All you need to know about the family of iconic entertainer Barbra StreisandLife was not rosy for the star actress while she was a little girl. Her father died when she could barely walk and her mother’s subsequent distant mothering style did not suite her quite well. Her mother remarried but this only worsened the situation for Barbra until she found love in acting. Her mother was scared all along that she wouldn’t succeed in the show business and this was what exactly happened until Barbra added singing to her theatrical resume. The Funny Girl (1968) star actress initially saw her mother’s lack of enthusiasm as a wounding discouragement but as she grew older, she admitted that she worked so hard to prove her mother wrong that fame had no choice but to come to her.
Date of Birth: April 24, 1942
Zodiac Sign: Taurus
From the very first moment she stepped foot on the Hollywood scene, there was and has been no one quite like Barbra Streisand. To date, she has appeared in several movies, mastering each genre –comedy, drama, musical – in turn. She is the recipient of tons of awards for her multiple hats as a singer, songwriter, actress, producer, scriptwriter and director. Keep reading as we bring you details about the family of the legendary best-selling female artist and versatile entertainer.
Emmanuel Streisand (father)
Emmanuel and Diana
Year of Birth: 1907
Date of Death: August 4, 1943 (aged 35)
He was married to the love of his life, Diana until he passed away in August 1943 at age 35 just three months after Barbra’s first birthday. His family originally thought he died of cerebral haemorrhage but it was later revealed that he died suddenly of respiratory failure after a morphine injection that was given to halt an epileptic seizure.
Diana Ida Streisand (mother)
Date of Birth: December 10, 1908
Date of Death: March 27, 2002 (aged 93)
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
In her generation, it was very typical for ladies to be unpretentious, uncomplicated and aspire only to a life of domesticity. She was this kind of girl and at 20, she met Emmanuel Streisand and in her words, it was love at first sight. The young couple courted on and off again for two years until they got married in 1930. Diana was super content with establishing and maintaining their home life while her husband went out to work. Life was good for both lovers until Emmanuel’s sudden death that plunged his “widow” into a paralyzing state of grief. She now had to hold her family together by taking several odd jobs which resulted in her emotional absence in her daughter’s life.
It was financially relieving for Diana when she remarried but Barbra was bitter because it meant the beginning of emotional abuse. It took years for the Yentl (1983) actress and filmmaker to forgive her mother for allowing her ‘suffer’ in the hands of Louis Kind but she was only too young to understand her mother’s fears. It was this same fears that motivated Diana’s lack of enthusiasm when her daughter showed interest in pursuing a career as an actress. Ida doubted that her daughter was beautiful enough to succeed in show business and also thought that she would inevitably face harsh rejections in her strive for success. Diana came around eventually and turned out to be the biggest supporter her daughter had till she died.
Diana is not just the mother to talented entertainers; she is also a successful singer in her own right. Her father had a beautiful voice which she inherited and passed also to her own daughters. Asides her music career, Diana was involved in a number of charitable causes in New York City Schools. She suffered from Alzheimer’s disease and although she supported her daughter; she was never able to fully comprehend how much of a talent and how accomplished her girl was. Diana died from complications of a home accident at the old age of 93.
Louis Kind (step-father)
Date of Birth: January 15, 1893
Date of Death: April 21, 1969 (aged 76)
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
In late 1950, 41-year old Diana remarried businessman Louis Kind who was 16-years her senior. Barbra was still young at the time and she almost immediately distrusted Kind who also by all accounts treated her shabbily. She had this intense dislike of her stepfather but amazingly it was pure love she had for her new baby half-sister.
Sheldon Streisand (elder brother from same parents)
Year of Birth: 1935
He was born on Mother’s Day in 1935 and is the first child Diana had with her late husband Emmanuel. There is literally nothing that can be said about him from the media as unlike his sisters, he lives a super private life. He is a father to Erica Needle and grandfather to Haley and Max Needle.
Sheldon Streisand with daughter
Roslyn Kind (younger maternal half-sister)
Date of Birth: January 9, 1951
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
The Unscripted (2013) actress is also an accomplished singer and actress but has had to live in her sister’s huge shadow for years. Roslyn is nine years younger than Barbra and by the time she came into the industry, Barbra already had 11 years of experience ahead of her. The younger actress thinks her sister is very incredible and so deservedly so; she acknowledges her talent and even adores her.
Both sisters have sung together and Kind was even featured on Barbra’s 2012 national tour. In the 1980s, Roslyn was married to Award-winning actor and filmmaker Randy Stone. Since their divorce, it has not been clear who she has been romantically involved with and whether or not she has children of her own.
Elliott Gould (former spouse)
Duration of Marriage: March 21, 1963 – July 9, 1971 (8 years)
Date of Birth: August 29, 1938
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
To the generation of 1990s teens, Gould is best known as the father of Monica and Ross in the era-defining sitcom Friends (1994 – 2004). His first marriage was to the A Star Is Born (1976) actress but they lasted just 8 years. On December 8, 1973, he married actress Jennifer Bogart, they divorced after two years and came back together on June 9, 1987 only to finally split in 1989 after they had two children.
James Brolin (spouse)
Duration of Marriage: July 1, 1998 till present
Date of Birth: July 18, 1940
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
He goes by the birth name Craig Kenneth Bruderlin but is most famous for his professional name. James is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning entertainer with decades of solid experience in the show business. Barbra and Jason are one of Hollywood’s biggest power couples as they have been married now for two decades.
Both actors were completely unlucky before each other but after they met on a blind date and their love life took an upward turn. Brolin had been married twice, first to Jane Cameron Agee with whom he had two children; Josh (born February 12, 1968; a high profile actor known for his role as Thanos in the recent Marvel’s Avengers Infinity War) and Jess (born 1972). His next marriage was to Jan Smithers with whom he has daughter Molly Elizabeth Brolin (born 1987).
In details: Josh Brolin’s family
Brolin and Streisand said they were set up at a party and that she expected to meet a bearded mountain-man type but was surprised to see him clean shaven. The first thing she said was ask who screwed up his hair and according to Brolin, that was the moment he fell in love with her. Their first date was on July 1, 1996 and they both talked for hours till 3am. He already knew he wanted to be with her but it took Barbra a couple of months before she came to this realization. Exactly two years after their first date, they got married and have been together happily ever since then.
Jason Emmanuel Gould (son with Elliott Gould)
Date of Birth: December 29, 1966
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
The Owl and the Pussycat (1970) actress is the biological mother to just one child, Jason whom she had with MASH (1970) actor Elliott Gould. He grew up in the show business and is accomplished like his parents in the entertainment industry. He co-starred with his mom in the Prince of Tides (1991) and joined her in 2012 on tour to perform a duet of How Deep Is The Ocean.
Jason came out in 1988 as being homosexual. Since he came out publicly as being gay, his mother has been super supportive and says she wouldn’t want him to be anything other than who he really is, all she wishes him is happiness, joy and a rich life of love.
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