It landed in American bookstores last November 7th Barbra Streisand’s only autobiography. My Name is Barbra explores the legendary singer’s incredible career, from her childhood in Brooklyn to her early performances in New York nightclubs and her triumph in the lead role of Funny Girl on Broadway to her explosion in the cinema. “The book, like Barbra herself, is open, funny, full of opinions and charming,” promises the back cover of her memoir. She recounts her struggle to become an actress before eventually turning to singing for a living; the recording of some of his albums; the years of effort required to produce Yentl; his production of “The Prince of Tides”, but also his relationships, whether friendly or romanticwith Hollywood’s biggest celebrities.
In a chapter with the sober title “Brando”Barbra Streisand says she was targeted by sex symbol Marlon. It all started with a call from the actor who had just discovered her in the 1968 film adaptation of Funny Girl directed by William Wyler. “You were really good, but you’re funny,” he said. He congratulated on the phone. “He wanted to take me to the desert to see the wildflowers,” Barbra Streisand told Piers Morgan in 2012. “And to sleep in a ghost town. But I was such a ‘nice Jewish girl’ that I said, ‘Marlon, I can’t spend the night with you. I am ready to accompany you for this day, but you have to take me home.’” However, in her autobiography, the diva allows herself to use harsher language. At their meeting, Brando would have told her bluntly: “I would like to fuck you”. Alarmed, she replied: “It looks terrible.”. Realizing that nothing would happen between them, the actor finally proposed to her A trip to the museum. And she accepts: “It’s very romantic. I would like it.” Their paths only crossed again years later.
This other famous admirer of Barbra Streisand
Married to actor James Brolin, Barbra Streisand has no shortage of applicants during his life. The little princess of Hollywood still remembers it well wooed by a crowned head from the UK. Your name? Charles III. The current King of England would have had such a huge crush on herhe would have sent her flowers from his own garden. Touched, the singer agreed to meet this very special fan. A relationship she refers to as little “flirting” with no future. The love affair was short-lived, but it deserved to be told in a work rich in tasty anecdotes, but not available in French at the moment.