My Name Is Barbra’s Index

60 Minutes, 742

“A Little Night Music,” 619

“A Piece of Sky,” 814

Abzug, Bella, 229, 350–51, 353, 399, 795

Academy Awards, 71, 263–64, 339, 379, 390, 420, 472, 589, 688, 725, 732, 746, 833, 862

“Adam and Eve,” 487

Afanasieff, Walter, 949

“After the Rain,” 497

Agassi, Andre, 795

admired by, 746

good teeth, 747

Aghayan, Ray, 426

Akihito and Michiko, Emperor and Empress

invited to a dinner for, 824

Albright, Madeleine, 826–28, 958

the petiteness of, 827

Alda, Alan, 313, 352

Aleichem, Sholem, 545

Alexandre

Paris hairdresser gives B.S. a fussy bouffant she dislikes, 219

Alexandra, Princess, 593

Ali, Muhammad, 429

Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

B.S. turns down role saying audiences won’t accept her as a bad singer, 405

All Night Long, 531, 533

All the President’s Men, 472

Allan, Ted, 508

Allen, Jay Presson, 421

Allen, Lee, 207, 219

Allen, Woody, 335, 709

B.S. shares billing with Allen; they ignore each other backstage; 131

Altman, Robert, 602

American in Paris, An, 724

AMFAR, 618

Andersson, Bibi, 336, 339

Angelou, Maya

receives award with, 893

Angels in America, 646

Annie, 484

“Answer Me,” 476–78

B.S. composition

Antoinette, Marie, 212

Anyone Can Whistle, 752

Archerd, Army, 470

Arendt, Hannah, 839

Arenstein, Roslyn, 12, 825

Arlen, Harold, 50, 59, 66, 103, 120–21, 124–25, 134, 230, 444, 497, 604, 739, 740

Armstrong, Louis

“a doll,” 282

Arnold, Gary, 363, 590

Arnstein, Nicky, 421, 425

“As If We Never Said Goodbye,” 784

Ascher, Kenny, 454, 476–77

Ashby, Joan, 469

Astaire, Fred, 218

Auerbach, Norbert, 540

Avedon, Richard, 215, 238, 330

tousled hair and piercing eyes of, 218

Aznavour, Charles, 591

Babs (nanny), 354, 395, 606

Bacall, Lauren, 352, 854, 861–62, 897

admired the great beauty of, 851

Bach, Steven, 39–40

Bacharach and David, 331, 334

Back to Broadway, 749, 754, 755, 769, 784

Bacon, Kevin, 640

Baden-Baden, 591

Baitz, Jon Robin, 640

Balanchine, George

correspondence with, 331–32

Baldwin, Alec, 795

Bancroft, Anne, 109–12, 315

less talented a singer than B.S., 110

Bar Mitzvah Boy, 542

“Barbra”

removing the a from her given name to make it more interesting, 59

unusual spelling cited by Walter Kerr in the New York Herald Tribune, 97

B.S. considers whittling down her name to just “B,” 98

Barbra Streisand Foundation, 633

Barbra: The Concert, 733, 829, 838–39

Barclay, Eddie, 216

Barr, Roseanne, 830

Barron, Zelda, 551, 557

Barry, John, 720

Barry Lyndon, 545

Bartkowiak, Andrzej, 2, 618, 660, 667, 853, 935

Bartók, 624

Barwood Films, 611, 636, 644

Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 603, 893

bashert, 103, 213, 394, 442

Yiddish word for “meant to be,” 86

in relation to B.S.’s landing her star-making role in I Can Get It for You Wholesale, 86

Basinger, Kim, 795

Baskin, Burt, 307

Baskin, Richard, 292, 307, 588, 602-03, 614, 616, 650-51, 671, 685, 690, 764, 766, 771, 791, 802, 870, 883–84, 921

affair begins with Yentl (588), ends with Nuts (671)

Baskin, Shirley, 307–08

Bates, Kathy, 636

Batman, 759

Battle, Kathleen, 764

Bauman, Joey, 268, 413

Bean, Orson, 68, 74, 101

Beaton, Cecil, 132, 175, 238, 304, 308, 575

bonding over peach chiffon with, 305

Beatty, Warren, 285, 298, 359, 472, 481, 591, 680, 696, 749, 765, 828

making a pass at B.S. that she does not pick up on, 37–38

possible fling with B.S., 480

Begelman, David, 140, 221, 345, 507, 540–41, 552, 576

Begley Jr., Ed, 298

Belafonte, Harry, 284, 350

Bening, Annette, 298, 765, 828

Bennett, Alan, 638

Benny, Jack, 139, 789

Benson, Sheila, 581

Benton, Robert, 341–42

Beresford, Bruce, 587

Bergdorf Goodman, 101

private shopping after hours, little treats to eat, 194

Bergman, Alan, 371, 428, 451, 484, 524, 789, 950

Bergman, Ingmar, 336, 338–39, 561, 587

prop yarmulke use of, 580

Bergman, Ingrid, 238, 263–64, 729

Bergman, Julie, 414, 550

Bergman, Marilyn, 628, 630–31, 659–62, 666–68, 731, 756, 777, 781, 800, 805, 949, 958

Bergman, Marilyn and Alan, 106, 139, 203, 373, 391, 401, 414, 428, 451, 484, 497, 517–21, 536, 550, 587–89, 591, 594–95, 597, 602, 604–05, 628, 685, 720, 725, 739, 741, 763, 785, 795, 810, 830, 948

praising B.S. in quotes procured specifically for this memoir, 107

Berkeley Hotel, 542

Berle, Ruth

describing B.S. as a “fakakta folk singer,” 139

Bernhardt, Sarah, 278, 282, 311, 905–06

unbelievable parallels with, 301

lingering desire to “play all [her] roles,” 312

Bernstein, Leonard, 103, 116, 229, 350, 441, 616, 618, 626, 789

Berri, Claude, 508–09

Berry, Chuck, 764

Bertolucci, Bernardo, 290, 603

Beverly Hills Hotel, 481

Beyoncé, 914

Bifano, Dan, 296

Bigelow, Kathryn, 733

Birth of a Nation, The, 840

Black, Don, 784

Blanchett, Cate, 924

Blass, Bill, 191, 194

Bleckner, Jeff, 838

Bloch-Bauer, Adele, 802

blue, dislike of certain shades of

royal blue, 11

turquoise, 41

Blum, Eddie, 741

Bogdanovich, Peter, 341–47, 398, 795, 849

Bogosian, Eric, 640

Bon Soir (nightclub), 55–57, 71, 76, 101, 105, 115–17, 123, 125, 138, 193

star-making engagement at, 60–65

Bonaparte, Napoleon, 258

Booth, Margaret, 389

Botti, Chris

“a doll,” 929

bouillabaisse

bad experience with in Marseille, 216–19

Bourke-White, Margaret, 681, 924

Boxer, Barbara, 819

Boyz n the Hood, 731

Bradley, Tom, 631

Branagh, Kenneth, 643

Brando, Cheyenne, 295

Brando, Christian, 288

Brando, Marlon, 24, 49, 93, 178, 234, 273, 283, 284, 287–94, 296-97, 350, 559, 580, 746, 751, 789, 790, 813, 855, 880

an Elliott Gould–sanctioned hypothetical hall pass for B.S., 138

“the most gorgeous, the most brilliant, the most talented human being on earth!,” 285

vibrations with, 286

pheromones with, 286

ice-cream intake of, 295

memorial service for, 298

Branston Pickle, 542

Brel, Jacques, 216

not thrilled to see B.S. backstage at his show, drinking beer, 217

Breyer, Stephen, 819

Brice, Fanny, 105–06, 152, 154, 157, 420

similarities to B.S., including a love of interior decorating, 153

Brickman, Marc, 814

Bricusse, Leslie, 214

Bridges, Jeff, 897

the strong, masculine body of, 851

dancing with, 857

the incredibly sexy dance moves of, 860

“and did I mention he’s a great kisser?” 860

Brief Encounter, 485

British People

who have a reputation for being restrained, 816

Broadway Album, The, 624, 626

Brodsky, Jack, 335

Brokeback Mountain, 646

Brolin, James, 95, 297, 327, 494, 589, 671, 810, 819, 863–64, 866, 870–72, 890, 898–903, 909–10, 915, 931, 935, 940, 943–46, 948, 950–51, 955, 957, 963–65, 969

“great teeth” of, 10, 867

eating old-school “fat, dry egg rolls” with B.S., 15

B.S. gives Playboy photo of herself to, 482

nice and single, 865

wore a Hawaiian shirt, 868

love letters, including “respond, or I will start faxing smut,” 869, 873

Brolin, Josh, 297

Brooks, Donald, 230, 285

Brooks, James L., 587-88

Brosnan, Pierce, 852

Bugsy, 730

Burnett, Carol, 108, 109, 112, 315

party at house of, 406

Burton, Richard, 198

Buser, Renata, 416, 468, 481, 483, 550, 562, 594, 653, 692, 731, 747, 791–92, 810, 818, 845, 865, 868, 873, 878, 881–84, 900, 910, 932, 935, 938, 944–46, 951, 956, 964

“my amazing personal assistant and my right hand since 1974,” 327

canceled B.S.’s midnight massage, 866

loves Starbucks coffee, 895

offered extra French fries, 957

unique and irreplaceable, 969

Bush, George H. W., 761, 764

Bush, George W., 914

“My nightmare had come true,” 893

Butterfly, 418–19, 478

“By the Way,” 477

Byron, Lord, 516

Caan, James, 423–26, 428–29

Cabaret, 554

“Cabin Fever,” 478

Caddyshack, 472

Cahn, Sammy, 135, 740

Caine, Michael, 589

Caldwell, Erskine, 681

Caldwell, Zoe, 442

Callahan, Gene, 410

Callas, Maria, 438, 441–42

inspires album Classical Barbra, 439

Calley, John, 340–42, 446

Cammermeyer, Margarethe, 836–37, 839, 849

the blond Nordic coloring and strong bone structure of, 838

Canadians

not “getting” B.S. when she performed in Winnipeg, 77

Canby, Vincent, 283, 411, 536

Cantor, Eddie, 236

Capote, Truman, 50, 132

Capshaw, Kate, 795

Cardin, Pierre, 591

Carmina Burana, 440

Carnesale, Albert, 842

Carnovsky, Morris, 545

Caron, Leslie, 220, 285–86, 304, 751

Carousel, 615

Carroll, Diahann, 284, 350

Carson, Johnny, 130

Carter, Jimmy, 844

Casilli, Mario, 496, 504

Castro, Fidel, 353, 357, 358

celebrity bootlicking, italicized, 62, 82, 116, 129, 148, 163–64, 171, 174, 236, 239, 254, 265, 269, 283, 305, 318, 331–32, 362–63, 433, 581, 585–86, 618, 621, 625, 631, 636, 687, 691, 727-28, 774, 923

“When [B.S.] sings, she is as honest and frighteningly beautiful as if one time she was, is or will be in bed with you,” Jerome Robbins, 206

“I’m a Streisand freak and make no bones about it,” Glenn Gould, 441

“I think you have an extremely moving book inside you,” Jackie Kennedy, 738

Chagall, Marc, 839

Chambers, Marilyn, 316

Chanel, Coco

“strong, wonderful” face of, 218

Channing, Carol, 273–75

Channing, Stockard, 640

Chaplin, Charlie, 353

namesake of the Chaplin Award, won by B.S., 923

Chaplin, Sydney, 59–60, 165, 168, 261, 281–82, 558, 782

affair with, 161

undermining B.S. in Funny Girl when she broke up with him, 180–83

putsched from cast of Funny Girl, 183

traumatizing experience with, 206

put through hell by, 222

Chariots of Fire, 548

Charity (dog), 467, 483

Charles Bridge, 568

Charles, Prince, 21–22, 816, 819

acknowledges B.S.’s “great sex appeal,” 817

shared an egg with the dog of, 818

Charles, Ray, 400

Chartoff, Robert, 354

Chase, Chevy, 631

Chayefsky, Paddy, 527–28

complements B.S.’s writing, 529

Chekhov, Anton, 488

Chernobyl, 632

the urgency to call Marilyn Bergman, 628

Chevalier, Maurice, 337

chiffon, 101, 125, 140, 191, 214, 228–30, 247, 285, 305

Dolly Levi’s pleated peach negligee made of, 276

as placeholder for beaded tulle when Donna Karan designed B.S.’s wedding dress, 879

Children of a Lesser God, 733

“Children Will Listen,” 753, 765

Chisholm, Shirley, 399

Chopra, Deepak, 301–02

B.S. goes on retreat, hates Ayurvedic treatments, 300

Donna Karan snores during meditation class, 300

Choy, Jimmy, 825

Choy, Muriel, 422, 805, 825

Christ, Jesus

inspires copy for movie poster of The Prince of Tides, 687

Christie, Julie, 359

Christmas Memories, 753

Cimino, Michael, 536

Cinderella Liberty, 652

Classical Barbra, 439, 441, 459

Cleopatra, 897

Clinton, Bill, 645, 762–70, 772–79, 794, 805, 807, 809–10, 834, 836, 841, 862, 888, 898, 890, 902, 914, 918, 923, 942, 943

tells B.S. on first meeting his favorite song is “Evergreen,” 762

called B.S. to inquire about his mother’s whereabouts, 808

debated the United States defense budget with, 832

requested an opinion on Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia low-fat yogurt of, 833

gave debate advice to, 873

elected president, not pope, 889

Clinton, Chelsea, 766

Clinton, Hillary, 327, 762–63, 765, 770, 819, 862, 940, 942–43

offered tea to, 941

Clinton, Roger, 766, 809, 829

Clinton, Virginia, 766, 770, 783, 795, 803, 805–11

agrees to do concert so she can sing for her, 783

“like love at first sight,” 805

wrapped in the warmth of, 807

the mother B.S. always dreamed of, 810

Close, Glenn

cool reserve of, 838

Coburn, James, 286

coffee ice cream

buying some with Jim Brolin at L.A. supermarket, 3

cathartic consumption of after problematic stepfather moved out, 23

McConnell’s Brazilian variety, which can be procured only in Santa Barbara, 295–96

toasting Yentl green light over, 540

offered to Jim Brolin’s daughter to curry favor, 867

eating two cones’ worth in despair after hiccup in Brolin courtship, 868

as featured dessert at reception after wedding to Brolin, 879

eaten by B.S. on-camera in The Guilt Trip, 917

Cole, Natalie, 779

Coleman, Cy, 739

Colette, 330

Collins, Joan, 268, 270

Collins, Judy, 764

Colman’s Mustard Powder

as key ingredient in folk remedy applied by B.S.’s mother to her body, 17

Color Me Barbra, 608, 800

Colson, Barry, 479

Comden and Green, 350

“Come Rain or Come Shine,” 497, 740, 892

Conformist, The, 545, 603

Conger, Carolyn, 822

Connery, Sean, 828

Conroy, Pat, 679, 684–95, 699, 703–05, 717, 728, 731, 734, 735

control

why B.S. likes to be in, 232

Coolidge, Martha, 587

Cooper, Bradley, 473, 647

Coppola, Francis Ford, 295, 434

Cooper, Gary, 233, 559

Corman, Cis, 43, 53, 205, 215–16, 220, 222, 249, 257-58, 301–02, 323, 345, 353, 356, 483, 508, 515, 528–29, 532, 543, 545, 574, 594, 596, 604, 638–39, 645, 656, 690, 702, 708, 711, 720, 733, 778, 795, 805, 825, 836–37, 842, 904-05

married to Harvey Corman (a doctor, not comic genius Harvey Korman), 44

intercepted tossed rose intended for Elliott Gould, 206

Corman, Harvey, 4, 215, 257, 345, 409, 483, 515, 528–29, 574, 594, 605, 656, 662, 795

Corman, Jeff, 220

Corman, Nina, 222

Costner, Kevin, 696

Courage, Alexander, 615

Couric, Katie

asks B.S. to brush hair from her eyes, 370

Cousins, Norman

gifted books of, 806

Craig, Michael, 219

Cranston, Alan, 629

Crawford, Cindy, 795

criminal activity

shoplifting sundries from five-and-dime, 21

stealing shorts from Abraham & Straus, 22

Cristofer, Michael, 638

Cross, Alison, 838

Crystal, Billy, 733

Currie, Betty, 769, 819, 855

Czechoslovakia

spiritual connection to, 827

Daltrey, Roger, 603

Daly, Bob, 56, 759

Dances with Wolves, 696, 720

Dandridge, Dorothy, 614

Danner, Blythe, 696, 703

D’Arbanville, Patti, 489

Daschle, Tom, 630

Davidson, Bruce, 636

Davidson, Gracie, 220, 277, 285, 360, 414, 424, 825–26

Davies, Tessa, 554

da Vinci, Leonardo, 531

Davis, Bette, 236, 246, 590, 729

Davis, Clive, 330–32

Davis, Judy, 838

Davis Jr., Sammy, 148, 284, 350

De La Motte, Ray, 699, 701, 708, 709

De Laurentiis, Dino, 338

de Lempicka, Tamara, 487

De Niro, Robert, 904

Debussy, Claude, 440

Dee, Sandra, 238

DeMille, Cecil B., 422

Demme, Jonathan, 730

Dench, Judi, 219

dentist

going to, 2, 5, 27–28

noting that Sammy Cahn looked like one, 135

Depp, Johnny, 298

Desmond, Johnny, 207

Diamond, Neil, 418, 484–85, 500, 505, 802

Diana, Princess, 730

asks B.S. if she “knows how wonderful” she is, 731

pulls B.S.’s stuck zipper at charity gala, 731

DiCaprio, Leonardo

had never seen B.S.’s barn, 951

Dickey, James, 690

Didion, Joan, 443

diet

“Fuck the diet,” 868

Dietrich, Marlene, 218, 233, 238

impressive knowledge about lighting of, 240

Diller, Barry, 631

Diller, Phyllis, 60–62, 69, 93, 605

Dillon, Melinda, 696

Dinkins, David

campaigned for the re-election of, 831

Dion, Celine, 862

Dior, Christian

sick after bouillabaisse, B.S. is late and holds up the Paris couture show, 218

Disneyland, 414

Dodger Stadium, 500

Dog Day Afternoon, 446

Dolby, Ray, 467

“Don’t Believe What You Read,” 478

“Don’t Rain on My Parade,” 427

Dorff, Steve, 810

Douglas, Melvyn, 655

Douglas, Michael, 795

Dowd, Maureen, 774–75

New York Times writer suggests B.S. overusing star power in politics, 773

Drat! The Cat!, 407

Dresser, The, 567

Dreyfuss, Richard, 636, 639, 656–57, 660, 667

Duchamp, Marcel, 839

Dukov, Bruce, 624

Dunaway, Faye, 442

Dunne, John Gregory, 443

Dybbuk, The, 527

Dylan, Bob, 958

Eakins, Thomas, 211

Eastwood, Clint, 461, 655

tells B.S. she has “great ears,” 771

Ebb, Fred, 421

Ebert, Roger, 390, 470, 581, 861

Ed Sullivan Show, The, 750

Edelstein, Rick, 431

Edgar, Bob, 630

Educating Rita, 589

egg creams, 27

Eichhorn, Lisa, 531

Einstein, Albert, 258, 746

Eisner, Michael, 586

Ekland, Britt, 220, 265

Eliot, T. S., 823

Elizabeth, Queen, 768

B.S. asks H.R.H. why women must shake her hand gloved, 429

Ellsberg, Daniel, 97–98

Emanuel Streisand Building for Jewish Studies, the, 594

Emmett, Bob, 226

“Emotion,” 602, 738

Empire-waist dresses, 48, 133, 191, 214, 261, 285, 304, 323, 788, 879

“Encore,” 623, 755

Erasmus Hall High School (Brooklyn), 2, 23, 26, 29, 31, 38, 86, 546

Erlichman, Marty (manager), 71–72, 78, 82, 95, 105–06, 113–19, 129–30, 133, 136, 140, 142–43, 145, 148, 150, 162–63, 171, 179, 195, 197, 202, 205, 209, 220–22, 225, 227, 228, 231, 234, 242, 252, 257, 267, 274, 283, 306, 326, 330–31, 359, 361, 363, 365, 388–89, 393, 398–401, 428, 446, 449, 451, 478, 535, 608, 730, 739, 756, 788, 789, 792, 813–14, 822, 828, 883

cameo as top-hatted coachman in My Name Is Barbra TV special, 194

Erté, 618

Evening Primrose, 753, 755

“Evergreen,” 417, 451–52, 454, 456, 464, 472, 762, 765, 794

“Everything,” 450, 478

Fadiman, Ramsey, 640–41

Fairbanks, Douglas, 353

Fame, 549

Fanny and Alexander, 567

Fauré, Gabriel 440

Feigen, Richard, 210

Fellini, Federico, 593

Fiddler on the Roof, 439, 518, 615

Field, Sally, 631, 655–56

Field, Ted, 762

Fields, Freddie, 345, 353–54, 583

Fields, Verna, 344, 465

Fiennes, Ralph, 643, 822, 828

tempted by the charms of, 823

Final Cut, 540

fingernails, 54, 302, 402, 487, 830

grew nails long in order to avoid typing, 30

conflicting memories about B.S.’s fingernail length, 108

B.S. realizes fingernails are way too long and “ridiculous,” 243

cuts nails, but only on left hand, 450

starts putting polish on nails, “because I didn’t know what else to do,” 605

wishes they were shorter, 716

Firth, Colin, 924

Fischer, Bobby, 29

Fisher, Carrie, 849

Fisher, Jules, 454, 463

Fleetwood Mac, 764

Fleetwood, Mick, 417

Fleming, Victor, 508

Florida

handed George W. Bush the presidency, 893

Follies, 782

Fonda, Henry, 179

Fonda, Jane, 631

“For All We Know,” 725, 729, 815

For Pete’s Sake, 410–11, 492

Ford, Gerald, 429

Forman, Miloš, 471, 507, 827

advice to B.S. to direct Yentl of, 509

Fortuny, Mario [sic], 227

Foster, David, 498, 617, 750, 778–79, 795, 863

Four Agreements, The, 16, 18, 902

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The, 883

Foxx, Jamie, 939

Frampton, Peter, 453

Francis, Anne, 255

Frank, Anne,

B.S. feels connected to, 928

Franklin, Aretha, 764

French Connection, The, 617

Freud, Sigmund

was right about sex, 599

analysts don’t touch patients, 711

Friars Club, 739

Friedkin, William, 241, 442, 617

Friedman, Rob, 433, 756

Frost, David, 257

Fry, Varian, 839

Funny Girl, 105–13, 135–43, 149, 151, 152–85, 189–90, 195, 196, 197, 200, 202, 233–36, 238–58, 410, 421–22, 424–28, 507, 518, 550, 611, 665, 675, 727, 739, 782, 788, 794, 797, 825, 851, 883, 926

director William Wyler crying and laughing, 237

best-actress Oscar award in a tie with Katharine Hepburn, 263

Funny Lady, 421–29, 604, 817

Fürstenberg, Diane von, 686

Galerie du Luxembourg, 487

Gallin, Sandy

accidentally blurts out mantra to, 300

Galuten, Albhy, 501

Garbo, Greta, 233, 237

Gardner, Ava, 614

Garland, Judy, 26, 114, 145–48, 399, 444, 461, 606, 739, 778, 825

Garr, Teri, 589, 849

Garson, Greer, 236

Gassman, Vittorio, 592

Gaudí, Antonin, 308

Gauntlet, The, 71

Gaynor, Janet, 444

Geffen, David, 98, 612, 613, 619

Geller, Laura, 521–22, 524

Gentleman’s Agreement, 590

George, David, 786

George IV, King, 308

Gere, Richard, 69, 795

Gere refuses to do Yentl if B.S. both acts and directs, 543

pretty mouth of, 543

Gere asks to co-star in The Prince of Tides; B.S. says no, 696

Gernreich, Rudi, 449

Gershwin, George, 50, 66, 120, 604, 614, 626

Gershwin, Ira, 50, 55, 444

Giannini, Giancarlo, 593

Gibb, Barry, 500–05, 632

Gibb, Robin, 501

Gielgud, Sir John, 350

Gigi, 724

Gilbert, Bruce, 764, 766

Gilbert, Ellen, 764, 766

Gingrich, Newt, 840, 843

appalled by, 841

relationship history of, 889

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 819

Ginzberg, Louis, 543

Giza, 597

Glaser, Fred, 261, 406

Glaser, Joe, 282

God

scene lighting in Yentl of, 567

clearing of weather for B.S. of, 568

talked with Virginia Clinton about, 806

Republicans’ invocation of, 843

thanked for allowing B.S. to double her money in the stock market, 895

Godfather: Part II, The, 422

Goethe, 850

Goldberg, Whoopi, 327, 631

Goldberger, Murph, 629

Goldblatt, Stephen, 693, 701, 726, 731

Golden Apple, The, 434

Goldenberg, Billy, 355

Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews

how Steve Ross put them on all the Warner Bros. private jets, 757

Goldman, Bo, 529

Goldman, William, 638

Gone with the Wind, 724

Good & Plenty (candy), 273

consumption of which likened to “eating jewelry,” 23

Good Morning America, 596

Good Night, Dear Lord, 438

Goodman, Benny

threatened by B.S., 132

Goodwin, Dick, 842

Gore, Al, 62, 764–66, 770, 873, 892, 903

a man of honor, 893

Gore, Lesley, 439

Gore, Tipper, 893

Gould, Glenn, 441

Gould, Elliott, 85, 87, 97–100, 129–31, 139, 143–45, 150, 161–62, 169–70, 180, 190, 197, 205, 215, 219–21, 223–24, 229, 233–34, 241, 257, 263, 265–66, 268, 285, 287–88, 322, 336, 340, 345, 361, 421, 468, 604, 606, 617, 795, 797–98, 828, 877–78

offering B.S. a Schimmelpennick cigar, 86

arousing B.S. when she sees the back of his neck, 93

telling B.S. she looks like a cross between Sophia Loren and Y. A. Tittle, 93

first kiss with, 94

jealous of attentions lavished upon B.S. by Dick Shawn, 138

wedding to B.S. in Carson City, Nevada, 141–42

rose tossed to, 206

inability to let go of intercepted-tossed-rose incident, 207

ordering pastrami sandwich in Rome, 216

exiting Bentley in middle of the street, 259

endearingness of (“I wouldn’t have married a schnook!”), 335

B.S. asthma attack while with him at Max von Sydow’s confirms end of marriage to, 337

argument on honeymoon with, 426

Gould, Jason, 3, 43, 202, 241, 277–78, 289, 309, 322, 326, 329, 335, 337, 345, 347, 353, 360, 413–15, 451, 468, 481, 484, 493, 521, 574, 587, 605, 644, 689, 690, 705–07, 714–16, 730, 764, 794, 795, 828, 898–99, 921–23

birth of, 224

excitement over Donna Summer of, 497–98

Babs, beloved Scottish nanny of, 606

Gould, Lucy, 795, 828

Goulet, Robert, 114

Grace, Princess, 219

Graduate, The, 446

Graham, Bill, 453

“Grandma’s Hands,” 419

Grant, Cary, 233, 342

acting advice to Ryan O’Neal for What’s Up, Doc? (“Get a tan” and “Wear silk underpants”), 343

Grant, Lee, 590

Grazer, Brian, 535

“Great Day,” 426

Griffith, D. W., 353

not the father of film, 840

Griffith, Melanie, 677

Grobel, Lawrence, 479

“Guava Jelly,” 418

Guber, Peter, 472, 539

“Guilty” (song), 503–05, 632

Guilty (album), 504

Guy Named Joe, A, 508

Guy-Blaché, Alice, 840

Guys and Dolls, 789

Gypsy, 80, 106, 111, 154, 608, 924, 927, 952–54

Hackman, Gene, 59, 531, 534

Hahn, Don, 613

Haines, Rhonda, 733

Hamill, Pete, 352

Hamlet, Hamburger, 602

Hamlin, Harry, 543, 640

Hamlisch, Marvin, 155, 168, 371, 377, 384, 391, 398, 401, 739, 750, 786–87, 789, 792, 793, 810, 830, 859, 862, 879, 920

child-like enthusiasm of, 919

Hammerstein, Oscar, 14, 616, 746

Hampton, Christopher, 784

Hanks, Tom, 828, 880

“Happy Days Are Here Again,” 94, 814

Harkin, Tom, 761

Harris, Barbara, 280

Harris, Richard, 303

Harrison, George, 398

Harrison, Rex, 220

Hartman, David, 596

Harvey (cousin), 74–75, 77, 358, 825

Harvey, Anthony, 263, 264

Hastert, Dennis

sexual misconduct of, 889

“Hatikvah,” 741

Hawks, Howard, 342

Hawn, Goldie, 359, 631

Hayden, Tom, 631

Hayes, Isaac, 418

HBO, 611, 633, 646–47, 829, 838

“He Touched Me,” 793

Heaven’s Gate, 539

effects on Yentl project of, 536, 538

Hecht, Ben, 342

Heckscher, August, 229

Hedren, Tippi, 414

Helena, 465

Hello, Dolly!, 60, 273–84, 449, 615, 926

Hemingway, Ernest, 465

Hemion, Dwight, 209, 226, 239, 399, 633, 685, 733, 814, 828

Henley, Don, 417

Henry, Buck, 314, 315, 318, 342–43

Hepburn, Audrey, 218, 236, 304, 729

Hepburn, Katharine, 238, 263–64, 342, 511

correspondence with, 265

Herman, Jerry, 739

Hester Street, 544

Higgenbotham [sic], Leon, 842

Hilburn, Robert, 437

Hill, Anita, 747

Hill, Steven, 551

Hines, Mimi, 207

Hiroshima, 628

Hitler, Adolf

walked through the same tunnels as, 910

Hoffman, Dustin, 45, 76, 353, 637, 656, 759, 828

paid three times less than, 904

Hoffman, Jane, 359

Hoffmann, Josef, 310, 757

Holden, Stephen, 505

Holdridge, Lee, 418

Holiday, Billie, 442

Hollywood Women’s Political Action Committee, 629, 631

Holmes, Rupert, 433–36, 450–51, 478, 749

Homeland, 560

Hopper, Edward, 857

Horn, Shirley, 751

Horowitz, Vladimir, 451

Hospital, The, 527

Hotel, 589

Houston, Whitney, 631

“How Lucky Can You Get,” 425

Howard, James Newton, 720–24, 731, 869

Howe, James Wong, 422–23, 425–26, 428

Hud, 422, 655

Hudson, Rock, 617

Hurt Locker, The, 733

Huston, Anjelica, 631–32, 897

Huston, John, 220, 365

Hyams, Joe, 756

I Can Get It for You Wholesale, 80–101, 113-14, 119, 167, 625

in relation to Leonard Bernstein’s having written a song called “My Name Is Barbara,” 103

in relation to hard-won reinstatement of scenes originally cut from The Way We Were, 394

“I Loved You,” 440

Ibsen, Henrik, 516

“If I Loved You,” 615

“I’m the Greatest Star,” 739

Insect Comedy, The, 827

Intimate Lighting, 507

Irish tomato soup

better than Campbell’s, 874

Iroquois

moved by the history of, 833

Irving, Amy, 544, 550, 559, 561, 564, 583, 585, 589, 897

“Isn’t This Better?,” 426

Jabara, Paul, 497–98

Jack Paar Show, The, 68–69, 74, 821

Jackson, Bruce, 815, 830

Jackman, Hugh, 939

Jackson, Glenda, 390

Jackson, Jesse, 825

the quick wit of, 826

Jackson, Michael, 298, 505, 764

James, David, 861

Jay-Alexander, Richard, 918

Jefferson, Thomas, 771

Jennings, Peter, 824

Je m’appelle Barbra (EP), 199–203

JFK, 730

Jobim, Antônio Carlos, 439

Joel, Billy, 478

John, Tom, 209, 212, 227

Johnson, Becky, 684

Johnson, Don, 675–76, 690, 828

met in Aspen, good teeth of, 673

takes B.S. to Mike Tyson fight, 674

breakup when B.S. calls Johnson and Melanie Griffith answers, 677

tells press B.S. “makes me laugh and she makes me think,” 693

Johnson, Lyndon B., 452

Johnston, Becky, 731

Jolson, Al, 711

Jones, James Earl, 359

Jones, Jennifer, 233

Jones, Quincy, 295, 298, 359, 582–83, 602, 631, 757, 759, 764, 795, 857, 882, 897, 921

Joplin, Janis, 418

Jordan, Barbara, 631

Jourdan, Louis, 303

Joy, Brugh, 410, 678, 680, 682, 822

Judy Garland Show, The, 582

Julia, 652

Just for the Record, 738, 741

Kabbalah, 530

Kael, Pauline, 283, 318, 363, 390, 581

Kahn, Madeline, 347

Kamen, Stan, 535

Kander, John, 421

Kane, Carol, 544

antique face of, 543

Kanin, Garson, 157–63, 185–86

being “like a Jew who didn’t want to be Jewish,” 159

Karan, Donna, 301, 747, 750, 764, 766–67, 778, 788, 795, 820, 823, 852, 879, 921

love of having oil poured over her head, 300

meditating/snoring, 300

makes Bill Clinton’s suit for first inauguration, 764

Kass, Jerome, 507, 527

Katz, Steve, 467

Kaye, Nora, 241

Kazan, Elia, 294–95

Kearns, Doris, 842

Keats, John, 516

Keenan, Bill, 550, 557

Kellaway, Roger, 472

Kelley, Dick, 795, 807–08

Kelly, Gene, 274, 277, 279–80

crush on, 273

blank stare of, 275

competitiveness of, 281

Kennedy, Edward, 399

B.S. first meets at premiere of Funny Lady, 766

Kennedy, Jackie, 323, 737, 769, 821

informed an audience about the death of, 822

Kennedy, John F., 133, 349, 352, 737, 763, 771, 844, 872

unflustered by breach of White House protocol when B.S. told him, “You’re a doll,” 134

death of, 149–50

Kennedy, Robert, 352–53

Kennedy, Ted, 766

Kennedy Jr., John F., 841

Kerkorian, Kirk, 781, 797

Kern, Jerome, 614, 626

Kerry, John, 903

Kershner, Irvin, 354, 358, 359, 672, 828, 897

Kidd, Michael, 77, 281, 282, 862

Kilday, Gregg, 590

Kind, Lou (stepfather), 7–8, 13, 22, 297, 656, 665, 744,

to B.S.: “Why can’t you be like your friend—quiet!,” 14

“he was anything but,” 374

Kind, Roslyn (little sister, née Streisand), 13–14, 675, 795

King, Ben E., 766

King, Carole, 334, 359, 401, 439, 450

King, Coretta Scott, 795

King Jr., Martin Luther, 350

Kirkland, Sally, 431–33

Klein, Calvin, 229

Klein, Robert, 316

Klimt, Gustav, 210, 310, 802, 909

Knight, Arthur, 581

Knudson, Buzz, 467, 472

Koch, Howard, 274, 303, 307, 311

Kollek, Teddy, 595

Koppelman, Charles, 478, 482, 497, 499–500

Kosygin [sic], Aleksei

annoyingly siphoned off cops from Central Park concert for U.N. appearance, 231

Kovács, László, 343–44, 422

Krabbé, Jeroen, 706

fit and happy, 927

Kramer, Larry, 296, 635–49

Kreisler, Fritz, 715

Kremlin, 628

Kristofferson, Kris, 448, 452, 454, 456–58, 460, 469–71, 474, 479, 897, 909, 956

hickeys and perfect white teeth of, 449

Kubrick, Stanley, 264, 545

Kunsthistorisches Museum, 595

Lady in Satin, 438, 442

LaGravenese, Richard, 848

fell madly in love with B.S. at nine years old, 849

Lalaounis, 705

Lama, Dalai

taught B.S. to tell the truth, 877

Don Miguel Ruiz reminded B.S. of, 902

Lancaster, Burt, 359

Landers, Jay, 335, 500, 504, 618, 750, 859, 918

Lane, Burton, 303, 739

Lang, Jack, 591

Lang, Jennings, 398

Lanning, Steve, 551–52

Lapin, Daniel, 521–22, 524

Last Picture Show, The, 46–47

Laszlo, Andrew, 318

Latifah, Queen, 914

Lauper, Cyndi, 626

Laurents, Arthur, 81, 84, 88–90, 94–96, 127–28, 139, 158, 247, 364–65, 370, 375, 377, 379, 381–86, 388, 390, 394, 609, 616, 684, 926–27

possibly being jealous of B.S.’s romance with Elliott Gould, 97

writing astonishing letter informing B.S. that her debut album is terrible, 126

Laurie, Piper, 280

Layton, Joe, 209, 211, 213, 225–27, 399–400

Lazenby, George, 605

virility, handsomeness, charm, and flirtatiousness of, 309

motorcycling to dinner with, 309

not wanting to get “too cozy” with, 309

“Lazy Afternoon” (song), 434

Lazy Afternoon (album), 437, 450

Leahy, Patrick, 630

Leakey, Louis and Mary, 360

Lean, David, 268, 365

Lear, Norman, 631

Lee, Gypsy Rose, 924–26, 953

Lee, Peggy, 390

Legends of the Jews, The, 543

Legrand, Michel, 200–03, 216, 401, 497, 518–20, 532, 550, 587–89, 591, 597, 685, 741

Lehman, Ernest, 274, 277, 281, 282, 303, 605

Leigh, Vivien, 238

Lemorande, Rusty, 532–33, 536, 543, 545

Lennart, Isobel, 427

Lennon, John, 334, 398

Lennon and McCartney, 330

Lenya, Lotte, 331

Lerner, Alan Jay, 303

Lerner and Loewe, 303, 604

Letterman, David

copied the comedy shtick of, 822

gave free concert tickets to, 826

Levi, Dolly, 537, 908

Levinson, Barry, 730

Lewis, Samuel, 593

Liberace, 137–38, 142

Lieberson, Goddard, 330, 421

Lies My Father Told Me, 508

Lindsay, John, 229, 257

Lindsey, Mort, 228–29

Lion, the (Greenwich Village gay club)

site of B.S.’s first public singing appearance, 53

delicious London broil of, 54

Liotta, Ray, 849

Little Fockers, 917

Little Women, 589

Livingston, Robert, 889

Lombard, Carole, 238

Long, Darby, 790

Long Island Incident, The, 839

“Look, I Made a Hat,” 610

“Lost Inside of You,” 459, 477

Love in the Time of Cholera, 681

Love Is the Answer, 626

Lovet-Lorski, Boris, 757

Lowell (cousin), 20–21, 74–75, 410, 790, 825

Lubbock, Jeremy, 624

“Lullaby for Myself,” 478

Lumet, Sidney, 235

MacDonald, Jeanette, 337

MacDonald, Peter, 548, 550, 554–56, 561, 564, 566–68, 570–73, 589, 698

Mackie, Bob, 426

MacLaine, Shirley, 656, 667, 733, 828

Macpherson, Elle, 852

Madam Alex, 657

Madonna, 626, 830

Magnani, Anna, 287

Maher, Bill, 828

Mahler, Gustav, 839–40

Mahler’s Symphony No. 10, 575, 840

Main Event, The, 488–91, 496, 509

“Main Event/Fight, The,” 497, 499

Malden, Karl, 656

Malibu, 413, 416, 498, 546

Maltby Jr., Richard, 198, 214

“Man That Got Away, The,” 825

Mandel, Johnny, 751–52

Mandela, Nelson

South African president praising B.S.’s formidable looks, 831

“What a charmer,” 832

Manhoff, Bill, 314

Mann, Thomas, 591

March, Fredric, 236, 444

March of Dimes, 453

Margaret, Princess, 220

the night she was friendly, 257

Marley, Bob, 418

Marquez, Gabriel García, 681

Mars, Kenneth, 347

Marshall, Penny, 631

Marty, 527

Marx Brothers

gifted videotapes of, 806

Marx, Groucho, 112, 380

Masada, 595

Masina, Giulietta, 593

Maslin, Janet, 579

New York Times critic pans Yentl, mocks B.S.’s knitted hat, 580

calls The Prince of Tides a triumph, 727

Mason, James, 444, 461

Master Class, 442

Mathis, Johnny, 749-50, 921

Matisse, Henri, 210

Matisse, Pierre, 210

Matthau, Carol, 295, 580, 828

Matthau, Walter, 275, 278–79, 282, 729, 828

screaming fit by, 280

purely venomous look of, 280

absence of apology from, 280

Matz, Jonas, 606

Matz, Peter, 121–26, 134, 186, 188, 190, 209, 212, 214, 604–07, 612, 613–14, 616, 624, 625, 716, 720

Mauthausen, 596

Maxim’s, 591

Mayer, John

comforts him after breakup, 658

Mazursky, Paul, 450, 466

McCabe and Mrs. Miller, 422

McCarthy, Carolyn 839

McCarthy, Eugene, 350, 399

McCulley, Anne, 663

McGovern, George, 359, 399

McGraw, Ali, 340

McMartin, John, 782

McNally, Terrence, 442

McQuade, Tom, 790, 820

McQueen, Steve, 234, 353

Medavoy, Irena, 298, 517

Medavoy, Mike, 295, 298, 487, 538, 762, 768, 769, 770

Medford, Kay, 207, 219, 263

Meet the Fockers, 645–46, 903–05, 944

Meir, Golda, 741

Melato, Mariangela, 592

Mellencamp, John Cougar, 602

Mello-Rolls, 23, 24, 273, 614

Mengers, Sue, 259, 270, 271, 340, 341, 342, 346, 367, 443, 494–95, 531

“like a sniper,” 345

coldness of, 430

lies to B.S. of, 493

B.S.’s disappointment with, 534–35

hated Yentl, 535

Mercer, Johnny, 200–201

Merman, Ethel, 147, 350

Meron, Neil, 645

Merrick, David, 80, 82–83, 96, 99, 109, 142–43, 282

Meyer, Ron, 927

Midler, Bette, 631

Midnight Express, 549

Mikulski, Barbara, 630, 819

Milchan, Arnon, 594

Miller, Jonathan, 220

Mingalone, Dick, 709, 853

Minnelli, Liza, 147, 733, 778, 825

Minnelli, Vincente, 303–04, 306–07, 311

Miranda, Lin-Manuel, 940

Mirror Has Two Faces, The, 618, 643–44, 847, 859, 872–73, 878

Mischer, Don, 733

Mitchell, George, 631

Mitchell, Joni, 333, 398, 450

Modigliani, Amedeo, 125, 145, 210, 212–13, 931, 935–36, 940

Moffett, D. W., 640, 643

Monroe, Marilyn, 239, 841

appealing beauty and vulnerability of, 303

Montand, Yves, 303, 306, 729

lack of chemistry with, 307

Monticello, 771, 786

Moore, Garry, 399

Moreau, Jeanne, 591, 617

Moray, Bernie

utilized couch fabric from, 821

Morris, Dick

questioned Bill Clinton about the hiring of, 833

Morrison, Van, 857

Motyer, Bruce, 829

Mount Vernon, 772

“Move On,” 754

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 767

Mudbound, 589

Mulroney, Brian, 778–79

Mulroney, Mila, 779

Munch, Edvard, 470

Munk, Ria, 310

Murdoch, Rupert, 758

a comment at the expense of, 908

Murphy, Ryan, 647–48

Murrow, Edward R., 746

music

“almost like a direct link to God,” 809

MX Missile, 630

My Fair Lady, 615

“My Father’s Song,” 434

“My Heart Belongs to Daddy,” 478

“My Heart Belongs to Me,” 478

“My Man,” 739, 815

My Name Is Barbra (1965 TV special), 189–94, 830

nearly spiked by CBS head of programming Michael Dann, 195

B.S.’s performance praised by U.P.I. reviewer as “so great it is shocking,” 196

success of prompting abashed apology from Dann, 197

My Passion for Design, 906

Myers, Dee Dee, 645

Myers, Mike, 830

Mystery of Edwin Drood, The, 750

Nachmanides, 530

Nagle, Ron, 478

Napolin, Leah, 507

Nash, Graham, 347

Nashville, 602

National Organization of Women

defense of Yentl by, 591

Neal, Patricia, 63, 655

Nefertiti, 596

profile compared to, 1, 212

Nelligan, Kate, 695, 731

Netflix, 474

Network, 527

“New York State of Mind,” 478

Newley, Anthony, 214, 267, 270–71

affair with, 269

charisma and sexuality of, 269

Newman, David, 341–42

Newman, Paul, 350, 353, 399, 655, 707

Newman, Randy, 333

Nichols, Mike, 586–87

Nicholson, Jack, 298, 359, 631, 632

“good face, nice teeth,” and “very distinctive sound” of, 307

self-centeredness of, 587

Nielsen, Leslie, 659

Night They Raided Minsky’s, The, 617

Nightingale, The, 589

Nilsson, Harry, 333

Niven, David, 220

Nixon, Richard, 395, 398–99, 872

“No More Tears (Enough Is Enough),” 497, 499

“No Wonder,” 550

Nolte, Nick, 695, 700, 706–13, 716, 730–31, 897

overuses tanning bed for role in The Prince of Tides, 697

apologizes to B.S. for not being supportive, 701

puts his hands up B.S.’s dress, 714

confesses love for B.S., 729

Norell, Norman, 214

Norma Rae, 655

Normal Heart, The, 635–49, 656, 823–24, 838, 849, 905

Norman, Jessye, 774

nose

self-awareness of, 1, 43

rebuffing internal and external pressures to have rhinoplasty, 1, 57

appropriate to the purpose of playing Fanny Brice, 154

complimented on by Cecil Beaton, 175

compared to anteater’s, 213

B.S. profile minutely examined by William Wyler, 236

Nuts, 618, 637, 650–72, 794

Nyro, Laura, 333–34, 450

Obama, Barack, 824, 913, 938–39

beautiful teeth of, 909

Oberon, Merle, 233

O’Donnell, Chris, 689–90

Ogerman, Claus, 439–40, 442

O’Kun, Lan, 223

Olivier, Laurence, 219, 244, 293

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, 415, 587, 794

“On Rainy Afternoons,” 497

On the Waterfront, 545, 746

“One Day,” 685

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 529

“One Hand, One Heart,” 750

One Voice, 505, 780

O’Neal, Ryan, 341–43, 346–47, 367, 488–91, 897

attentiveness of, 340

he just wanted to have fun, 347

O’Neill, Eugene, 226

Ono, Yoko, 398

Ontkean, Michael, 543

Ophuls, Max, 839

Oprah

gave political advice to, 908

“Ordinary Miracles,” 830

Ordinary People, 652

Orff, Carl, 440

Ostin, Evelyn, 790, 804–05

Ostin, Evelyn and Moe, 582

Out of Africa, 720

“Over the Rainbow,” 632

Ovitz, Mike, 681

Owl and the Pussycat, The, 408, 852

Paglia, Camille, 768

Paich, Marty, 401

Paik, Soonie, 480

“Papa, Can You Hear Me?” 520, 760, 883

Parent, Gail, 489–90

Parker, Alan, 549

Parker, Colonel Tom, 449–50, 605

Passer, Ivan, 507–8, 527

Patinkin, Mandy, 543, 550–51, 559, 568–69, 587, 589

incorrect assumption of an affair with B.S. of, 558

B.S.’s lingering resentment toward, 560, 859

Pavlova, Anna, 242

Peck, Gregory, 233, 303, 399, 482, 559, 795, 802, 813

thoughtfulness and loveliness of, 262–63

Peck, Veronique, 263, 795

Pelosi, Nancy, 819

Pendleton, Austin, 347, 852

Penn, Sean, 298

Penzias, Arno, 774

“People,” 185–88, 453, 614, 632

Barry Gibb liking, 500

Peres, Shimon, 594–95, 833, 929–31, 933

sang at the birthday party of, 932

Perls, Klaus, 210

Perot, Ross, 764

Perry, Richard, 332–34

Persoff, Nehemiah, 294, 545, 566–67, 591, 897

Peters, Caleigh, 723, 794, 856, 865, 883

Peters, Christine, 723, 864–65

Peters, Christopher, 410, 414, 451

Peters, Jon, 429–30, 443, 444–45, 449–51, 453, 469–72, 478–79, 483, 491–94, 499, 509–10, 532, 538–39, 650, 657, 680, 690, 723

fails to recognize Marlon Brando on the phone, 291

not much liked by Marlon Brando, 291

first lie of, 406

Ferrari of, 406, 414

Jaguar of, 407

B.S.’s ass and, 407

childhood of, 407

money issues of, 409

lion cub of, 414

as record producer, 417–18

fake rocks of, 424

vengeance of, 428

wanting to direct, 446

jealousy of, 460, 489

moves mountain and gonif attributes of, 574

Peterson, Oscar, 439

Phantom of the Opera, The, 750

Philadelphia, 646

Piaf, Édith, 303

Pickford, Mary, 353

Picon, Molly, 410

Pierson, Frank, 446-48, 453, 456-58, 466, 468, 470-72, 479

blackmailing by, 447

passive-aggressiveness of, 455

lying to BS of, 469

Pinza, Ezio, 751

Plato, 682

Platt, Polly, 344, 412, 447

Plaza Athénée

B.S. throws up oysters in bathroom of, 430

Pleskow, Eric, 517, 538–39

PM East, 742, 897

Poitier, Joanna, 828

Poitier, Sidney, 284, 285, 314, 353, 582, 614, 828, 898

Pollack, Sydney, 366–67, 369, 375, 377, 379, 383–85, 388–91, 394, 446, 448, 487, 585, 612, 619, 631 ,684, 795, 897, 905

Pollock, Dale, 582, 584

Ponicsan, Darryl, 638, 652–54, 660

Porgy and Bess, 614, 615

port

used to drink (prior to reflux), 866

Porter, Beth, 551

Porter, Cole, 604

“Portrait of Ira P.,” 487

Powell, Colin, 773–74

Pownall, Kaye, 360, 374–75

Presley, Elvis, 449, 605

Preston, Kelly, 297, 828

Pretty Woman, 465, 720

Previn, André, 883

Prince

stiffness and awkwardness of, 916

Prince of Tides, The, 510, 639, 678–91, 693–720, 727, 733, 734, 738, 742, 745, 747, 749, 758–59, 767, 794, 803, 830, 845, 847, 853, 898, 905

dire impact of humidity on B.S.’s hair while filming in South Carolina, 692

Puccini, Giacomo, 439, 850

Purdum, Todd, 645

Pushkin, Alexander, 440

“Putting It Together,” 619, 732, 784

Quayle, Dan, 822

Queen and Slim, 589

“Queen Bee,” 450

Quindlen, Anna

B.S. upset that The New York Times replaced her interview with Quindlen with a piece by Isaac Bashevis Singer, 580

Rabin, Yitzhak, 834–36

Radova, Mila, 533

Rainbow Room, the, 717, 726, 729

Rainer, Peter, 363

Rall, Tommy, 242

Ramone, Phil, 228, 453

Rastatter, Tony, 473–74

Rawlings, Terry, 575

Rayfiel, David, 580, 656, 672

sweet and wonderful but “too fond” of B.S., 374

Reagan, Ronald, 123, 628, 633, 641–42, 761

Redford, Robert, 367–70, 375, 379–80, 382, 389–91, 395, 472, 543, 681, 696, 775, 897, 936–37

“great teeth” of, 366

bitten by bat prior to filming The Way We Were; rabies, 756

wanted to be Modigliani, 935

Redgrave, Vanessa, 263

Reds, 680

Reel Models: The First Women of Film, 840

Reich, Robert, 819

Reilly, Thomas, 701

Reiner, Carl, 350, 398

Reiner, Rob, 631

Rembrandt, 90–91, 554

purchase of $10 print of, 210

vivid reds of, 546

Reno, Janet, 773–74

Rescuers: Stories of Courage, 839

Resnick, Lynda, 398

Richie, Lionel, 779

Richman, Linda, 830

Ritt, Martin, 655–56, 659, 660, 661, 666–70

Rivera, Geraldo, 579

Rivers, Joan, 40

Riviera Hotel, 449

Roach, Jay, 903

Robards, Jason, 171, 226

Robbins, Jerome, 80, 82–83, 96, 99, 109, 142–43, 255, 269, 616

describing B.S. in a telegram as “VERY RIVETING VERY VOLATILE VERY UNPREDICTABLE,” 111

integrity of vision of, 208

genuine smile of, 209

Roberts, Bruce, 497–98

Roberts, Julia, 647

Roberts, Tony, 640

Rocky, 471

Rocky (dog), 483

Rodgers, Richard, 739, 740

Rodgers and Hammerstein, 604, 615, 626, 741

Rodgers and Hart, 55, 103, 139, 604

Rodham, Dorothy, 765

Rogen, Seth, 917

Rogers, Ginger, 234

Rogers, Kenny, 505

Rogers, Mimi, 852

Roiphe, Anne Richardson, 354

Rome, Harold, 739

Romeo and Juliet, 444

Roosevelt, Teddy, 775, 844

Rose, Billy, 421, 423–24

Rose Tattoo, The, 422

Rosenthal, Jack, 542

Ross, Betsy, 842

Ross, Bill, 624, 754, 918

Ross, Courtney, 602, 681, 758

how B.S. ate all the cookies on her plate at Golden Door Spa, 757

Ross, Diana, 505, 764

Ross, Herbert, 89, 239, 241–42, 249, 250, 314, 421, 425

success in extracting (never-released) topless scene from B.S., 316–17

Ross, Steve, 583, 681–82, 755–56, 758–59

Rossellini, Roberto, 729

Rosten, Leo, 524

Rothman, Tom, 393–95

Rowlands, Gena, 849

Ruffalo, Mark, 647

Ruiz, Don Miguel, 16, 902

Russell, Kurt, 631

Russell, Leon, 459, 469, 477

Russell, Rosalind, 233, 238

Rydell, Mark, 588, 652–54

Saccio, Tommy, 701

Sadie (dog), 483

“beloved poodle,” 213

flies into arms, 214

forgoes London trip, 219

New York reunion with, 223

banned from hospital, 224

cameo in Funny Girl, 249

lounging on brass daybed, 278

Salinger, Conrad, 614–15

Samantha (dog), 327, 944–46

smuggled into White House, 938

left the world, 943

Sands, Diana, 313

Santa Monica Pier, 414

Sargent, Alvin, 370, 638, 652–54

Sargent, Herb, 286

Sarrazin, Michael, 492

Sassoon, Vidal, 417

Saturday Night Fever, 499

Saturday Night Live, 830

Sayles, John, 638

Scaasi, Arnold, 256–57, 261, 264, 303, 323

Scarangella, Angelina, 223

fake name used by B.S. to remain incognito, 43

Scavullo, Francesco, 441, 498

Schapiro, Steve, 402

Scharf, Walter, 253, 263

Schear, Bob, 204, 209

Scheerer, Robert, 227, 231

Schiele, Egon, 210, 310

Schifrin, Lalo, 497

Schindler’s List, 823

Schlesinger, John, 644

Schneider, Bill

inquired about interest rates to, 819

Schubert, Franz, 440

Schulman, Arnold, 420

Schumann, Robert, 440

Schwarzkopf, Norman, 774

Scorsese, Martin, 531, 709

Scott, Marsha, 769

Scott, Ridley, 730

Scott, Tom, 418

Scott, Walter, 278

Scream, The, 470

“Second Hand Rose,” 739

Sedaka, Leba, 478

Sedaka, Neil, 478

Segal, George, 314, 316–18, 354, 389, 849, 852

great rapport with, 315

banjo playing of, 315

Segal, Gil, 680, 795–97

Segal, Marion, 315

Segel, Joanne, 493, 680, 791, 795–97, 805

Seidler-Feller, Chaim, 522–24, 530

Selby, David, 356, 729

Sellers, Peter, 220, 265

Seltzer, David, 638

Semel, Terry, 650, 652–54, 756, 759

“Send in the Clowns,” 619, 624

“Senza Mamma,” 439, 442

September 11th, 2001

reminded of family, friends, and dogs, 900

Serving in Silence, 644, 836, 838–39, 845

Seurat, Georges

son of, 609

Seven Beauties, 732

Shadowlands

turned down a role in, 905

Shakespeare, William, 226, 312, 431, 516, 891

Shalala, Donna, 819

Shalhoub, Tony, 643

Shamir, Yitzhak, 595

Shapiro, Steve, 437

Sharaff, Irene, 247–48, 275, 277

Sharif, Omar, 231, 253, 270, 280, 543

Six-Day War complicates casting of, 245

not love at first sight with, 245

subsequent ease of flirting with, 248

dinners with, 248

further attentions of, 260–61

the spark is gone, 425

Shaw, George Bernard, 293, 580, 660, 836

Sheen, Martin, 350

Sheinbaum, Stanley, 397

Sheinberg, Sid, 775

Sherry, Valentine, 506–08

Shining, The, 545

Shire, David, 214

Shore, Dinah, 132

Show Boat, 614

Shriver, Eunice Kennedy, 429

Signoret, Simone, 303

Silence of the Lambs, The, 730

Silkwood, 586

Sills, Beverly, 442

Simmons, Jean, 790

Simon, Neil, 586

Simon, Paul, 330, 401

Sinatra, Frank, 179–80, 303, 439

offering to “take care of” anyone who ever bothered B.S., 170

Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 501, 506–07, 510, 526–28, 537, 573, 580

Social Tea biscuits of, 508

rumors of misogyny of, 519

carping about Yentl, 582

Singin’ in the Rain, 614, 724

Singleton, John

implies his Oscar nomination for best director for Boyz n the Hood locked her out, 731

Siri

mispronouncing B.S.’s surname on iPhone, 118

Sjostrand, Janice, 809

Skalecki, Kim, 283, 481, 574, 594, 817

skinniness, 27, 30, 39, 44, 60, 62, 85, 173, 189

padding out hips by stuffing scarves into her underwear, 69

Skinny and Cat, 681, 905

Smith, Andrew, 489–90

Smith, Bessie, 333

Smith, Dwight, 399

Smith, Gary, 633, 814, 828, 896

Smothers Brothers, 70

Snowden, Lord [sic] 257

Socrates, 682, 686

Solters, Lee, 584

“Some Enchanted Evening,” 751, 779

“Someday My Prince Will Come,” 794, 817

“Something’s Coming,” 616

“Somewhere,” 616–18, 621, 632

Sondheim, Stephen, 608–11, 616, 619–21, 625–26, 732, 752-55, 765, 781-85, 924, 926–27, 938, 953–54

Song of Solomon, 530

Songbird, 482

Special Olympics, 429

Spider-Man, 465

Spielberg, Steven, 508, 544, 631, 582, 585, 759, 795, 938

advice to B.S. to not change a frame of Yentl of, 583

comparison of Yentl to Citizen Kane by, 584

Sosnick, Bobby, 820

Spinella, Stephen, 643

Spinotti, Dante

unfriendliness of, 853

Splash

B.S. is first choice to play the lead role in, 535

Springsteen, Bruce, 631

Stapleton, Maureen, 656

Star Is Born, A, 407, 440, 443–76, 479–80, 486-87, 494, 508–09, 684, 699, 825

Stark, Ray, 106, 108–09, 140, 142-43, 156–57, 170, 172, 182, 204, 207, 221–22, 225, 227, 233–35, 239–40, 242, 252, 255–57, 313, 318, 335, 364, 371, 389, 401, 403, 535, 579, 740, 822

“debilitating conflicts” with, 206, 314–15, 421–22, 424, 427–28, 430–31, 599

reneged on his word “once again,” 365–66

hash brownie of, 428

Starr, Ringo, 398

Stars Salute Israel, The, 741

Steele, Tommy, 220

Steiger, Rod, 294

Steinem, Gloria, 252, 633

Stewart, Jimmy, 233

Stiller, Ben, 645–46, 903

stock market, 895–96

addiction to, 894

Stone, Oliver, 730

Stony End, 439

Storaro, Vittorio, 545–46, 603, 561, 592

B.S.’s crush on, 547

Storch, Larry

telling a young B.S., “Kid, you’re gonna be a star!,” 56

Strada, La, 593

Stradling, Harry, 238–44, 252, 254, 263, 277, 282, 306, 308, 314, 318, 422

Stradling Jr., Harry, 365

Strahm, Shirlee, 360

Strasberg, Lee, 36–37, 48, 133, 176, 182, 431–33

had written letters on the subway to, 833

Strasberg, Susan, 20, 30, 37

Streep, Meryl, 86

Streisand, Diana Rosen (mother), 7–10, 13–18, 22, 28–32, 43–44, 59–62, 80, 84, 97, 141, 171–72, 744, 796–803, 829, 948

trying to fatten B.S. with malteds, 27

inherent negativity of, 80, 173

reaction to B.S.’s Oscar win (“What kind of dress was that to wear in public?”), 264

disappointment with B.S. of, 577

Streisand, Emanuel (father), 89, 516, 544

death of when B.S. is 15 months old, 9

re-appears at séance, 515

Streisand, Judy, 594, 795, 825

Streisand, Shelly (older brother), 9, 17, 23, 97, 358, 513–16, 594, 795, 825, 883

Streisand effect

B.S. thinks effect refers to her music, not the backlash to her (lost) lawsuit, 906

privacy violated by Internet post of her Malibu house, 907

Stringer, Howard, 724

Stringer, Rob, 724

Stritch, Billy, 778

Stromboli, 729

Styne, Jule, 105–12, 134–35, 140, 154–55, 168, 170, 185, 187–88, 195, 542, 739, 740, 765, 825

asserting that his song “People” would be “fucking number one on the Hit Parade,” 186

always supportive, 205

“suggestion(s)” by B.S.

accommodated, 156

taken, 237

not taken, 237

offered, 280

openness to (of “good directors”), 295

openness of B.S. to, 332

one more, 337

taken, 372

“Do you mind if I make [one]?,” 484

offered to cameraman, regarding lighting, 742

Marvin Hamlisch’s receptiveness to, 789

how “really liked” by Alan Lerner, 949

Sullivan, Ed, 118, 132, 138

Sulman, Barbara, 825

Summer, Donna, 497–98

Sun Devil Stadium, 453

Sun Valley, 602

Sunday in the Park with George, 608, 754

“Sunrise, Sunset,” 439

Sunset Boulevard, 750–51, 784

Sunshine, Ken

found splashing in a pool with John F. Kennedy Jr., 842

Suor Angelica, 439, 442

Super 8 video camera, 536

Superman, 477, 480, 482

Surtees, Robert, 446, 456, 463, 469, 471–72

Susskind, David, 47, 91–92

Swan Lake, 575

Swanson, Gloria, 751

Sweeney Todd, 493

Sweet Hearts Dance, 677

Swept Away, 593

Swink, Robert, 255

Sylbert, Paul, 699, 702

Sylk, Ken, 612

Sylvia Scarlett, 411

Tabankin, Marge, 782, 791, 842

“Take Me to the World,” 755

Tandy, Jessica, 733

Taylor, Elizabeth, 198, 219, 289, 586, 775

Taylor, James, 359

Taylor, Laurette, 813

Taylor, Renée, 71, 149

Tender Mercies, 567

Teriipaia, Tarita, 286–88

Terms of Endearment, 587

Thant, U, 321

Thatcher, Margaret, 552

Thelma & Louise, 730

Thomas, Clarence, 748, 959

Thulin, Ingrid, 339

Till I Loved You, 676

Timeless: Live in Concert, 733, 890, 901

Tin Man, 656

tinnitus, 16, 52

To Have and Have Not, 54

Today show, 632

“Tomorrow,” 484

Topor, Tom, 651

Tormé, Mel, 145–46

Tosi, Mario, 489

Tracy, Spencer, 432, 508

Tramont, Jean-Claude, 531, 535–36

Travolta, John, 828

“hocus-pocus healing” of Marlon Brando’s leg, 297

Tribe, Laurence, 841–42, 907

Trudeau, Justin, 327–28

a friend for 20 years, 819

Trudeau, Pierre, 319–21, 328, 757, 824, 826

“the kind of man I would like to date,” 258

B.S. visits in Ottawa, 322–23

makes B.S. feel like Jackie Kennedy, 323

generosity with oyster crackers and Mallomars, 324

Pierre dives naked into icy lake, 325

B.S.’s brain in love, not body, 326

buys Deco home 327

“We’ll hold hands in Gorky Park,” 675

Trudeau, Sophie, 327

Truffaut, François, 487

Trump, Donald, 942–43

“insulted women, immigrants, and the disabled,” 940

crookedness of, 941

demolished America, 947

Tucker, Sophie, 236

Turandot, 850

Turner, Ted, 840

Turner, Tina, 626

Turturro, John, 640

Twain, Mark

on Jews, 511–12

twenty-four

“my lucky number,” 126, 323

Two Hands That Shook the World, 835

Two of Us, The, 508

“Type Thang,” 418

Tyson, Mike, 674

Ullmann, Liv, 336, 339

Uncle Vanya, 431

Unforgiven, 771

Up the Sandbox, 534

Vaccaro, Brenda, 828

Vanden Heuvel, William, 353

Varian’s War, 839

Verdon, Gwen, 352

Verhoeven, Paul, 706

“Verschwiegene Liebe,” 440

Viertel, Peter, 365

Vitti, Monica, 592

Von Sydow, Max, 336–37

Vreeland, Diana

calls B.S. a “fashion icon,” 215

lunch with, 215

Waldman, Randy, 616

Walker, Roy, 545, 548–49, 552, 560, 563, 565, 589

comparison of B.S. to Kubrick by, 562

Wallace, Mike, 91–93, 742–45

being ill-suited to host the light-entertainment program PM East because he was a confrontational dick, 76

Wallach, Eli, 656, 662

Walters, Julie, 589

War of the Roses, The

B.S. declined to act in and direct, 904

Warhol, Andy

inexplicable failure to mention Diaries or Spy index thereof, 229

Warren, Lesley Ann, 407–08, 416

Warwick, Dionne, 626

Washington, George, 772–73

“Watch Closely Now,” 462, 474

Watkin, David, 548, 550, 554–55, 564–67, 571, 573, 580
“Way He Makes Me Feel, The,” 556, 587

Way We Were, The, 128, 378, 428, 431, 612, 652, 681, 684, 739, 794

director Sydney Pollack’s cruel decision to cut two scenes, 379–96

how that letdown led B.S. to vow to direct her own films, 389

“Way We Were, The” (song), 453

Wayne, John, 233, 329

“We Do Not Belong Together,” 754

Webb, Jimmy, 330

Webber, Andrew Lloyd, 750, 784

Weber, Lois, 840

Weill and Brecht, 331, 332

Weiss, Stephen, 747, 764, 766, 795

Welch, Ken and Mitzie, 399–400

Welch, Raquel, 359, 421

Weller, Michael, 695

Welles, Orson

note from (“Please, please, please!”), 362, 680

Werfel, Franz and Alma, 839

Werner, Jeff, 465, 861

Werner, Oskar, 314

Wertmüller, Lina, 592, 732–33

gives B.S. dinner party with square pasta and lemon-caper sauce, 593

West Side Story, 80, 109, 111, 607, 749, 750

West, Cornel, 842

Wet, 496–97

“What Kind of Fool,” 505

What Makes a Family?, 644, 839

What’s Up, Doc?, 412, 447, 488, 756

“When the Sun Comes Out”

song B.S. forgot lines to, prompting 27-year hiatus from live performance, 231

“Where Is It Written?,” 519, 554

Wiatt, Jim, 730

Widescreen (album), 433

“Widescreen” (song), 436

Wieseltier, Leon

calls politically active actors “bubble-headed,” 774

Wigan, Gary, 641

Wilder, Billy, 751

“Will He Like Me?,” 93

Williams, Paul, 452, 454, 472, 477

Williams, Ralph Vaughan, 269

Williams, Robin, 631

Williams, Tennessee, 34–35, 48, 133

insightful things playwright wrote about B.S., 132

Willis, Bruce, 631

Willis, Gordon, 355, 358–59, 422

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, 414

Wilson, Rita, 828, 880

Windsor, Duchess of, 219

not pleased, 218

Winger, Debra, 650

Winkler, Henry, 631

Winkler, Irwin, 354

Wirth, Tim, 630

“With One Look,” 750

“With One More Look at You,” 462, 474

Withers, Bill, 419

Wizard of Oz, The, 724

Wolf, Hugo, 440

Wolfe, George, 645–46

“Woman in the Moon, The,” 454

“Women in Love,” 502, 504

Wonder, Stevie, 401, 614

Wonder Woman, 589

Wood, Natalie, 234, 273

Woodruff, Herbert, 706

Woods, James, 386

Woodward, Joanne, 263, 350

Wyler, Talli, 549

Wyler, William, 238, 240, 242–47, 250–55, 262, 264, 280, 448, 464, 549, 579, 729

“match made in heaven,” 236

“God, he was great!”, 237

role in “the beginning of the diva myth that has followed me all my life,” 241

Wynn, Steve, 746

Yablans, Frank, 576

Yad Vashem, 595

Yankee Doodle Dandy, 422

Yates, Peter, 411, 587

Yeats, W. B., 823

Yentl, 10, 74, 203, 499, 500–01, 503, 508–09, 511-12, 533, 535–36, 538–39, 541–74, 576, 579–91, 595–97, 612, 619, 623, 651, 680, 696, 702, 704, 731-33, 757, 758, 794, 814, 847, 861, 916, 924, 926–27, 957–58

eating of ham-and-cheese croissant and chocolate-covered marzipan by B.S. at premier of, 578

“the Yentl Syndrome,” 911

“Yentl the Yeshiva Boy,” 506–07

Yetnikoff, Walter, 607, 633

YIVO Institute, 527

“You Are Woman, I Am Man,” 518

“You Don’t Bring Me Flowers,” 484

“You Put a Move on My Heart,” 858

“You’ll Never Know,” 739

“You’ll Never Walk Alone,” 900

Zadan, Craig, 645–46

Zahedi, Firooz, 803

Zaks, Jerry, 640

Zanuck, Darryl, 282

Zeffirelli, Franco, 592, 850

Zieff, Howard, 489

Zimmerman, Don, 706, 720, 726

Zindel, Paul, 354

Zinner, Peter, 465

Ziskin, Laura, 465

Zsigmond, Vilmos, 422

Zukerman, Pinchas, 706, 715