Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand is one of the most creatively and commercially successful performers of her lifetime thanks to highly resonant and sophisticated vocal prowess, a charismatic personality, and a strongly independent spirit. As a singer, Streisand's rise was remarkable not only because her popularity was achieved in the face of a dominant musical trend -- rock & roll -- which she did not follow, but also because she used her vocal skills as a stepping stone to other careers, as a stage and film actress and as a film director. From the start, she was a lauded performer, earning a...