BBC Four - Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942-1984 (original) (raw)

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A look at Barbra Streisand's rise to stardom and the remarkable achievements of her early career.

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Barbra Streisand grew up in working-class Brooklyn, dreaming of escape from her tough childhood. A stellar student, she resisted the pressure to go to college as her sights were firmly set on Broadway. She was determined to become an actress and landed her first role aged 16, but it was two years later, when she started to sing, that her career took off.

Subverting stereotypes and breaking glass ceilings, this programme looks at her rise to stardom and the remarkable achievements of her early career.

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Barbra Streisand

The Garry Moore Show - Happy Days Are Here Again (Album Version)

I Can Get It For You Wholesale Orchestra, Lehman Engel

Overture

Lehman Engel, I Can Get It For You Wholesale Orchestra, Lillian Roth, Elliott Gould, Marilyn Cooper, Harold Lang, Bambi Linn

The Family Way

Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland

Get Happy/Happy Days Are Here Again (Duet With Judy Garland) (Album Version)

Glee Cast

Don't Rain On My Parade

Herbert Ross, Jule Styne, Herbert Ross and His Orchestra, Barbra Streisand

I'm The Greatest Star (Album Version)

Barbra Streisand

Hello, Dolly (With Louis Armstrong) (Album Version)

Barbra Streisand

Let's Hear It for Me

Barbra Streisand

My Heart Belongs To Me

Donna Summer

No More Tears

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Credits

Role Contributor
Director Nicolas Maupied
Producer Cathy Palumbo
Production Company Roche Productions
Production Company Arte France

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