BORN: April 24, 1942, Brooklyn, NY
The career of Barbara Streisand has been paved with
bold, creative achievements and highlighted by a
series of firsts.
"The Prince of Tides" was the first motion picture
directed by its female star ever to receive a Best
Director nomination from the Directors Guild of
America as well as seven Academy Award nominations.
Barbara Streisand produced the heralded drama in
addition to directing and starring in it.
For her very first Broadway appearance in "I Can Get
It For You Wholesale," she won the New York Drama
Critics Award and received a Tony nomination.
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