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Who is the only person to win oscars for best actress and best song?
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Barbra Streisand. She won the 1968 Best Actress award (in a tie with Katharine Hepburn) for her performance as Fanny Brice in "Funny Girl." She shared the 1976 Best Original Song Oscar with Paul Williams for "Evergreen" from "A Star Is Born."
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