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After The Six-Day War and more bond sales for Israel, Picon accepted the role of Yente the Matchmaker in Norman Jewison's movie Fiddler on the Roof, in which Kalich had a small role.
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As the air returned to my lungs and my view of the ceiling came into focus, I could here my more composed partner explaining that in fact a “young” Bea Arthur might more resemble Lucy Brown, Yente the Matchmaker, or Vera Charles.
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My guess we'll soon rubbing? more reviews on production such as: "Fixster on Roof" starring Letleviride as Tevye with a special appearance of Ms. Battersby as Yente.
From the BSNYC Culture Desk: "The Belle of the Ball Bearings" (A Musical) BikeSnobNYC 2009
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I don't know whether Yente left her family for a time to go to Warsaw, but when she emigrated to Chicago it was in the company of her husband and three children.
Yente Serdatsky. 2009
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As the air returned to my lungs and my view of the ceiling came into focus, I could here my more composed partner explaining that in fact a “young” Bea Arthur might more resemble Lucy Brown, Yente the Matchmaker, or Vera Charles.
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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In 1964, she created the role of Yente the Matchmaker in Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway, and in 1966, she won the Tony Award for “best supporting actress” for her portrayal of the acid-tongued Vera Charles in Mame, directed by her husband.
Bea Arthur. 2009
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Desperately taking one last look at the frightened mass of naked humanity, Yente felt the sudden itch of her sex as the necessity to breathe forced her to gulp down the sickly sweet gas.
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Her young body tingling, Yente collapsed into the arms of the Rabbi.
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Our Yente wants to fix me up with her real-life son - yay dates!
misspinkkate Diary Entry misspinkkate 2003
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The woman playing Yente, the matchmaker, in Fiddler, is fixing me up with her son, who is in town for the weekend from Dallas.
misspinkkate Diary Entry misspinkkate 2003
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