Biography
Barbara Streisand — singer with roots in the Russian Empire
Barbra Streisand is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time — the only artist to achieve number-one albums in six consecutive decades. An EGOT winner (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony), she has defined American popular music, Broadway, and Hollywood drama since the early 1960s.
Russian Connection
Tracing the roots — USA
Her father Emanuel Streisand's family came from Galicia, the borderland of the Russian Empire and Austria-Hungary. Raised in Brooklyn's Jewish-immigrant neighbourhoods, her vocal intensity and dramatic drive carry the emotional DNA of that uprooted generation.
Family Tree
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Barbara Streisand🇺🇸 USA
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Grandparents
Galicia / Russia
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Origin
USA🇷🇺
Key Achievements
A career defined by ambition
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Over 150 million records sold worldwide
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2 Academy Awards — Funny Girl (1969) and The Way We Were (1974)
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10 Grammy Awards including Lifetime Achievement
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Tony and Emmy Awards — one of rare EGOT performers
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Presidential Medal of Freedom (2015)
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Directed Yentl (1983) — first woman to write, produce, direct and star in a major studio film
"I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That was quite a revolution."
Barbara Streisand
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