Cross-dressing Streisand character

• 1983 Oscar-winning film for Best Original Song Score
• Gender-bending Streisand film
• Streisand title role of 1983
• First film directed by Streisand
• Singer heroine
• Film in which Streisand plays a yeshiva boy
• She lived most of her life as a male named Anshel
• Streisand's directorial debut

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Yentl is a 1983 American romantic musical drama film from United Artists (through MGM ), and directed, co-written, co-produced, and starring Barbra Streisand based on the play of the same name by Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer , itself based on ...