Ten Things I Learned about Streisand from the book “Hello Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand”
Streisand was a smoker by the time she was 10. She taught her mother to smoke.
She has tinnitus (ringing ears).
She once had an affair with Tommy Smothers.
Liberace was a big fan.
She originally wanted to be a serious dramatic actress and acted out scenes from Chekov and Shakespeare in the privacy of her room.
Retired silent film star Lillian Gish was so impressed when she first saw Streisand perform that she gave her the earring she was wearing.
After singing for President Kennedy, she broke protocol by asking for HIS autograph. When he complied, she told him he was “a doll.”
She paid for hubby Eliot Gould’s analysis.
Eliot Gould wanted to look like Robert Wagner.
The name of the nightclub “Hungry I” stands for “hungry intelligence.”
As “Funny Girl” opened on Broadway, when an interviewer asked, “In your wildest dreams did you think this would happen?“ she replied, “Of course.”
