Barbra Streisand has been awarded France's most coveted prize after she was inducted into the French Legion Of Honour. The diva was handed her accolade by President Nicholas Sarkozy at a formal ceremony held at the Elysee palace on Thursday (28Jun07), following a concert in Paris.The induction is France's most prestigious civilian distinction. Streisand's Tuesday night (26Jun07) show at the Bercy venue was attended by 10,000 fans. During her illustrious career Streisand has recorded more than 60 albums by the end of the 1970's she had been labelled the most successful female singer in America. Only Elvis and The Beatles had sold more records.Streisand went on to appear in movies her first film was Funny Girl, a role that she had played on Broadway, her performance won her the Academy Award for Best Actress.She went on to star in Hello, Dolly!, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever as well as A Star Is Born for which she won her second Oscar for Best Original Song for Evergreen. Most recently she appeared alongside Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller and Dustin Hoffman in Meet The Fockers.

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