adaptation of Funny Girl (1968),
which earned her a Best Actress Oscar (in a rare tie, with Katharine
Hepburn for The Lion in Winter. Hello, Dolly! (1969) and On a Clear
Day You Can See Forever (1970) followed, and despite their shortcomings,
Streisand joined the firmament of great movie-musical stars.
>> The genre was on the wane, though, and she elected to broaden
her range in nonmusical vehicles. She scored as a comically crude
hooker in The Owl and the Pussycat (also 1970) and as the madcap heroine
of What's Up, Doc? (1972). Up the Sandbox (also 1972) gave her a more
serious role. She was then paired with 1970s dreamboat Robert Redford
in the romantic The Way We Were (1973, Oscar-nominated), a smash hit
she followed with the feeble comedy For Pete's Sake (1974) and a surprisingly
lame sequel, Funny Lady (1975).
>> With then-boyfriend Jon Peters, Streisand turned producer;
her 1976 remake of A Star Is Born earned her a Best Song Oscar with
Paul Williams for "Evergreen," but irritated some observers who felt
she lost objectivity as both producer and star. She slipped further
with a pair of flop comedies, The Main Event (1979) and the underrated
All Night Long (1981); in the latter she hurriedly replaced Lisa Eichhorn
in midproduction, taking her only supporting role to date. Since then,
her output has been meager, but she has revealed, from movie to movie,
an increasingly impressive grasp of the filmmaking process.
>> She donned the director's cap (as well as men's clothing)
for the ambitious musical Yentl (1983; she also produced and cowrote),
played a psy chotic hooker in Nuts (1987), and directed, produced,
and costarred in The Prince of Tides (1991), enduring critical snipes
along the way, but earning a growing degree of respect as well for
her accomplishments. Divorced from Elliott Gould, by whom she has
a son, Jason; he appeared as her offspring in Tides.
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