Barbra StreisandAKA:
Barbara Joan Streisand
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American Birthdate:
04/24/1942 Birthplace:
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biography
This multi-talented performer shot to fame when she conquered Broadway with her galvanizing stage presence in the musicals, "I Can Get It for You Wholesale" (1962) and "Funny Girl" (1964), in the latter as the gawky but gifted Fanny Brice. Streisand next powered a number of popular albums ("My Name Is Barbra") and award-winning TV specials ("Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park"; "My Name Is Barbra", which was based on her hit album and won five Emmys) before moving into films. Equally magnetic on the big screen, Streisand patented a brash, loquacious, aggressively optimistic screen
Credits
milestones
Year
Milestone
1960
Stage acting debut in "The Insect Comedy"
1960
Won a singing contest at The Lion, a small Greenwich Village club; led to engagements at Bon Soir and the Blue Angel
1961
Made TV debut as guest on "The Tonight Show", guest hosted by Orson Bean
1961
Off-Broadway debut in the revue "Another Evening with Harry Stoones"; also featured was Dom DeLuise
1962
Broadway debut as the secretary Miss Marmelstein in "I Can Get It For You Wholesale"; received Tony nomination
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