Sheldon Streisand is a businessman, chairman of the board of the advertising agency of Streisand, Zuch & Freeman; older brother of Barbara Streisand and Roslyn Kind, and a Grammy nominee for Best Album Cover – Photography in 1966.
He is most famous for making the cover of Barbra’s first album, My Name is Barbra. His sister Barbara Streisand is a famous American singer, songwriter, actress, and film and TV director and producer. She is most famous for recording Woman in Love, People, Free Again, Tell Him, and My Man.
He is Jewish and His Mother was a Soprano
Sheldon “Shelly” Streisand was born as the older brother of Barbara Streisand into a Jewish family. He is 7 years older than Barbara who is 82 and was born on 24 April 1942 in New York. This means that Sheldon was born around 1935 and is 89 years old.
His mother Diana Ida (nee Rosen) was a semi-professional soprano who later became a school secretary while his father Emmanuel Streisand was a teacher at the same school where the former couple (Diana and Emmanuel) met.
Streisand’s root is traced to Poland, Ukraine, and Russia. His paternal grandparents Isaac Streisand and Anna Kesten emigrated from Galacia (modern-day Poland and Ukraine) while his maternal grandparents Louis Rosen and Ida Friedland were from the Russian Empire.
Whatever the case, the businessman grew up in New York where he attended school.
Sheldon was raised mainly in poverty when his father died at the age of 34 in 1943. He lived with his grandparents Rosen and Ida at 365 Pulaski Street in Williamsburg. There, Sheldon had to sleep on a folding cot while his mother and sister shared a bed since they didn’t have much.
His mother who died in 2002 had to help the family survive through menial jobs until she was later married to Louis Kind and lived in New York.
Sheldon Streisand has Numerous Famous Family Members
Several of Streisand’s family are famous people. His younger sister Barbara, with whom he shares a very close relationship is an 8-time Grammy Award-winning artist and a Hall of Famer. She has been in the entertainment industry for over 6 decades and has recorded albums and singles such as Walls, The Music… The Mem’ries… The Magic!, What Matters Most, Barbra Streisand Sings The Lyrics Of Alan And Marilyn Bergman, Ordinary Miracles, You Don’t Bring Me Flowers, and Color Me Barbra.
Barbra is also an actress known for Funny Girl (1968), Meet the Fockers (2004), The Way We Were (1973), and The Guilt Trip (2012).
Following the death of Sheldon’s father at 34, his mother later married Louis Kind and had a daughter Roslyn Kind. Roslyn is also an American singer-songwriter and actress. The 73-year-old is famed for Give Me You (1969) and This is Roslyn Kind (1969).
She has also appeared in films such as I’m Going to Be Famous (1983), Switched at Birth (1991), and Ladies of the House (2008). More about the famous people in Sheldon’s family, he is cousins with Adam Streisand – an American trial attorney known for his involvement in private wealth disputes.
Moreso, Sheldon is the uncle of actor and singer Jason Gould, the son of Barbara Streisand and Elliot Gould.
His Career and How He Became a Grammy Nominee
Sheldon Streisand is a businessman and chairman of the board of the advertising agency of Streisand, Zuch & Freeman. He keeps most of his professional life private but in 1965 he designed Barbara’s first studio album My Name is Barbra.
This led to his being nominated at the 8th Grammy Awards for Best Album Cover – Photography in 1966.
On its own, the album which he contributed to became a major milestone in Barbara’s career. It won her a Grammy for Best Female Vocal Performance and her 5th Grammy.
Anyway, Streisand may have continued with his photography career since gained massive visibility in 1965. Yet, he chooses to keep much about that part of his life private.
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All to Know About Sheldon Streisand’s Wife and Children
Sheldon has been married twice. He was first married to a woman named Ellen J. and later to Judith B. Both of them keep private lives and it is not known if the businessman has any children with any of the women.
Regardless, Sheldon is an uncle to Jason Gould, Barbara’s son with American actor Elliot Gould.
His sister Barbra was married to Elliot Gould and later to James Brolin. She also had relationships with numerous famous people such as Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, actor Don Johnson, and composer James Newton Howard.
