Iye anabadwira ku Brooklyn chaka cha 1942 chisanafike. Kuyambira kubadwa, msungwana wa tsitsi lofiira wakhala wotchuka kwambiri, wosangalala kwambiri. Kwa iye tanthawuzo "nayenso" linali loyenera kwambiri. Barbra sanali wokongola. Izi zikuchititsa manyazi aliyense, koma osati iye. Chifukwa cha liwu lake lodabwitsa, adapambana bwino payayuni ya sukulu, koma nyimbo zinali njira imodzi yokhayo yamoyo, monga mpweya. Ali ndi zaka 14, Barbra ankafuna kupeza zochuluka kuposa zomwe iye mwiniyo ankayenera kupita kwa iye. Apa ndiye kuti adayamba kupita ku zisudzo, ngakhale kuti maonekedwe ake, maudindo akuluakulu ndi chiyembekezo chowoneka bwino, ankawoneka kuti palibe.
Myuda wachikuda ankachita zinthu zonse yekha. Ali mwana, sanalandire thandizo kuchokera kwa makolo ake. Bambo ake aamuna anamwalira molawirira, ndipo mayiyo, amene anakwatiranso, anapatsa mwana wake wamkazi wamng'ono nthawi yambiri ndi mwamuna wake watsopano kusiyana ndi Barbra. Moyo wawo unali wovuta, kusowa kwa ndalama kunakhala zovuta zowonongeka kukhala zosavomerezeka. Ngakhale izi zinali choncho, Barbra anatha kugwirizanitsa ntchito-zopindula ndi maphunziro apambana ndi kupambana pa kuyimba masewera. Anali wolimbikira ndipo kale chaka chimodzi atatha maphunziro adakhala pa siteji ya Broadway.
Zinali zoona kuti kuyambira pachiyambi iye analibe mwayi wopindula kuposa ntchito ya woimba nyimbo, athandiza kugwiritsa ntchito nkhokwe zonse kuti akwaniritse cholinga. Iye molimba mtima anagonjetsa zopinga zilizonse, kuswa maganizo. Inde, Myuda wamkazi, inde, kuchokera ku banja losauka, inde, osati wokongola, koma wophunzira kwambiri, anakhala wophunzira wotsanzira. Kale mu 1963 adatulutsa album yake yoyamba "The Barbra Streisand Album", yomwe idamubweretsera ma Grammy Awards awiri.
M'chaka chomwecho, otsutsa ovomerezeka awonetserako masewera olimba mu nyimbo "Ine ndikupezerani inu mochuluka", kumupatsa iye mphotho ina. Ichi chinali chidziwitso chomwe chinabweretsa maudindo atsopano kwa Barbra.
Zaka zotsatirazi zinali zaka zobala zipatso. Magazini ena omwe alipo tsopano ku America sananyalanyaze choyamba chojambula. Mafunso ndi Barbra anapita ku "Time", "Life", "Atsogoleri a dziko lonse". Ndipo mu 1968, wojambula zithunzi adawonekera pa televizioni, akuyang'ana mu Hollywood kinozyukle "msungwana wosangalatsa." Chiyambi ichi chinamubweretsa iye "Oscar" ndi Mphoto ya Golden Globe, ndipo omvera anali ndi mwayi wowona ubwino wotsalira wosaonekera.
Pamene Barbre anali asanakwanitse zaka makumi atatu, adali atakhala wojambula bwino kwambiri zaka khumi, akulandira Tony Mphoto.
Moyo wa Barbra sunali wovuta. Iye anakwatira mu 1963 kuti adziwe Eliot Gould. Ukwati umenewu unamukhumudwitsa kwambiri ndipo mwana yekhayo wa Jason. Wochita masewerawa analibe mwayi wokhala ndi nthawi yokwanira ndi mwana wake, mphamvu zake zonse zinali kugwira ntchito. Choncho Jason anayamba kugonana, ndipo Barbra anayamba kuchita nawo moyo wake patatha zaka 25 kuchokera pamene anabadwa. Kuchokera nthawi imeneyo, wakhala akugwira ntchito mwakhama kuti azitha kugonana.
Pakati pa okondedwa ake anali anthu otchuka, mamiliyoni ambiri, ndale, ndi mphekesera zonena kuti chiyanjano ndi ma azidindo. Nthawi yachiwiri, Barbra anasankha kukwatiwa ndi zaka 56 zokha kwa wotsogolera komanso wolemba James Brolin.
Ntchito yake yolenga anamubweretsa madalitso ambiri apamwamba. Mafilimu omwe ali ndi gawoli anawoneka kuti apambana, ma diski ake ambiri anakhala platinamu ndi platinamu zambiri. Koma kupatula apo, Barbra nthawizonse amasiya malo kuti adzipange yekha. Anamuyang'ana, akuyesera kuti akhale ndi moyo wathanzi ndikupita ku masewera. Barbra Streisand ali m'mabungwe ambiri olimbana ndi Edzi, nkhanza, kuthandiza osati ntchito yokhazikika, komanso kuthandizira ndalama zambiri zomwe zimayesetseratu kukwaniritsa umoyo wa iwo omwe amafunikira.
Tsopano ali ndi zaka 65, sakuwonekera pamasewero, samachita mafilimu ndipo samamasula CD zatsopano, koma akuyamikira talente yake padziko lonse lapansi ali otsimikiza kuti okondedwa wawo adzalengezabe iyeyo ndi iye kuti abwerere kumalo osungirako chiwonetsero adzagonjetsanso mkazi wamaluso uyu.