Barbra Streisand

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A winner of two Oscars, Barbra Streisand has directed three feature films which earned a total of 14 Academy Award nominations.  The first of her personal Oscar wins was for Best Actress for Funny Girl, and the second was for Best Original Song for "Evergreen," which made her the first woman to earn an Academy Award for composing music. She has starred in 19 motion pictures, receiving a second Best Actress Oscar nomination for The Way We Were, and she is the first woman in Hollywood history to write, produce, direct, and star in a major studio film, Yentl. According to the RIAA, she is the best selling female recording artist of all time and the only artist to achieve #1 albums in each of six consecutive decades, including the present. Her luminous career also includes Grammy, Emmy, Golden Globe, Tony, Directors Guild of America and Peabody awards.

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Accomplishments
Annie Leibovitz portrait
Barbra Streisand and William Wyler
With director William Wyler
With Ray Stark and Herbert Ross
Funny Girl photos
Funny Girl poster
Funny Girl premiere
Telegram to the Academy
First Oscar appearance
Barbra’s Note to Katharine Hepburn
Hello, Dolly! Soundtrack
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
The Owl and the Pussycat
The Owl and the Pussycat
concert for McGovern
What's Up, Doc?
What's Up, Doc?
What's Up, Doc?
The Way We Were
The Way We Were
The Way We Were
The Way We Were
The 46th Academy Awards in 1974
Evergreen (Love Theme From "A Star Is Born")
49th Academy Awards
Evergreen (Love Theme From "A Star Is Born")
with Sydney Pollack
A Terry O'Neill portrait
The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides
Academy President Karl Malden
With Jack and Clint
The Mirror Has Two Faces
The Mirror Has Two Faces
75th Academy Awards
Meet the Fockers
at the 77th Academy Awards
Improvising at the Oscars
Kathryn Bigelow
The Way We Were