Barbra Streisand as Yentl

Mandy Patinkin as Avigdor

Amy Irving as Hadass

Nehemiah Persoff as Rebbe Mendel

Steven Hill as Reb Alter Vishkower

Allan Corduner as Shimmele

Ruth Goring as Esther Rachel

David de Keyser as Rabbi Zalman

Bernard Spear as Tailor

Doreen Mantle as Mrs. Shaemen

Lynda Baron as Peshe

Jack Lynn as Bookseller

Anna Tzelniker as Mrs. Kovner

Miriam Margolyes as Sarah

Mary Henry as Mrs. Jacobs

Robbie Barnett as Tailor's Assistant

Ian Sears as David

Frank Baker as Village Student

Anthony Dean Rubeš as Village Student

Renata Buser as Mrs. Shaemen's Daughter

Kerry Shale as Yeshiva Student

Danny Brainin as Yeshiva Student

Gary Brown as Yeshiva Student

Jonathan Tafler as Yeshiva Student

Peter Whitman as Yeshiva Student

Teddy Kempner as Yeshiva Student

Norma Atallah as Debra (uncredited)

Mark English as Yeshiva Student (uncredited)

Milena Glogarová as Woman on the Charles Bridge (uncredited)

Derek Lyons as Yeshiva Student (uncredited)

Chris Parsons as Scholar (uncredited)

Peter Ross-Murray as Yeshiva Student (uncredited)

Beth Porter as Hadass' maid (uncredited)