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Barbra Streisand’s long-awaited and lengthy memoir, My Name is Barbra, was released this week, containing revelations about the actress and singer’s early career, being pursued by men including Marlon Brando and King Charles and pressure she faced to alter her physical appearance.
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In the book, Streisand wrote Sydney Chaplin, her Funny Girl costar on Broadway and the son of Charlie Chaplin, called her “vicious names” while on stage after she broke off a brief flirtation between the two, making her feel “physically ill” and leading Chaplin to be face charges by the Actors’ Equity Association (according to The Daily Beast).
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