Barbara Joan Streisand (pronounced STRY-sand, born April 24, 1942) is a two time Academy Award-winning American singer and film and theatre actress. After a music competition, Streisand became a nightclub singer while in her teens. On Monday, September 9, 1963, Streisand appeared as the opening act for piano virtuoso Liberace at Harrah's Lake Tahoe South Shore Room. Her first film was a reprise of her Broadway hit, Funny Girl (1968), an artistic and commercial success, for which she won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actress.In 1970, she had a topless scene in The Owl and the Pussycat.