She attended Erasmus Hall High School in New York City with NeilDiamond, where they both sang in the choir.MaryMartin, AnneBancroft and CarolBurnett were all considered for the Broadway role of Fanny Brice in Funny Girl before Streisand was cast.Her current husband, JamesBrolin, and her ex-husband, ElliottGould, both starred in the 1978 sci-fi movie thriller Capricorn One.The first woman to receive an Oscar for composing music, she won the Best Original Song category for “Evergreen” from A Star Is Born.Streisand was the first woman since the silent era to direct, produce, write and star in a feature film, Yentl (1983), plus she sang!She and ShirleyMacLaine celebrate their joint birthday (April 24) together every year.Before becoming successful as a singer-actress, she worked as a switchboard operator.Streisand is one of the few actors to win an Oscar for their first role (Funny Girl, 1969).Streisand was the first choice to play Sally Bowles in Cabaret but turned it down because she wanted to move away from musicals. It went to LizaMinnelli.One of Streisand’s early jobs was working as a cashier in a Chinese restaurant, making her capable of ordering a complete meal in Chinese.Streisand is the only artist to have a No. 1 album in six consecutive decades: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.In 2015, Streisand was honored by President BarackObama with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
