Barbra Streisand turns 80: a look back (23 images)

Barbra Streisand holds one of two Golden Globe Awards she won at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel in Hollywood on January 28, 1984. She won the best performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture-Musical or Comedy for her role in “Yentl” and Best Director for the same movie, her first production. File Photo by Alan Zanger/UPI

Streisand (L) and husband James Brolin arrive at a White House dinner for British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Mrs. Blair in Washington, D.C., on February 6, 1998. Photo by Michael Smith/UPI

About a 1,000 people, including Streisand and Brolin (seen here), Jack Nicholson, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Norman Lear and Roger Clinton rallied, December 16, 1998, in Los Angeles, Calif., against the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. Photo by Jim Ruymen/ UPI

Brolin (L) and Streisand pose for photographers during the Golden Globe Awards presented at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. on January 25, 2004. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI