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Barbra Streisand

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Barbra Streisand · Arts & Literature

What

Singer and Actress

When

1942, Brooklyn, New York, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Barbra Streisand is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Singer and Actress

How & why

Streisand is one of the best-selling recording artists in history and one of the few performers to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony (EGOT). She was raised in an Orthodox Ashkenazi Jewish family in Brooklyn, and her Jewishness has been a recurring theme in her work, notably the film Yentl.

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Source: EGOT Winner

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Contributions & Sources

Singer and Actress

1964

Source: EGOT Winner