Born on April 24, 1942, Barbara Joan “Barbra” Streisand (/strasaend/) is an American singer and actor. She has been performing for almost 60 years and is one of only a handful of artists to win all four major entertainment industry awards (the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony). Streisand got her start as a performer in the early 1960s, when she appeared in both nightclubs and Broadway shows.
Following her guest appearances on various television shows, she signed to Columbia Records, insisting that she retain full artistic control, and accepting lower pay in exchange, an arrangement that continued throughout her career, and released her debut The Barbra Streisand Album (1963), which won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
Barbra Streisand Net Worth
Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Barbra Streisand is a multi-talented artist with an estimated net worth of $400 million. During her teenage years, Barbra Streisand began her career by performing in nightclubs. From there, she went on to make multiple guest appearances on The Tonight Show and PM East/PM West, and even had a small but major role on Broadway.
Streisand’s breakthrough performance in Funny Girl paved the way for her to become a household name around the world. Streisand has had more than ten albums in the top ten and has won many Grammys, making her one of the most successful musicians of all time.
With an estimated $60-$80 million in earnings from her tours alone, Barbra Streisand is likely one of, if not the, highest-earning female musicians in the world.
Beginnings of Success
Streisand’s mother was quite critical of her daughter’s dreams of having a career in show business, which only served to motivate Streisand to try harder. Her first ambition was to be an actress, but after finding success as a singer, she realized that she could also fulfill her acting ambitions by becoming a household name.
Her personal manager Martin Erlichmen was successful in getting her an audition for playwright/director Arthur Laurents’ new musical comedy after she performed at Manhattan’s posh Blue Angel club. Streisand got the part of the businessman’s secretary in the musical I Can Get It For You Wholesale, where Elliott Gould played the lead character.
Streisand’s performance in the play, for which she was nominated for a Tony and won the New York Drama Critics’ Award for Best Supporting Actress, was praised by critics.
Barbra Streisand True Estate
The value of Barbra Streisand’s Southern California property holdings is estimated to be above $100 million. She has properties that, depending on the real estate market, might be valued up to $200 million. Her Malibu estate, situated on a cliffside, may be worth as much as $100 million by itself.
Barbra’s property is a three-parcel estate in the Point Dume area of Malibu, which she purchased in successive deals beginning in the 1990s. The main residence is a whopping 10,500 square feet and features 8 bedrooms.
The square footage of the two houses next door ranges from 2,000 to 6,000. She purchased a 1926 Rolls-Royce and a 1933 Dodge to park in the garage as a tribute to the Art Deco architecture of the building.
There are five buildings on the 47,000 square foot site, one of which is a barn. A penthouse in Manhattan and a sprawling Beverly Hills estate were once hers. She put her $150 million Beverly Hills property on the market in 2016, and in 2019 she listed her $11.25 million Manhattan penthouse.
Barbra Streisand Art Collection
The total value of Barbra’s priceless art collection is unknown. A painting by John Singer Sargent from 1900 that Barbra gave to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2015 and had appraised at $20 million based on similar sales of Sargent’s works serves as a proxy for the collection’s future worth. Streisand began her collection in 1992, inspired by the 18th- and 19th-century pieces she saw in the White House.
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