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Barbra Streisand - news / articles


  • Barbra Streisand performs first homecoming show - 12 October 2012
    -Barbra Streisand returned to her native Brooklyn, New York on Thursday night (11Oct12) to play her first ever hometown show.-The veteran entertainer kicked off her Back To Brooklyn tour with an opening concert at the Barclays Center in her native New York City borough.-


  • Barbra Streisand was hesitant to sign up for Seth Rogen film - 5 October 2012
    -Superstar Barbra Streisand repeatedly turned down the chance to play Seth Rogen's mother in upcoming comedy The Guilt Trip because she was hesitant to take on a leading film role after so many years away from the screen.-The Funny Girl icon made a return to acting with s


Barbra Streisand - what members say


  • The Mirror Has Two Faces
  • The Mirror Has Two Faces review by from Aberystwyth, Wales
    Rated - 1.0 stars Barbra's worst 21 August 2004
    ...I'm a great fan of Barbra Streisand, but this has to be the worst film she's ever made! It starts off fairly promisingly, along the lines of her early screwball comedies (with ...   Read customer review
  • The Way We Were
  • The Way We Were review by lotts from Mitcham
    Rated - 5.0 stars the way we were 29 July 2009
    ...ets into your heart and the sadness of lost love makes your chest ache. while Barbra Streisand can be a little over dramatic/over bearing the mesmerizing portrayal of hubble ...   Read customer review
  • For Pete's Sake
  • For Pete's Sake review by from London, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Arousing and provoking laughter 26 April 2005
    ...Barbra Streisand is a housewife concerned about her husband's bad financial luck, borrows money from the Mafia so he can act on a tip to buy pork-belly futures. Take it from t...   Read customer review

Barbra Streisand - filmography


  • The Guilt Trip (2012)
    Starring: Seth Rogen,  Adam Scott,  Yvonne Strahovski
    Director: Anne Fletcher
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen star in this hilarious road trip movie with a difference. Andy, an organic chemist has poured his life savings into a nontoxic cleaning solution and now it's D-day for his invention. But the plan for a quick stop at his Mum's takes a sudden turn when he impulsively ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 44 members
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  • One Night Only - Barbra Streisand (2009)
    Starring: Barbra Streisand
    Director: Scott Floyd Lochmus
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    One Night Only was the once-in-a-lifetime event at the historic Village Vanguard to an audience of 100 of her luckiest fans from around the world. The free concert was attended by notables including former President Bill Clinton, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Nicole Kidman and Sarah ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 10 members
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  • Meet The Fockers on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Dustin Hoffman,  Ben Stiller,  Barbra Streisand
    Director: Jay Roach
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Sequel to the 2000 comedy 'Meet the Parents'. Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) has finally married Pam Byrne (Teri Polo), after a fraught attempt to win the blessing of her irascible, ex-CIA operative father Jack (Robert De Niro). But Jack, ferociously protective of his daughter, wants to see exactly what ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 94,252 members
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  • Barbra Streisand - The Concert on DVD (1999)
    Director: Barbra Streisand
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Barbra Streisand, live in concert during her October 2006 tour of North American and Europe. Highlights include: The Fort Lauderdale show captured during her "Timeless Tour" in October 2006, with special guest multi-platinum recording artists, Il Divo, plus the 1994 show at Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 36 members
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  • The Prince of Tides on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Barbra Streisand,  Jeroen Krabbe,  Blythe Danner
    Director: Barbra Streisand
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte) is unable to stop his marriage from disintegrating and cannot come to terms with his brother's recent death. After his sister Savannah (Melinda Dillon) attempts suicide, Tom flies to New York and agrees to work with her psychiatrist (Barbra Streisand) to unlock family secrets ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 978 members
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  • Yentl on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Barbra Streisand,  Allan Corduner,  Mandy Patinkin
    Director: Barbra Streisand
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Barbra Streisand's directorial debut, Yentl, is a musical adaptation of a story by the beloved Jewish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer. Yentl (Streisand) is a young woman who wants nothing more than to study religious scripture. She is denied that possibility because she is a woman. She moves, passes ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,316 member
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  • A Star Is Born (1976)
    Starring: Barbra Streisand,  Kris Kristofferson
    Director: Frank Pierson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Barabara Streisand reprise the role made famous by Judy Garland in this remake. Rock star John Norman has seen his popularity dwindle. He meets Esther, a talented young singer, and helps get a contract with a record company. As her fame rises so does his depression deepen.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 146 members
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  • Funny Lady on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Barbra Streisand,  Omar Sharif,  Kay Medford
    Director: William Wyler,  Herbert Ross
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Funny Lady Barbra Streisand is back and she's better than ever as the exuberant Fanny Brice in Funny Lady, sequel to acclaimed Academy Award winner Funny Girl. This lively, lavish musical opens a new chapter in Fanny's career and love life. Now divorced from wealthy Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif), she ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 656 members
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  • For Pete's Sake on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Estelle Parsons,  Molly Picon,  Barbra Streisand
    Director: Peter Yates
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Comedy (in the 1950s screwball vein) starring Barbra Streisand as Henry, a devoted Brooklyn wife who tries to raise money for her student/cab driver husband (Michael Sarrazin) after he begins to play the stock market - badly. Henry borrows money from a loan shark which sets off a series of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 251 members
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  • The Way We Were on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Lois Chiles,  Bradford Dillman,  Patrick O'Ne
    Director: Sydney Pollack
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Aspiring writer Hubbell Gardiner (Robert Redford) and Jewish political activist Katie Morosky (Barbra Streisand) meet at college in the 1930s. Although attracted to each other, a romance does not ensue. However, they meet again during the Second World War, beginning an affair which eventually leads ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 6,422 members
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  • What's Up Doc (1972)
    Starring: Barbra Streisand,  Ryan O'Neal,  Madeline Kahn
    Director: Peter Bogdanovich
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Four guests staying at the San Francisco Hilton appear to have nothing in common - or do they? Aside from the fact that they are all a little strange - they happen to own identical travelling cases.Naturally the cases get mixed up and the ensuing results are one hilarious situation after another, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 758 members
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  • The Owl And The Pussycat on DVD (1970)
    Starring: George Segal,  Barbra Streisand,  Robert Klein
    Director: Herbert Ross
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Barbra Streisand and George Segal star in an opposites-attract romantic comedy based on the hit Broadway play. Streetwise prostitute Doris (Steisand) gets evicted from her apartment after bookworm co-tenant Felix (Segal) reports her to the authorities. Her solution is to move right in with him, and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 275 members
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  • Hello, Dolly! - Blu-ray (1969)
    Starring: Barbra Streisand,  Walter Matthau,  Michael Crawford
    Director: Gene Kelly
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Musical comedy of romantic errors set in 1920s New York. Dolly Gallagher Levi (Barbra Streisand), recently widowed and living in Yonkers, New York, is something of a society matchmaker. Hired to find the perfect beau for the also just widowed millionaire Horace Vandergelder (Walther Matthau), Dolly ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 3 members
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  • Hello Dolly on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Marianne McAndrew,  E. J. Peaker,  Barbra Streisand
    Director: Gene Kelly
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Twenty-seven-year-old Barbra Streisand seemed an inappropriate choice for middle-aged, match-making widow Dolly Levi, but her energy carries her right through the role and dominates the lackluster movie around her. The plot, drawn from Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker (itself based on a 19th-..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 2,383 members
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  • Funny Girl on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Barbra Streisand,  Omar Sharif,  Kay Medford
    Director: William Wyler
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    One of the most popular movie musicals ever made, Funny Girl follows the early career of stage comedienne Fanny Brice - a role that earned Barbra Streisand the 1968 Oscar for Best Actress. As the film opens, only her mother believes Fanny can make it in show business. When she gets her first break ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 1,857 member
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  • Funny Girl - Blu-ray (1968)
    Starring: Barbra Streisand,  Omar Sharif,  Kay Medford
    Director: William Wyler
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Biopic of musical comedienne Fanny Brice. As the film opens, Fanny (Barbra Streisand) is an aspiring star living in New York in the early 1900s. She has the chance to realize her ambition when she meets playboy Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif), who introduces her to Florenz Ziegfeld (Walter Pidgeon). ..read more »
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    Due for release on 1st July 2013
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  • Barbra Streisand - A Happening In Centra... (1967)
    Starring: Barbra Streisand
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    An estimated 135, 000 people jammed Central Park's Sheep Meadow for Barbra Streisand's free solo concert in 1968. Six television cameras and a film camera mounted on a helicopter recorded the concert and the audience from every concievable angle.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 47 members
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  • Barbra Streisand - The Television Specials (5 discs) on DVD (1965)
    Starring: Barbra Streisand
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Box set featuring Barbra Streisand in five era-defining television specials that introduced her to the world. 'My Name Is Barbra' (1965) was Streisand's first solo television outing, featuring fantastic sets as a backdrop to her dynamic vocals. The programme won five Emmy Awards. A sequence at ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 145 members
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  • Barbra Streisand - Putting It Together
    Starring: Barbra Streisand
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Behind-the-scenes look at the recording of Barbara Streisand's 1985 record The Broadway Album. Featuring a range of classic songs from Broadway stage musicals, go inside the studio and get an insight into the artist with interviews from Barbara herself.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 3 members
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  • Barbra Streisand - The Concerts (3 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Barbra Streisand
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    A magnificent 3 Disc DVD box set capturing one of the world’s greatest music icons, Barbra Streisand, live in concert. In October 2006 Streisand embarked on her first North American tour in over a decade and her first tour of continental Europe ever. Thrilling both audiences and critics alike and ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 27 members
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Barbra Streisand facts

5 most recent films

The Guilt Trip - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Guilt Trip - 3.0 stars
One Night Only - Barbra Streisand - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
One Night Only - Barbra Streisand - 3.5 stars
Meet The Fockers - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

What's Up Doc - 3.5 stars
Inside the Actors Studio - Icons - 3.5 stars
Funny Girl - 3.5 stars
Barbra Streisand - The Concert - 3.5 stars
A Star Is Born - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Funny Girl - Blu-ray - 3 stars
Barbra Streisand - The Belle Of 14th Street - 2.5 stars
Barbra Streisand - Putting It Together - 3.0 stars
The Guilt Trip - 3.0 stars
Barbra Streisand - My Name Is Barbra - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Blythe Danner - 6 times - show films
Nick Nolte - 5 times - show films
Kate Nelligan - 5 times - show films
Melinda Dillon - 5 times - show films
Nehemiah Persoff - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 5 times - show films
William Wyler - 3 times - show films
Dwight Hemion - 3 times - show films
Barbra Str - 3 times - show films
joe layton - 2 times - show films