Barbra Streisand

Barbara Streisand born Barbara Joan Streisand , the April 24th 1942 with Brooklyn, New York is a Chanteuse, Actrice, producing Réalisatrice and American.

She is the woman of the American Acteur James Brolin.

She is very often caricatured in South Park.

Its life

Teenager, Barbara Streisand occurs in many clubs. Its qualities of singer allure the Columbia, which makes him sign a contract in 1962, then bring it on the boards of Broadway where it meets success very quickly, in particular with the musical comedy Funny girl (1964).

Very popular singer rewarded many times with the Grammy S, Barbra Streisand foams the scenes and contributes to more than one forty albums throughout her career, mainly of the film original soundtracks. It is then not a chance if its first appearance with the screen is in the musical comedy Funny Girl , adaptation of its success on scene carried out in 1968 by William Wyler. Its perfomance is worth a Oscar besides to him (gained equal with Katharine Hepburn).

The actress dominates of her voice the musical comedies Hello Dolly ! (1969), Funny Lady (1975) or a star was born (1976) of which the song headlight: Evergreen , enables him to obtain the Oscar of the best original song. But its course on big screen is also rate/rhythm by comedies " classiques" ( the Owl and the Pussycat , 1970; My wife is nutcase , 1974; My father-in-law, my parents and me , 2003) and of films with dramatic tonality ( Our more beautiful years , 1973; Nut , 1987).

Barbra Streisand, rare actress, pass to three recoveries to the realization: with the comedy Yentl in 1983 (adapted of a news of Isaac Bashevis Singer) for which it gains the Golden Globe of best film of comedy, then romantic comedies the Prince of the tides (1991) and Leçons of seduction (1996). The actress reveals a more personal facet thus, proving her insatiable eclecticism once again.

Democratic convinced, Streisand always attended the congresses of the party of which it is member and constant his various candidates with the elections.

Selective catalog of films

1968 : Funny Girl of William Wyler
1969: Hello, Dolly! of Gene Kelly
1970: Melinda ( One has Clear Day You Can See Forever ) of Vincente Minnelli
1970: the Owl and the pussycat ( The Owl and the Pussycat ) of Herbert Ross
1972: Up the Sandbox of Irvin Kershner
1972: One packs the bag, Doctor? ( What' S Up, Doc.? ) of Peter Bogdanovich
1973: Our more beautiful years ( The Way We Were ) of Sydney Pollack
1974: My wife is nutcase ( For Pete' S Sake ) of Peter Yates
1975: Funny Lady of Herbert Ross
1976: a star was born ( has Star is Born ) from Frank Pierson
1979: Tender combat ( The Hand Vent ) of Howard Zieff, also producing
1981: Life mauve ( All Night Long ) of Jean-Claude Tramont
1983: Yentl , also director
1986: Directed by William Wyler (documentary)
1987: Nut ( Nuts ), also producing
1990: Listen Up: The Lives off Quincy Jones (documentary)
1991: the Prince of the tides ( Prince off the Tides ), also director
1996: Lessons of seduction ( The Mirror has Two Faces ), also director (Remake of the Mirror to two faces of Andre Cayatte in 1958)
2004: My father-in-law, my parents and me ( Meet the Fockers ) of Jay Roach

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