Barbra Streisand's name change in 1960 signified more than just a new identity – it marked the birth of an icon as it happened right at the beginning of her career
In her newly-published autobiography, "My Name Is Barbra," the celebrated actress-singer-director writes of a life of heartbreaking deprivation and spectacular success, and of an artistic career lauded by critics and fans as peerless.
Everybody's gotta start somewhere. For the 19-year-old Streisand, that somewhere was Bon Soir, an intimate nightclub in New York's Greenwich Village, and a series of awarding-winning TV specials, where her performances heralded the arrival of a major new artist.
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