Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand is an American singer, actress, director and producer and one of the best-selling recording artists in history. She rose to fame on Broadway in Funny Girl and won an Oscar for the same role on screen (1968), and a second one for the song “Evergreen” (1977). In 1983 she made Yentl and became the first woman to win a Golden Globe for directing. She belongs to the rare circle of winners of all four major awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, on 24 April 1942 at 05:08 Eastern War Time (UTC−4), which the United States kept all year round from 1942 to 1945. The hour is given in reference works citing the birth certificate; we have not seen the document itself.