Wazalelwa eBrooklyn ngonyaka wangaphambi ko-1942. Ukususela ekuzalweni, intombazana enomvu obomvu uye yinto evulekile kakhulu, inomsindo. Kwaye incazelo ethi "nayo" ibaluleke kakhulu. UBarra wayengenakulungile. Le nto inokuhlazisa umntu, kodwa kungekhona. Ngombulelo ngelizwi lakhe elimangalisayo, waphumelela ngempumelelo kwi-choir yesikolo, kodwa iingoma zaye yindlela enye kuphela yokuphila, njengomoya. Xa wayeneminyaka eyi-14 ubudala, uBarra wayefuna ukufumana okungaphezulu koko akumele aye kuye. Ngaloo nto ke waqala ukuya kumbuthano wezobugcisa, nangona, ngokubonakala kwakhe, iindima eziphambili kunye nethemba elimangalisayo, kwakubonakala kungenakwenzeka.
UmYuda ongumbi wayesebenzisa yonke into. Njengomntwana, akafumani inkxaso evela kubazali bakhe. Uyise wakhe wafa kwangaphambili, kwaye umama, owatshata kwakhona, wanikela ixesha elide kwintombi yakhe encinci nomyeni wakhe omtsha kunokuba uBarra. Ubomi babo bebukhuni, ukungabi nemali kwajika kwinto engavumelekanga. Nangona kunjalo, uBarra wakwazi ukudibanisa umvuzo womsebenzi kunye nezifundo eziphumeleleyo kunye nokuphumelela ekuqhubeni imincintiswano. Wayephikelela kwaye sele sele ephumelele ngonyaka emva kokugqweswa kwakhe, wayesezingeni le-Broadway.
Kwakungenxa yokuba kwasekuqaleni wayengenalo ithuba lokuphumelela ngaphezu komsebenzi womculi wephondo, wancedisa ukusebenzisa zonke iindawo zokugcina ukufezekisa injongo. Wathemba ngokuzithemba nayiphi na imingcipheko, ephula iziganeko. Ewe, umYudakazi, ewe, kwintsapho ehlwempuzekileyo, ewe, kungekhona ubuhle, kodwa ongenalwazi kakhulu, waba ngumxholo wokulingisa. Sekude ngo-1963 wakhulula i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala "I-Barbra Streisand Album", eyamzisa ama-Grammy Awards amabili.
Ngomnyaka ofanayo, abagxeki bemidlalo yecandelo leemidlalo baqaphele umdlalo wakhe obalaseleyo kumculo "Ndiza kukufumana ngokubanzi", umnike elinye umvuzo. Oku kwaziwa ukuba kwazisa iindima ezintsha kunye nokuthandwa ku-Barbra.
Iminyaka elandelayo yayingumsebenzi wokuvelisa. Akukho namanye amaphephancwadi e-glossy aseMelika ayizange ayihoxise umdlali weqonga. Udliwano-ndlebe kunye noBarra baya kwi "Ixesha", "Ubomi", "i-Cosmopolitan". Kwaye ngo-1968, umdlali we-actress wabonakala kwithelevishini, eneenkwenkwezi kwiHollywood kinozyukle "intombazana ehlekayo." Le ntonga yamlethela "Oscar" kunye ne-Golden Globe Award, kwaye abaphulaphuli babe nethuba lokubona ubuhle emva kokubonakala okungabonakaliyo.
Xa uBrabre engazange afike emashumi amathathu, wayesele abe ngumdlali ophumelele kakhulu kwiminyaka elishumi, efumana i-Tony Award.
Ubomi bomntu obunobomi bukaBarra kwakungelula. Watshata ngo-1963 kumdlali we-Eliot Gould. Lo mtshato wamphukisa kakhulu kunye noYason kuphela. Umdlali we-actrice wayengenalo ithuba lokuchitha ixesha elaneleyo kunye nendodana yakhe, onke amandla akhe ayephethwe ngumsebenzi. Ngoko uYason waba ngongqingili, kwaye uBarbara waqala ukuthatha inxaxheba ebomini bakhe iminyaka engama-25 emva kokuzalwa kwakhe. Ukususela ngoko, uye waba nxaxheba ngokunyanisekileyo kwintlangano yamalungelo angqingili.
Phakathi kwezithandwa zakhe babedume abantu abadumileyo, ama-millionaire, ezopolitiko, kunye neendumiso ezibandakanyeka kumanyano nakwi-presidents. Okwesibini, uBrabra wagqiba ukutshata iminyaka engama-56 ubudala kumlawuli kunye nomlimi uJames Brolin.
Umsebenzi wakhe wobugcisa wamlethela ezininzi izibonga ezigqwesileyo. Iifilimi ezinokuthatha inxaxheba ziye zadlulela kwimpumelelo, ezininzi iirekshi zayo zaba yi-platinum kunye ne-platinum ezininzi. Kodwa ngaphandle koko, uBarra wayehlala eshiya indawo yokuziphucula. Wayebukele umzobo wakhe, ezama ukukholisa impilo enempilo aze angene kwimidlalo. I-Barbra Streisand inemibutho emininzi yokulwa noGawulayo, ubundlobongela, ukuncedisa kuphela umsebenzi osebenzayo, kodwa nokuxhasa ngemali iiprojekthi ezininzi ezijolise ekuphuculeni umgangatho wobomi balabo abayidingayo.
Ngoku uneminyaka engama-65, akabonakali kwisiteji, akenzi kwiifilimu kwaye akayi kukhupha ii-CD ezintsha, kodwa ababukeli beetalente zakhe kulo lonke ihlabathi bayaqiniseka ukuba abathandekayo babo baya kuzimemezela yena kunye nokubuyela kwakhe kwisiteji kuya kuba enye inkolelo yalo mfazi onetalente.