Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand is one of the most influential people in theatre of all time.

He first saw her singing at the National Finals Rodeo. She then signed with Mercury Records. Her song, “You Lift Me Up (To Heaven)”, made the Billboard country Top 10, in 1980. This had ultimately launched her amazing career. Throughout her career she has stuck close to her country roots.

After her split with Desi Arnaz, "Lucille Ball at last realized her dream of Broadway success, opening in the musical comedy Wildcat on Dec. 16, 1960" (Moritz 34). Clearly her talents were varied.

Lena Horne is an amazing woman. Her pride in her heritage, her refusal to compromise herself, and her innate elegance, grace, and dignity has made her a legendary figure. Her role as a person who has helped to improve the status of African Americans in the performing arts has provided a permanent legacy.During the 1960s Horne was involved in the American Civil Rights Movement. During the 1960s Horne was involved in the American Civil Rights Movement. She participated in the March on Washington in 1963, performed at rallies in the South and elsewhere, and worked on behalf of the National Council for Negro Women. During the same period, she was also very visible on television, appearing on popular variety shows and in her own special, Lena in Concert, in 1969. In 1969 Horne starred in the movie Death of a Gunfighter.n the 1990s Horne cut back on performing. She was drawn back from semiretirement to do a tribute concert for a long-time friend, composer Billy Strayhorn, at the JVC Jazz Festival. At age seventy-six

success of her films, by the groundbreaking contract she arranged with her studio, and by the amount of publicity she established in the press.

Lucille ball was born on August 6th 1911 in Jamestown, New York. She soon after lost her father when she was only 3 years old! She had a scrambled life since her mom couldn’t keep a job and she had to feed two children. At the time when Lucille was 4 years old WW1 started

Dolly’s audience expanded even further when she took her talents to television and film. It didn’t take long to see that she also had an overwhelming gift for acting. Through having her own variety show and appearing on television specials, even more people began to love her vivacious personality. She was able to capture more hearts in the entertainment world because of her loving character. Dolly starred in many movies throughout her career as well as being a voice in many animated films. She has written and sang many of the songs that are played during films. Once again this wasn’t near enough for this already very famous American pop culture icon, she then becomes co-owner of Sandollar Productions (Biography). This film and television production company gave her even greater opportunity for showing how talented she is through starring in even bigger films. Dolly has taken her film career to the highest level just as she has done with her singing career. She is not only seen in movies as an actress, she allows her audience to hear her beautiful voice of songs during movies as well as producing movies.

She began singing solo’s at New Bethel Church. At the age of fourteen Aretha’s talent for singing was recognized by her father, and he started managing her shortly after, so he could get her a recording deal. She started off by going on the road with her father and singing at various churches while he preached. This resulted in Aretha Franklin getting signed to her first record deal with J.V.B. Records Label. Her first studio album was titled “Songs Of Faith”. Although this did not put her on the map as the Queen of Soul. Aretha decided at the age of 18 that she wanted to go in the direction of Sam Cooke and sing Pop music. It was not until she signed with the Columbia Records in 1960, that she had her first single chart the Billboard on the Hot 100 with her song “Won’t Be Long” off her first pop studio album Aretha: With the Ray Bryant Combo. With her talent Franklin was able to record in diverse genres such as vocal jazz, blues, standards, rhythm and blues and doo-wop. In 1962, she released two more studio albums: ‘The Electrifying Aretha Franklin’ and ‘The Tender,The Moving,Swinging Aretha Franklin’. Her number-one R&B singles are “Respect” in 1967, “Chain Of Fools” in 1967, “Think” in 1967, and “Share Your Love With Me” also in 1967. In 1968 Aretha performed at Dr. Martin Luther King’s Funeral. She also performed at the presidential inauguration of Jimmy Carter. Doing her music is the reason why Franklin is where she is now and why she is known as the queen of

Lucille Ball was born on August 6, 1911, in Jamestown, New York, to Henry and Desiree Ball. She also had a younger brother, Fred, who was born four years later in 1915. While Lucille's mother was still pregnant with Fred, her father was struck with typhoid fever and passed away. After her father passed away, her mother eventually remarried to Ed Peterson. Ed, not being a fan of children, decided that he and Desiree would move to Detroit without Lucille’s kids. Fred moved in with Desiree’s parents, and Lucille moved in with Ed’s parents. Lucille recalled her new family being very poor and strict, saying that they didn’t even have enough money for school pencils. Ed’s mother taught her needlework, which is how she ended up loving to crochet for the rest of her life.

Barbara was born on February 21, 1936 in Houston, Texas and sadly passed away on January 17, 1996 in Austin, Texas. She was apart of a family of five, which included her two sisters and parents who all lived in a poor neighborhood.

It wasn’t until three years later when Tony Bennett convinced her to return to show business that she did any performing. In 1981 she put on the performance of a lifetime. Her one women show entitled “Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music” ran for fourteen months straight before she took the production on tour.

After her lead roles in “The Seven Year Itch” and “There’s no Business like Show Business”, her work began to slow down due to undergoing psychoanalysis. But in 1956 she was in the film “Bus Stop” which critics praised her performance in. That same year, she married Arthur Miller and divorced him in 1960. Throughout that time in her life she abused alcohol, pills, and suffered from 2 miscarriages. Marilyn was slowly disintegrating. She would show up late on set while filming movies and was even fired from what was supposed to be her last film “Something’s Got to Give”. The movie never was released because of this.

Roosevelt referred to me as "Little Miss Miracle" for raising the public's morale during the hard times of The Great Depression, even going so far as to say, "As long as our country has Shirley Temple, we will be all right." My song-and-dance routine to the tune "On the Good Ship Lollipop" in 1934's Bright Eyes earned me a special Academy Award, for "Outstanding Personality of 1934." By 1940, I had 43 films under my belt.

Gloria Steinem was born March 25, 1934, in Toledo, OH. She is the daughter of Leo and Ruth Steinem. Leo divorced his wife, Ruth, while Gloria was 8 years old. Ruth was a college graduate and journalist who suffered severe depression. Gloria spent most

Edna St. Vincent Millay was born in Rockland, Maine on February 2, 1892. She was the first daughter of three girls; her parents, Cora Buzzelle Millay and Henry Tolman Millay. Millay's parents divorced in 1900 and her mother

Unexpectedly, the fans caught on to her personal drug life. The media noticed she began to lose weight. She had dropped three whole dress sizes within months. She then explained to the public that “I’m a musician, not a model.” Amy cared little about what people thought of her, as long as she put out selling music that attracted fans. Delaying the drugs for a few weeks, she recorded and dropped her second album “Back to Black.” The album was released November 5, 2007. It won Best pop vocal album and was nominated album of the year. Amy also tied with five other artists as being the most awarded female for a single award ceremony. “Rehab”, which became her hit single on the album hit number seven on the charts in the U.K and was number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. The record alone won five grammys including Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. The song was written about her refusing to attend an alcohol rehabilitation center.