Barbra Streisand on TV: What's My Line?
Broadcast on CBS, Apr. 12, 1964
Hosted by John Daly

What's My Line? ran on CBS, and was produced by Game Show tycoons Goodson-Todman. A panel of celebrity guests tried to guess who the "mystery guest" was by asking pointed questions. The "mystery guest" came on stage and signed his name on a black board. The person usually tried to disguise her voice in order to throw the panel off.

* screen captures courtesy of Mark Boyce

Barbra was in the middle of her Broadway run of FUNNY GIRL when she appeared on What's My Line? in 1964.

What's My Line?
Broadcast on CBS, April 25, 1965

Barbra entered, the audience cheered, and she wrote "My name is Barbra" on the black board.

Barbra, disguising her voice by speaking Italian, tried to fool the blindfolded guests. However, they quickly guessed that she is "the inimitable Barbra Streisand". Her first television show, My Name Is Barbra, received a plug.

* special thanks to Mark Iskowitz and Kevin Hall for help with this page!

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