In a time when the world of study belonged only to men, there lived a girl who dared to ask..."why?"
In a time when girls were forbidden to study religious scriptures, a Jewish girl masquerades as a boy to enter religious training and unexpectedly finds love along the way.
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as Yentl
AliveBorn: April 24, 1942
Age: 84
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, USA
as Avigdor
AliveBorn: November 30, 1952
Age: 73
Chicago, Illinois, USA
as Hadass
AliveBorn: September 10, 1953
Age: 72
Palo Alto, California, USA
as Rebbe Mendel
DeceasedBorn: August 2, 1919
Died: April 5, 2022
Age at death: 102
as Reb Alter Vishkower
DeceasedBorn: February 24, 1922
Died: August 23, 2016
Age at death: 94
as Shimmele
AliveBorn: April 2, 1950
Age: 76
Stockholm, Sweden
as Esther Rachel
AliveBirth date not on record.
Willesden, Middlesex, England, UK
as Rabbi Zalman
DeceasedBorn: January 1, 1927
Died: February 20, 2021
Age at death: 94
as Tailor
DeceasedBorn: September 11, 1919
Died: May 9, 2003
Age at death: 83
as Mrs. Shaemen
DeceasedBorn: June 22, 1926
Died: August 9, 2023
Age at death: 97
as Peshe
DeceasedBorn: March 24, 1939
Died: March 5, 2022
Age at death: 82
as Bookseller
DeceasedBorn: January 30, 1923
Died: April 24, 2012
Age at death: 89
as Mrs. Kovner
DeceasedBorn: August 22, 1922
Died: May 11, 2012
Age at death: 89
as Sarah
AliveBorn: May 18, 1941
Age: 85
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
as Mrs. Jacobs
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Tailor's Assistant
AliveBirth date not on record.
as David
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Village Student
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Village Student
AliveBorn: July 22, 1958
Age: 68
as Mrs. Shaemen's Daughter
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Yeshiva Student
AliveBorn: June 4, 1952
Age: 74
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
as Yeshiva Student
AliveBorn: April 23, 1955
Age: 71
Canada
as Yeshiva Student
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Yeshiva Student
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Yeshiva Student
DeceasedBorn: December 22, 1947
Died: July 5, 1995
Age at death: 47
as Yeshiva Student
AliveBirth date not on record.
Pancras, London, England, UK
as Debra (uncredited)
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Yeshiva Student (uncredited)
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Woman on the Charles Bridge (uncredited)
DeceasedBorn: December 19, 1937
Died: May 23, 2023
Age at death: 85
as Yeshiva Student (uncredited)
AliveBorn: September 25, 1958
Age: 67
London, England, UK
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