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Biography of Barbra Streisand
Name: Barbra Streisand
Birth Date: April 24, 1942
Death Date: N/A
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: actress, singer, songwriter, director, producer
Barbra Streisand
For over 40 years, award-winning American performer Barbra Streisand (born 1942) has been performing and singing on the stage, television and in motion pictures, as well as recording popular music.Barbra Joan Streisand was born on April 24, 1942 in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York to Emanuel and Diana (Rosen) Streisand. Her father, a high school English teacher, died when Streisand was only 15 months old leaving her mother to raise both her and her older brother, Sheldon. Her mother soon found work as a secretary in the New York public school system and re-married in the late 1940s. Streisand felt rebuffed by her mother and step-father, Lou Kind, a used-car salesman, and attributes many of her personality characteristics to those early experiences. She graduated at age 16 from Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn and moved to Manhattan where she shared an apartment with friends working various jobs hoping to perform on Broadway.…showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…outstanding contribution to the entertainment field. She has received more Golden Globe trophies than any other entertainer.Streisand married actor James Brolin in July 1998. They divide their time between homes in Malibu and Beverly Hills, California. She has given concerts to help benefit political candidates and charities that benefit social causes such as AIDS research. Her "Streisand Foundation," was established in 1992 to help advocate women's rights, civil liberties and environmental protection. At the 2001 Emmy Awards, she sang a moving rendition of "You'll Never Walk Alone," as an inspirational message to the audience, in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. Further Reading American Film, January-February 1992.Chicago Tribune, December 5, 1982.Ladies Home Journal, February 1992; July 1994.McCall's, September 1997.National Review, March 20, 1995.New Yorker, January 27, 1992.New York Times, December 22, 1991; December 25, 1991.People, November 17, 1997; November 24, 1997; December 8, 1997; March 9, 1998.Washington Post, December 22, 1991."Barbra Streisand," Internet Movie Databank, http://us.imdb.com (May 11, 1998 and November 11, 2001).
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