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'''Barbra Streisand''' (born 1942
She has had an astonishing ''thirty-one albums'' hit the Top Ten, nine of which went Number One, and is the only singer in history to have a Number One album in five consecutive decades, beginning with ''People'' in 1964 and, as of now,{{when}} ending with ''Love Is The Answer'' in 2009. She has won two [[Academy Award]]s, ten [[Grammy Award|Grammys]], four [[Emmy Award|Emmys]], an honorary [[Tony Award|Tony]]<ref>Which makes her one of only 21 people to have pulled off an [[wikipedia:EGOT|"EGOT"]] -- winning [[Fun with Acronyms|an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony]] -- though the honorary status of her Tony means that her position in that club is debatable.</ref> and a Peabody, was the first woman to win a [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]] for Best Director, was a Kennedy Center Honors honoree, and won AFI's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001.
Streisand made her film debut as Fanny Brice in ''[[Funny Girl]]'', for which she split a Best Actress Oscar with [[Katharine Hepburn]] (''[[The Lion in Winter]]''). She would later give noted performances in ''[[Hello, Dolly!]]'', ''[[The Way We Were]]'' (opposite [[Robert Redford]]) and ''[[Yentl]]'' (which she also produced and directed).
Oh, yes, she's a director as well. Other directing credits include ''[[The Mirror Has Two Faces]]'' and ''[[The Prince
She has taken heat for the shape of her nose over the years (well, decades), most notably from ''[[American Newspapers|New York Times]]'' critic John Simon, who has been waging a jihad on the singer's nose since the 1970s. To her credit, Ms. Streisand refused to undergo cosmetic surgery early in her career, though admittedly not out of a high moral principle; she once famously credited her unique voice to a deviated septum. "If I ever had my nose fixed, it would ruin my career." Barbra's nose was referenced on ''[[Glee]]'', where Kurt uses it to talk Rachel (who is a fan of Streisand) out of getting a nose job.
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* [[Signature Song]]: "Don't Rain on My Parade." Also, "The Way We Were" and "As If We Never Said Goodbye."
* [[Signature Style]]: She sings ballads with some mid-tempo, in a classic pop style with a heavy dash of New York accent. She plays characters who mix great ambition with great insecurity, who are willing to take great risks to get what they want. Material success comes to these characters more easily than interpersonal success (with others or themselves). It should also be mentioned that she does this very, ''very'' well.
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