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| Born | January 9, 1951 New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 1967–present |
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| Relatives | Barbra Streisand (half-sister) Jason Gould (nephew) Richard Kind (cousin) |
Roslyn Kind (born January 9, 1951) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She is the maternal half-sister of Barbra Streisand. She has been performing on Broadway and other venues since her teenage years. [1]
Kind was born in 1951. Her parents were Louis Kind and Diana Rosen Streisand Kind. [2] They divorced when Roslyn was six. She was brought up in the Conservative movement of Judaism, going to temple and Yeshivah as a child. [3]
Kind's inspiration for being a singer came from her grandfather, who was a cantor, and her mother, a former opera singer. Kind recorded her debut album two months after graduating from high school in June 1968. The album, titled Give Me You, was released in January 1969, at the same time as her first professional performance, at the Hungry I in San Francisco.
Kind's New York debut was at the Plaza Hotel's Persian Room in 1969, where she played to a packed house that included her half-sister, Barbra Streisand. She performed on April 16, 1977, episode of Saturday Night Live , which was hosted by Barbra Streisand's ex-husband Elliott Gould.
Kind has spent the past several decades touring internationally as a cabaret singer and entertainer. She was featured in Barbra Streisand's 2012 national tour, Back to Brooklyn, and 2013 European tour, Barbra Streisand LIVE, during which she sang a duet with her half-sister. A few of Kind's shows are directed by Barbra Streisand's concert director, Richard Jay-Alexander. [4]
Kind released her new single, "Light of Love", on January 17, 2020.
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