| BARBRA STREISAND |
BARBRA STREISAND ACTRESS CHANTEUSE DIRECTOR PRODUCER AND ACTIVIST. SHE HAS WON SEVERAL EMMYS AND AN OSCAR AND CAN BOAST 27 GOLD RECORDS AND 10 PLATINUM. SHE IS UNIQUE AMONGST THE QUEENS OF CAMP IN THAT SHE STARTED OUT CAMP AND WENT MAINSTREAM. MOST OF OUR OTHER QUEENS SLIPPED HEADLONG INTO CAMP AS THEIR MAINSTREAM CAREERS FALTERED. BORN IN BROOKLYN IN 1942 SHE DIDNT CONFORM TO THE IDEAL OF A POP SINGER , SHE WAS OBVIOUSLY JEWISH AND UNLIKE MANY PERFORMERS DIDNT PLAY IT DOWN AND SHE WAS NO PERT BLONDE WITH A BUTTON NOSE. BUT WHAT A VOICE, TINGED WITH THAT BROOKLYN DRAWL. SHE BURST ONTO BROADWAY IN I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE IN 1962. BY THIS TIME SHE ALREADY HAD A HUGE GAY FOLLOWING AND IT WAS SAID WHEN SHE APPEARED IN LOCAL CLUBS, OTHER GAY BARS WERE FORCED TO OFFER TWO DRINKS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE JUST TO KEEP THEIR CUSTOMERS. AFTER "WHOLESALE" SHE NEVER LOOKED BACK. HER SECOND ROLE AS FANNY BRICE IN FUNNY GIRL SECURED HER STAR STATUS AND FOR ONCE HOLLYWOOD TOOK A CHANCE AND LET THE BROADWAY STAR DO THE MOVIE. HER DEBUT FILM ROLE EARNED HER AN OSCAR AND LED TO AN EQUALLY SUCCESFUL CAREER IN MOVIES. HER FILM CREDITS INCLUDE ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER, THE WAY WE WERE, LATER CAME THE MAIN EVENT, YENTL NUTS, PRINCE OF TIDES AND THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES THESE AS ACTRESS, DIRECTOR, AND PRODUCER. HER NUMEROUS ALBUMS HAVE SOLD MILLIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD AND RECENTLY SHE HAS HIT THE CONCERT CIRCUIT EARNING THE HIGHEST EVER FEES PAID TO A PERFORMER. SHE HAS A REPUTATION AS A PRIMA DONNA AND AS A FIERCE POLITICAL FOE OF THE RIGHT AND THE BIGOTED. (HER SON IS HIMSELF GAY... AND PRETTY CUTE TOO!) SHE IS ONE GUTSY LADY WHO HAS MORE THAN EARNED HER PLACE AT THE QUEENS OF CAMP |