Barbra Streisand – Born in 1942, Funny Girl
The word icon seems awfully inadequate to describe the unfathomable talent that is Barbra Streisand. Her many successes in music, film, and theatre are so remarkable we still can’t believe that a single person could be so gifted. Very few actors have won an Oscar for their first film role, but Streisand’s performance in “Funny Girl” was too pivotal to go unrecognized.
She also wrote, directed, produced, and starred in “Yentl,” becoming the first woman to do so since the silent era. But we also can’t forget how “Evergreen” from “A Star Is Born” made her the first woman to receive an Oscar for composing music.
