Wazalelwa eBrooklyn ngonyaka wangaphambi kuka-1942. Kusukela ekuzalweni, intombazane enombala obomvu ibuye ibe yinto enhle kakhulu, inomsindo omkhulu. Kuye incazelo "naye" yayifanele kakhulu. I-Barbra yayingakahle. Leli qiniso lihlazisa noma ubani, kodwa hhayi lona. Ngenxa yezwi lakhe elimangalisayo, waxhuma ngempumelelo esikoleni somculo, kodwa izingoma zaziyindlela yakhe eyodwa kuphela yokuphila, njengomoya. Lapho eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala, uBarra wayefuna ukuthola okuningi kunalokho ayekufanele aye kuye. Ngaleso sikhathi waqala ukuya enkundleni yaseshashalazini, nakuba, ngokubukeka kwakhe, izindima eziyinhloko nethemba elimangalisayo, kwakungenakufinyeleleka.
UmJudakazi omubi wayevame ukwenza konke. Lapho eseyingane, akazange athole ukusekelwa kwabazali bakhe. Uyise wakhe washona ekuseni, futhi umama, owashada naye, wanikeza isikhathi esengeziwe indodakazi yakhe encane nomyeni wakhe omusha kunokuba uBarra. Ukuphila kwabo kwakunzima, ukungabi nemali kwaphenduka izinto ezijwayelekile zokungcebeleka. Naphezu kwalokhu, u-Barbra wakwazi ukuhlanganisa imivuzo yomsebenzi nezifundo eziphumelelayo nokunqoba emincintiswaneni yokucula. Wayephikelela futhi kakade unyaka ngemuva kokuphothula ukufundela kwakhe esesiteji se Broadway.
Kwakuyiqiniso ukuthi kusukela ekuqaleni wayengeke abe nethuba lokufeza okungaphezu komsebenzi womculi wesifundazwe, wasiza ukusebenzisa zonke izindawo zokugcina ukufeza umgomo. Wazithemba ngokuzithemba noma yiziphi izithiyo, ehlukana nezinkolelo. Yebo, umJudakazi, yebo, emndenini ompofu, yebo, hhayi ubuhle, kodwa ongenalwazi kakhulu, waba yisifundo sokulingisa. Kakade ngo-1963 wakhulula i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala "I-Barbra Streisand Album", eyamlethela ama-Grammy Awards amabili.
Ngonyaka ofanayo, abagxeki bezemidlalo baseshashalazini baphawula ukudlala kwakhe okumangalisayo emculweni "Ngizokuthola lokho ngobuningi", ngimnike omunye umklomelo. Lokhu kwaba ukuqashelwa okwenziwe izindima ezintsha nokuthandwa ku-Barbra.
Iminyaka elandelayo kwakuyiminyaka yokwenza umsebenzi ocebileyo. Akekho omagazini abamanje abaluhlaza eMelika abazange bamnaka umdlali we-actress. Izingxoxo noBarra zafika "Isikhathi", "Ukuphila", "Isizwe". Futhi ngo-1968, umdlali we-actress wabonakala kuthelevishini, ekhuluma ne-Hollywood kinozyukle "intombazane enhle." Leli qembu lamletha "i-Oscar" ne-Golden Globe Award, futhi izilaleli zathola ithuba lokubona ubuhle obuhle ngemuva kokubonakala okungakahleleki.
Ngesikhathi uBrabre engakafiki amashumi amathathu, wayesele eseba ngumdlali ophumelele kakhulu eminyakeni eyishumi, ethola i-Tony Award.
Ukuphila komuntu siqu kaBarra kwakungelula. Washada ngo-1963 ngomdlali we-Eliot Gould. Lo mshado wamlethela izidumala eziningi nendodana kaJason kuphela. Umdlali we-actress wayenalo ithuba lokuchitha isikhathi esanele nendodana yakhe, wonke amandla akhe ayenomsebenzi. Ngakho-ke uJason waba umlingani, futhi uBarbara waqala ukuhlanganyela empilweni yakhe eminyakeni engama-25 kuphela ngemva kokuzalwa kwakhe. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, uye waba yingxenye ebambe iqhaza ekuhambeni kwamalungelo we-gay.
Phakathi kwezithandwa zakhe kwakunabantu abadumile, izigidigidi, abezombangazwe, kanye namahemuhemu athi kubanjwe izibopho ngisho nakabongameli. Okwesibili, uBarra wanquma ukushada iminyaka engu-56 kuphela kumqondisi nomkhiqizi uJacob Brolin.
Umsebenzi wakhe wokudala wamletha imiklomelo eminingi kakhulu. Ama-movie ahlanganyela nalokhu ayebambe iqhaza empumelelweni, ama-disc amaningi amaningi abe i-platinum ne-multi-platinum. Kodwa ngaphandle kwalokho, uBrabra wayehlala egxila ekwenzeni ngcono. Wayebuka umdwebo wakhe, ezama ukuhola impilo enempilo futhi angenele ezemidlalo. UBarra Streisand usezinhlanganweni eziningi zokulwa ne-AIDS, ubudlova, ukusiza hhayi kuphela ngomsebenzi osebenzayo, kodwa futhi nokuxhasa ngemali imiklamo eminingi ehlose ukuthuthukisa ikhwalithi yokuphila kwalabo abayidingayo.
Manje uneminyaka engama-65, akabonakali esiteji, akenzi kumafilimu futhi akayikukhulula ama-CD amasha, kodwa abathandi be talenta emhlabeni wonke bayaqiniseka ukuthi abathandekayo babo bazoqhubeka bememezela yena futhi ebuyela esiteji kuyoba enye ukunqoba kwalona wesifazane onethalente.