Streisand Autobiography Filmography
Works mentioned in Barbra Streisand's 2023 autobiography.
(My intent is to note where in book she mentions these, or if she does NOT.)
(Did not capture the chapter when manager Martin Erlichman was introduced. Probably ch 3. Similarly music director Peter Daniels, casting director/friend/partner in Barwood Films, Cis Corman.)
(My intent is to note where in book she mentions these, or if she does NOT.)
(Did not capture the chapter when manager Martin Erlichman was introduced. Probably ch 3. Similarly music director Peter Daniels, casting director/friend/partner in Barwood Films, Cis Corman.)
List activity
5 views
• 0 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
37 titles
- 1957–19628.2 (33)TV EpisodeDirectorHal GurneeStarsOrson BeanAlfred DekkerPhyllis DillerTonights special guests are Barbra Streisand and Gore Vidal.Prologue (to set the record straight)
Chapter One: Pulaski Street (childhood)
Chapter Two: Why Couldn't I Play the Part? (first B'way play seen: Diary of Anne Frank; others. Acting in summer stock.)
Chapter Three: This Night Could Change My Life (early jobs, singing show tunes)
Chapter Four: The Bon Soir (night club successes, 1st TV appearance) - DirectorHal GurneeStarsOrson BeanHugh DownsKitza KazacosChapter Four: The Bon Soir (2nd TV appearance, aunt's death)
- StarsAnthony QuinnMickey RooneyRod SerlingChapter Four: The Bon Soir (1st appearance with Mike Wallace with his acerbic manner, but in a talk show; B'way sketch show that closed after 1 night, but lead to audition for I Can Get If For You Wholesale, directed by Arthur Laurents.)
Chapter Five: Miss Marmelstein (meeting/dating future husband Elliott Gould, additional appearances on PM East including with guest David Susskind, rehearsing ...Wholesale)
Chapter Six: Those Cockamamie Songs (Jule Styne, Ray Stark, Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Jerome Robbins and her casting in B'way play Funny Girl) - 1958–19679.2 (18)TV EpisodeDirectorDave GeiselStarsGarry MooreMarty AllenGeorge BeckerCarol and Durwood start the show by telling us of their recent Emmy award, and regret that this inspires Gary to sing a number, rather badly. Allen and Rossi do an early version of their boxing interview, Striesand sings from a balcony set, and also in the "wonderful year" segment for 1929. Goulet does a Chevalier song-impression.Chapter Six: Those Cockamamie Songs (TV appearances to help secure contract with Columbia Records, also on The Ed Sullivan Show (1948).)
Chapter Seven: It All Comes Together (Harold Arlen, Peter Matz and recording her first: The Barbra Streisand Album.) - StarsMike DouglasEllie Frankel SextetAlene HoldahlMike Douglas, aided by a different celebrity co-host every week, interviews a variety of figures from the world of entertainment.Chapter Seven: It All Comes Together (week-long co-hosting to promote her album; also The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), The Ed Sullivan Show (1948), The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956); Elliott goes to London in theatre On the Town; recording the 2nd and 3rd Barbra Streisand Albums; wedding w/Elliott)
- DirectorBill HobinStarsJudy GarlandJerry Van DykeEthel MermanGuests: Barbra Streisand, Ethel Merman, The Smothers Brothers.Chapter Seven: It All Comes Together (Judy Garland appearance discussed at length; touring)
Chapter Eight: Funny Girl on Broadway (Jule Styne, Marvin Hamlisch, Bob Merrill, Isobel Lennart, Garson Kanin, Ruth Gordon, Sydney Chaplin, Kay Medford, Martin Erlichman, Ray Stark, Jerome Robbins, Lehman Engel, Milton Rosenstock)
Chapter Nine: People . . . People Who Need People (cast album and album People) - DirectorDwight HemionJoe LaytonStarsBarbra StreisandBarbra Streisand's first television special, featuring a medley of her hit songs, such as "People," "Happy Days Are Here Again" and "My Man."Chapter Ten: A Kid Again (discussing this tv special and 2 albums of the same name, plus ensuing awards)
Chapter Eleven: Je m'appelle Barbra (album with Michel Legrand) - DirectorDwight HemionStarsBarbra StreisandBarbra Streisand's second television special, consisting of her singing and doing comedy skits.Chapter Twelve: Gotta Move (last B'way performance; last meetings with Jerome Robbins; buying a Matisse, craving a Modigliani; making this tv special; reward trip to Paris, meeting Jacques Brel; Funny Girl in London theatre; pregnancy and birth of Jason Gould; negotiating for the FG movie.)
- DirectorJoe LaytonWalter C. MillerStarsJohn W. BubblesLee AllenSusan AlpernChapter Thirteen: What if Nobody Shows Up? (briefly discusses this tv special and the next)
- DirectorRobert ScheererStarsBarbra StreisandBarbara Streisand's live concert taped before an appreciative audience of 150,000 fans in New York City's Central Park.Chapter Thirteen: What if Nobody Shows Up? (discusses this tv special, where she forgot the lyrics to When the Sun Comes Out)
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsBarbra StreisandOmar SharifKay MedfordThe life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s. We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfeld girl, subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein.Chapter Fourteen: Funny Girl in Hollywood (Sidney Lumet, William Wyler, Herbert Ross, Harry Stradling Sr., Omar Sharif, Ray Stark, Pierre Trudeau)
Chapter Fifteen: Hello, Gorgeous (Omar Sharif, Academy Awards, Gregory Peck, separating from Elliott)
Chapter Sixteen: Pandora's Box (Anthony Newley) - DirectorGene KellyStarsBarbra StreisandWalter MatthauMichael CrawfordMatchmaker Dolly Levi travels to Yonkers to find a partner for "half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder, convincing his niece, his niece's intended, and his two clerks to travel to New York City along the way.Chapter Seventeen: Hello, Dolly! (Gene Kelly, Walter Matthau, Ernest Lehman, Michael Kidd, scary premiere crowd)
Chapter Eighteen: Brando (Marlon Brando) - DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsBarbra StreisandYves MontandBob NewhartA troubled young woman who visits a psychotherapist to help her quit smoking undergoes hypnosis and finds herself reliving a tragic Victorian romance from a past life.Chapter Nineteen: Daisy and Melinda (Vincente Minnelli, Cecil Beaton,
- DirectorHerbert RossStarsBarbra StreisandGeorge SegalRobert KleinA stuffy author enters into an explosive relationship with his neighbor, a foul-mouthed, freewheeling prostitute.
- DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsBarbra StreisandRyan O'NealMadeline KahnThe accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.
- DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsBarbra StreisandDavid SelbyAriane HellerA bored housewife takes refuge in a fantasy world.
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsBarbra StreisandRobert RedfordBradford DillmanDuring post-WWII McCarthyism, a diametrically opposed couple come together only to find out that genuine friendship and physical attraction is not enough to overcome fundamental societal beliefs.
- DirectorDwight HemionStarsBarbra StreisandRay CharlesMartin ErlichmanBarbra Streisand's fifth TV special featuring rhythm and blues great Ray Charles.
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsBarbra StreisandMichael SarrazinEstelle ParsonsA housewife tries to finance her cab-driving husband's education.
- DirectorHerbert RossStarsBarbra StreisandJames CaanOmar SharifStory of singer Fanny Brice's stormy relationship with showman Billy Rose.
- DirectorFrank PiersonStarsBarbra StreisandKris KristoffersonGary BuseyA has-been rock star falls in love with a young, up-and-coming songstress.
- DirectorHoward ZieffStarsBarbra StreisandRyan O'NealPaul SandA bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring - an idea her protégé isn't fond of.
- DirectorJean-Claude TramontStarsGene HackmanBarbra StreisandDiane LaddA middle-aged executive's lifestyle and values are turned upside down after he is demoted to chain-store night manager.
- DirectorBarbra StreisandStarsBarbra StreisandAmy IrvingMandy PatinkinA Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.
- DirectorDwight HemionStarsBarbra StreisandJim CoxSheena EastonBarbra Streisand preformed some of her favorite songs and changes the world with one voice.
- DirectorMartin RittStarsBarbra StreisandRichard DreyfussMaureen StapletonA high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.
- DirectorBarbra StreisandStarsBarbra StreisandNick NolteBlythe DannerA troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process.
- DirectorBarbra StreisandDwight HemionStarsBarbra StreisandSteve SusskindJudith GordonBarbra Streisand's New Year's concert at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California on New Year's Weekend circa 1993-94.
- DirectorJeff BlecknerStarsGlenn CloseJudy DavisJan RubesThe true story of a decorated officer's legal challenge to her involuntary discharge when she admitted she was homosexual.pet project as producer.
- DirectorBarbra StreisandStarsBarbra StreisandJeff BridgesLauren BacallA shy, middle-aged professor enters into a romantic but non-physical relationship with an unlucky-in-love colleague.
- DirectorDon MischerBarbra StreisandStarsBarbra StreisandLauren FrostSavion GloverBarbra greets the new millennium looking back at the past.
- DirectorJay RoachStarsBen StillerRobert De NiroBlythe DannerAll hell breaks loose when the Byrnes family meets the Focker family for the first time.
- DirectorGary SmithBarbra StreisandStarsBarbra StreisandIl DivoCarole Bayer SagerBarbra Streisand is world renowned for thrilling audiences with her magical performances, her supreme vocal talent and setting box office records. Now fans can get front row seats to the best of Barbra Streisand captured in Streisand Live In Concert 2006. Capturing the record-breaking, 2006 North American tour from the sold-out Ft. Lauderdale show, with special guest multi-platinum recording artist, Il Divo, fans will get a chance to experience 10 songs never-before-seen on video, including "Unusual Way," "A Cockeyed Optimist" and "My Shining Hour," all of which are the first time Streisand has ever performed them either in the studio or live. This extraordinary concert film highlights the very best moments from Barbra Streisand's legendary career and includes 26 songs spanning classics such as "Funny Girl," "The Way We Were," and "People," as well as never before performed "The Music of the Night," and "Somewhere" with Il Divo. FEATURED SONGS INCLUDE: ACT I 1. FUNNY GIRL OVERTURE (ORIGINAL BROADWAY VERSION) 2. STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW 3. DOWN WITH LOVE 4. THE WAY WE WERE 5. MA PREMIÉRE CHANSON 6. EVERGREEN (WITH IL DIVO) 7. MY WAY (IL DIVO) 8. COME RAIN OR COME SHINE 9. FUNNY GIRL 10. THE MUSIC THAT MAKES ME DANCE 11. MY MAN 12. PEOPLE ACT II 13. THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT (WITH IL DIVO) 14. JASON'S THEME 15. CAREFULLY TAUGHT/CHILDREN WILL LISTEN 16. UNUSUAL WAY 17. WHAT ARE YOU DOING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE? 18. Q&A (WITH "STONEY END") 19. HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN 20. (HAVE I STAYED) TOO LONG AT THE FAIR? 21. THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE 22. A COCKEYED OPTIMIST 23. SOMEWHERE (WITH IL DIVO) 24. MY SHINING HOUR 25. DON'T RAIN ON MY PARADE (REPRISE) 26. SMILE Throughout her career critics have been unanimous in their praise for Streisand. Her 2006 world tour garnered rave reviews across the nation. "Streisand has never sounded better! She's astounding!" - The New York Times "The blend of intimacy and showiness in Streisand's voice turns her performances into portrai
- DirectorPaul WeitzStarsBen StillerTeri PoloRobert De NiroFamily-patriarch Jack Byrnes wants to appoint a successor. Does his son-in-law, the male nurse Greg Focker, have what it takes?
- DirectorAnne FletcherStarsBarbra StreisandSeth RogenJulene ReneeAs inventor Andy Brewster is about to embark on the road trip of a lifetime, a quick stop at his mom's house turns into an unexpected cross-country voyage with her along for the ride.
- DirectorScott Floyd LochmusStarsBarbra StreisandChris BottiJason GouldBarbra Streisand was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Still in her teens, she left home to pursue her dreams of becoming an actress. She went on to conquer the worlds of stage, screen, and music, winning the Tony Award, multiple Oscars, Emmys, and selling out concerts around the world. She's the most successful female recording artist in popular music history and the only singer to have a number-one album in five consecutive decades. This concert video, recorded on October 11th & 13th, 2012, captures Barbra's triumphant return to her hometown. With special guest Chris Botti and a thrilling duet with her son, Jason Gould, Barbra achieves yet another career milestone, proving along the way that you can take the girl out of Brooklyn, but you can't take Brooklyn out of the girl!
- DirectorJim GableBarbra StreisandStarsBarbra StreisandStephanie 'Stevvi' AlexanderAlec BaldwinBarbra Streisand's film concert event finds the legend joined by a roster of special guests, as she takes audiences on a journey of her life's work, like a stroll down memory lane with a good friend.