As the award-winning icon turns 84, here’s a look back at her distinguished accomplishments over her decades-long career.
The 1960s were a pivotal time for the young Streisand after winning a talent contest, marking her television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Not long after her TV appearance in 1961, she signed a contract with Columbia Records, followed by the release of her debut studio album, The Barbra Streisand Album, in 1963.
Barbra Streisand as Doris in Columbia Pictures 1970 film 'The Owl and the Pussycat.'John Springer Collection/Getty Images
The singer won Album of the Year and Best Female Vocal Performance for The Barbra Streisand Album at the 6th Annual Grammy Awards.
At the time, CBS offered the then-23-year-old the chance to have her own TV special and eventually launched My Name Is Barbra in 1965.
As for the program, My Name Is Barbra took home Outstanding Individual Achievement in Entertainment – Musicians, awarded to music director Peter Matz; Outstanding Individual Achievement in Entertainment – Choreographers, won by Joe Layton; Outstanding Individual Achievement in Entertainment – Art Directors and Set Decorators, awarded to Tom H. John and Bill Harp; and Outstanding Program Achievement in Entertainment.
Her performance as Fanny Brice earned her her first Academy Award for Best Actress.
During her Oscar acceptance speech, she began by saying “Hello, gorgeous,” a memorable line from the musical-turned-film.
View this post on Instagram“Sitting there tonight, I was thinking that the first script of 'Funny Girl' was written when I was only eleven years old, and thank God it took so long to get it right, you know,” she said and also thanked the people who helped her with the movie.
With her Emmy, Grammy and Oscar Awards under her name, Streisand finally completed her EGOT status after receiving her Tony Award.
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