On 29th December 1955, Barbara Streisand recorded her first song - You’ll Never Know
Barbra Streisand, Nola Recording Studio, 12/29/1955.
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"You'll Never Know" was the first song that Barbra Streisand ever recorded in 1955. It was the opening song on her 4-CD box-set Just for the Record (1991). The collection closed with another version of the song, sung as a duet by Streisand at age 45 (recorded April 21, 1988) and herself as a girl at age 13.5
Barbara Streisand has won two Academy Awards,1 eight Grammy Awards,2 four Emmy Awards,3 a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award,4 a Peabody Award,4 and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award.
She is one of the most commercially and critically successful entertainers in modern entertainment history, with more than 71.5 million albums shipped in the United States and 140 million albums sold worldwide.56 She is the best-selling female artist on the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) Top Selling Artists list, the only female recording artist in the top ten, and the only artist outside of the rock and roll genre.7 Along with Frank Sinatra, Cher, and Shirley Jones, she shares the distinction of being awarded an acting Oscar and also recording a number-one single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.
According to the RIAA, Streisand holds the record for the most top-ten albums of any female recording artist - a total of 32 since 1963.8 Streisand has the widest span (48 years) between first and latest top-ten albums of any female recording artist. With her 2009 album, Love Is the Answer, she became one of the rare artists to achieve number-one albums in five consecutive decades.9 According to the RIAA, she has released 51 Gold albums, 30 Platinum albums, and 13 Multi-Platinum albums in the United States.2
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AWARDS
In 1984, Streisand was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award for outstanding women who, through their endurance and the excellence of their work, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry.66 She also received the National Medal of Arts67 in 2000 and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2008. She was inducted as an officer of France's Legion of Honour in 2007.
Streisand's works have been nominated for over 57 Grammy Awards; she won 15 of these, including two special awards. She has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame three times. In 2011, she is honored as MusiCares Person of the Year by the Grammy Foundation.
Year
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Award
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Category
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Work
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Result
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1963
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Won
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Won
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Nominated
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1964
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Best Female Vocal Performance
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Won
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Album of the Year
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Nominated
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Record of the Year
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Nominated
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1965
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Best Female Vocal Performance
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Won
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Album of the Year
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Nominated
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1966
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Best Female Vocal Performance
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Nominated
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Album of the Year
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Nominated
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1968
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Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance
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Funny Girl Soundtrack
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Nominated
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1970
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Entertainer of the Year
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—
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Won
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1972
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Grammy Awards
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Best Pop Female Vocal Performance
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"Sweet Inspiration / Where You Lead"
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Nominated
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AGVA Georgie Award
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Singing Star of the Year
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—
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Won
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1975
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Favorite Female Singer of the Year
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Won
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1976
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Grammy Awards
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Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
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Nominated
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1977
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Best Pop Female Vocal Performance
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"Evergreen" (from A Star Is Born)
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Won
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Song of the Year
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Won
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Record of the Year
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Nominated
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Best Original Score – Motion Picture or Television Special
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Nominated
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AGVA Georgie Award
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Singing Star of the Year
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—
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Won
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1978
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Grammy Awards
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Best Pop Female Vocal Performance
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"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (with Neil Diamond)
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Nominated
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1979
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Record of the Year
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Nominated
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Best Pop Vocal Performance – Duo, Group, or Chorus
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Nominated
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1980
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Guilty (with Barry Gibb)
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Won
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Album of the Year
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Nominated
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Record of the Year
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Nominated
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Best Pop Vocal Female Performance
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Nominated
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AGVA Georgie Awards
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Singing Star of the Year
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—
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Won
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1985
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People's Choice Awards
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Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer
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Won
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1986
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Grammy Awards
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Best Pop Vocal Female Performance
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Won
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Album of the Year
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Nominated
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Best Instrumental Arrangement Acompanying Vocal
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Nominated
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1987
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Best Pop Vocal Female Performance
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Nominated
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Best Music Video Performance
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Nominated
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1988
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People's Choice Awards
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Favorite All-Time Musical Performer
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—
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Won
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1991
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Grammy Awards
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Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance
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"Warm All Over"
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Nominated
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1992
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Grammy Legend Award
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—
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Special award
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1993
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Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance
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Nominated
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1994
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Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
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—
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Special award
| |
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance
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Barbra: The Concert
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Nominated
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Best Pop Vocal Female Performance
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"Ordinary Miracles"
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Nominated
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1997
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Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
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"Tell Him" (with Celine Dion)
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Nominated
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"I Finally Found Someone" (with Bryan Adams)
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Nominated
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2000
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Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
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Timeless – Live In Concert
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Nominated
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2002
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Nominated
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2003
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Nominated
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2004
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Grammy Hall of Fame
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Funny Girl (Barbra Streisand and Sydney Chaplin)
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Inducted
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2006
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2007
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Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
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Nominated
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2008
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Grammy Hall of Fame
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Inducted
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2011
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Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
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Nominated
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2012
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Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
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0TBA
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Streisand has won 2 Academy Awards (Oscar) against 5 nominations, 2 for acting, 2 for song writing and 1 for Best Picture,
Year
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Award
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Category
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Work
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Result
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1969
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Best Actress
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Won
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Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
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Won
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1970
|
Nominated
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—
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Special award
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1971
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Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
|
Nominated
| ||
Henrietta World Film Favorite
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—
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Special award
| ||
1974
|
Academy Awards
|
Best Actress
|
Nominated
| |
Golden Globe Awards
|
Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama)
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Nominated
| ||
1975
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Henrietta World Film Favorite
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—
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Special award
| |
1976
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Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
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Nominated
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1977
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Academy Awards
|
Best Original Song
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"Evergreen" (from A Star Is Born)
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Won
|
Golden Globe Awards
|
Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
|
Won
| ||
Best Original Song
|
Won
| |||
1978
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Henrietta World Film Favorite
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—
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Special award
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1984
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Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
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Nominated
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Best Director (Motion Picture)
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Won
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1988
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Best Actress in Motion Picture (Drama)
|
Nominated
| ||
1992
|
Academy Awards
|
Best Picture
|
Nominated
| |
Golden Globe Awards
|
Best Director (Motion Picture)
|
Nominated
| ||
1997
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Academy Awards
|
Best Original Song
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Nominated
| |
Golden Globe Awards
|
Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
|
The Mirror Has Two Faces
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Nominated
| |
Best Original Song
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"I Finally Found Someone" (from The Mirror Has Two Faces)
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Nominated
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2000
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Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement
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—
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Special award
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Year
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Title
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Notes
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1961–1963
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1964–1965
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Year
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Title
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Notes
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1966
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April 13, 1966 – July 16, 1966 at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London.
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Year
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Title
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Notes
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1965
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Aired April 28, 1965
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1966
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Aired March 30, 1966
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1967
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The Belle of 14th Street
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Aired Oct. 11, 1967
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1968
|
Aired June 17, 1967
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1973
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Nov. 2, 1973
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1975
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Funny Girl to Funny Lady
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1976
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Barbra: With One More Look at You
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1983
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A Film Is Born: The Making of 'Yentl'
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1986
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Putting it Together: The Making of The Broadway Album
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1987
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1994
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Also producer and director
| |
2001
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Aired on FOX TV February 14, 2001 (1 hour ed version)
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2009
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Aired on CBS April 25, 200968 (Filmed in Florida in 2006)
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2009
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First Ever UK Performance
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Tours and live performances
Year
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Title
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Continents
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Box-office benefits
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Total audience
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1966
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North America
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$480,000
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60,000
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1994
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North America and Europe
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$50 million
|
400,000
| |
2000
|
North America and Oceania
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$70 million
|
200,000
| |
2006–2007
|
North America and Europe
|
$119.5 million
|
425,000
|
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| Barbara with Elliot Gould |
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| Barbara & Louis Armstrong |
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| Barbara & Kris Kristofferson |
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| Barbara & Omar Sharif |
DISCOGRAPHY
1964: The Third Album
1964: People
1965: My Name Is Barbra
1966: Color Me Barbra
1966: Je m'appelle Barbra
1967: Simply Streisand
1967: A Christmas Album
1969: What About Today?
1971: Stoney End
1971: Barbra Joan Streisand
1974: The Way We Were
1974: ButterFly
1975: Lazy Afternoon
1976: Classical Barbra
1977: Streisand Superman
1978: Songbird
1979: Wet
1980: Guilty
1981: Memories
1984: Emotion
1985: The Broadway Album
1988: Till I Loved You
1993: Back to Broadway
1997: Higher Ground
1999: A Love Like Ours
2001: Christmas Memories
2003: The Movie Album
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| L to R, Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Barbara Streisand, Sidney Poiter |
· On December 29th, 1955, 13-year-old Barbra Streisand made her first recording, "You'll Never Know."
· In 1957, singers Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme were married in Las Vegas.
· In 1967, musician Dave Mason lef
· t the band Traffic to pursue a solo career.
· In 1975, Paul Kantner and Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane divorced.
· In 1980, singer-songwriter Tim Hardin died of a heroin overdose in Los Angeles at the age of 40. He's best known for composing the song "If I Were A Carpenter."
· In 1989, Jane Pauley marked her last day as co-host of the "Today" show after 13 years. Her successor was Deborah Norville.
· In 1992, actor Todd Bridges was arrested in Burbank, California. Police say they found speed and a loaded gun in his car, but Bridges claimed he had been framed. At the time, Bridges had been doing public service announcements telling kids to stay away from drugs.
· In 2006, burlesque artist Dita Von Teese filed for divorce from singer Marilyn Manson, citing irreconcilable differences. They had been married barely a year.
