Hester Street 48 years old

Hester Street

A Russian emigre prides himself on the way he's molded himself into a real Yankee in the USA, though the world he lives in, New York's Lower East Side in the late 19th century, is almost exclusively populated by other Jewish immigrants. When his wife finally arrives in the New World, however, she has a lot of assimilating to do.

Credits

Hester Street Cast

Name Character
Doris Roberts She was 49, 90 years old when she died as Mrs. Kavarsky
Carol Kane She was 23, now 71 years old as Gitl
Lin Shaye She was 32, now 80 years old as Whore
Steven Keats He was 30, 49 years old when he died as Jake
Joanna Merlin She was 44, now 92 years old as Jake's Landlady
Dorrie Kavanaugh as Mamie
Philip Sterling He was 53, 76 years old when he died as Mr. Lipman

Hester Street Crew

Name Department
Stuart Wurtzel as Production Design. He was 35 (now 83) years old Art
Joan Micklin Silver as Director. She was 40 (now 88) years old Directing
Joan Micklin Silver as Screenplay. She was 40 (now 88) years old Writing
Hester Street poster
Hester Street (48 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, October 19, 1975
  • Runtime: 90 minutes