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The "Funny Girl" singer and actress had her
beloved 14- year-old Coton de Tulear dog Samantha cloned after
her death in 2017, and now has two new pups.
Streisand told Hollywood trade publication Variety in an
interview published on Tuesday that cells were taken from the
mouth and stomach of Samantha.
“They have different personalities,” Streisand said. “I’m
waiting for them to get older so I can see if they have her
brown eyes and her seriousness.”
Streisand said that when the cloned dogs arrived, she dressed
them in red and lavender to tell them apart, which is how they
got their names — Miss Scarlett and Miss Violet.
The Oscar and Tony winning actress, 75, said that while waiting
for their arrival, she became smitten with another dog who was a
distant relation of Samantha.
The Coton de Tulear dog was called Funny Girl, but Streisand
adopted her and gave her the name Miss Fanny, which is how Fanny
Brice’s dresser refers to Streisand's character in the 1968
movie musical that launched her career.
Streisand followed up "Funny Girl," for which she won an Oscar,
with "Hello Dolly!" but said she had never much liked the movie.
"I thought I was totally miscast. I tried to get out of it," she
told Variety. "I think it’s so silly. It’s so old-time musical."
(This story corrects last two paragraphs to reflect Variety
correction that Streisand was referring to 'Hello Dolly!' not
'Funny Girl' as the movie she disliked.)
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by David Gregorio)
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