Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesBarbra Streisandis mourning the death of her former costarNehemiah Persoff.Streisand, 79, shared a tribute on Twitter Wednesday to Persoff, who died at age 102 on Tuesday. Streisand and Persoff shared the screen in 1983’sYentl, in which he played her father, a rabbi named Reb Mendel, or ‘Papa.‘Along with a still of herself and Persoff taken fromYentl, Streisand wrote on Twitter,“Nicky lived a long loving life. I’ll miss you Papa!!“Streisand starred as the titular character inYentl,which follows a young woman who disguises herself as a man to attend religious school and continue the Talmud education her late father started.Yentlwas nominated for multiple awards and won an Oscar for Best Music and two Golden Globes: best director and best motion picture - comedy or musical.RELATED GALLERY:Celebrities Who Died in 2022Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday.According toThe Hollywood Reporter, Streisand cast Persoff inYentl. Decades after working on the film, Persoff recalled his experience meeting with Streisand before beginning work onYentl.“One day before filming, Barbra invited me for tea in her house in London. … She told me about losing her father at the tender age of 2, of her early years in Brooklyn, and so on. She said, ‘Let’s read,’ " he toldFilms of the Golden Ageback in 2008.He added, “As we read, I looked at her and thought, ‘What courage you have to take on this film, to write, direct, act and sing.’ I read, ‘Yentl, I’m so proud of you,’ and at that moment, the emotion welled up in me.“ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty ImagesPersoff toldFilms of the Golden Agethat he had told the same story of having tea with Streisand at the American Film Institute Awards in 2001, when she was given a Life Achievement Award. “I felt the story needed a lift so I added: ‘Barbra, for almost 20 years you’ve been like a real daughter to me — you don’t call; you don’t write,” he remembered.After appearing inYentl, Persoff went on to act in shows likeMagnum, P.I., The Facts of Life, J.J. StarbuckandMacGyver. Throughout the course of his decades-long career, he booked memorable roles in films likeSome Like It HotandAn American Tail.Persoff eventually retired from acting in 1999, but had an uncredited role as a rabbi in 2003’sAngels in Americaminiseries. Persoff’s son Dan confirmed his death toThe Hollywood Reporter, which reported that Persoff died Tuesday at a rehabilitation facility in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
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Barbra Streisandis mourning the death of her former costarNehemiah Persoff.Streisand, 79, shared a tribute on Twitter Wednesday to Persoff, who died at age 102 on Tuesday. Streisand and Persoff shared the screen in 1983’sYentl, in which he played her father, a rabbi named Reb Mendel, or ‘Papa.‘Along with a still of herself and Persoff taken fromYentl, Streisand wrote on Twitter,“Nicky lived a long loving life. I’ll miss you Papa!!“Streisand starred as the titular character inYentl,which follows a young woman who disguises herself as a man to attend religious school and continue the Talmud education her late father started.Yentlwas nominated for multiple awards and won an Oscar for Best Music and two Golden Globes: best director and best motion picture - comedy or musical.RELATED GALLERY:Celebrities Who Died in 2022Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday.According toThe Hollywood Reporter, Streisand cast Persoff inYentl. Decades after working on the film, Persoff recalled his experience meeting with Streisand before beginning work onYentl.“One day before filming, Barbra invited me for tea in her house in London. … She told me about losing her father at the tender age of 2, of her early years in Brooklyn, and so on. She said, ‘Let’s read,’ " he toldFilms of the Golden Ageback in 2008.He added, “As we read, I looked at her and thought, ‘What courage you have to take on this film, to write, direct, act and sing.’ I read, ‘Yentl, I’m so proud of you,’ and at that moment, the emotion welled up in me.“ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty ImagesPersoff toldFilms of the Golden Agethat he had told the same story of having tea with Streisand at the American Film Institute Awards in 2001, when she was given a Life Achievement Award. “I felt the story needed a lift so I added: ‘Barbra, for almost 20 years you’ve been like a real daughter to me — you don’t call; you don’t write,” he remembered.After appearing inYentl, Persoff went on to act in shows likeMagnum, P.I., The Facts of Life, J.J. StarbuckandMacGyver. Throughout the course of his decades-long career, he booked memorable roles in films likeSome Like It HotandAn American Tail.Persoff eventually retired from acting in 1999, but had an uncredited role as a rabbi in 2003’sAngels in Americaminiseries. Persoff’s son Dan confirmed his death toThe Hollywood Reporter, which reported that Persoff died Tuesday at a rehabilitation facility in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Barbra Streisandis mourning the death of her former costarNehemiah Persoff.
Streisand, 79, shared a tribute on Twitter Wednesday to Persoff, who died at age 102 on Tuesday. Streisand and Persoff shared the screen in 1983’sYentl, in which he played her father, a rabbi named Reb Mendel, or ‘Papa.’
Along with a still of herself and Persoff taken fromYentl, Streisand wrote on Twitter,“Nicky lived a long loving life. I’ll miss you Papa!!”
Streisand starred as the titular character inYentl,which follows a young woman who disguises herself as a man to attend religious school and continue the Talmud education her late father started.
Yentlwas nominated for multiple awards and won an Oscar for Best Music and two Golden Globes: best director and best motion picture - comedy or musical.
RELATED GALLERY:Celebrities Who Died in 2022
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According toThe Hollywood Reporter, Streisand cast Persoff inYentl. Decades after working on the film, Persoff recalled his experience meeting with Streisand before beginning work onYentl.
“One day before filming, Barbra invited me for tea in her house in London. … She told me about losing her father at the tender age of 2, of her early years in Brooklyn, and so on. She said, ‘Let’s read,’ " he toldFilms of the Golden Ageback in 2008.
He added, “As we read, I looked at her and thought, ‘What courage you have to take on this film, to write, direct, act and sing.’ I read, ‘Yentl, I’m so proud of you,’ and at that moment, the emotion welled up in me.”
ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images
Persoff toldFilms of the Golden Agethat he had told the same story of having tea with Streisand at the American Film Institute Awards in 2001, when she was given a Life Achievement Award. “I felt the story needed a lift so I added: ‘Barbra, for almost 20 years you’ve been like a real daughter to me — you don’t call; you don’t write,” he remembered.
After appearing inYentl, Persoff went on to act in shows likeMagnum, P.I., The Facts of Life, J.J. StarbuckandMacGyver. Throughout the course of his decades-long career, he booked memorable roles in films likeSome Like It HotandAn American Tail.
Persoff eventually retired from acting in 1999, but had an uncredited role as a rabbi in 2003’sAngels in Americaminiseries. Persoff’s son Dan confirmed his death toThe Hollywood Reporter, which reported that Persoff died Tuesday at a rehabilitation facility in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
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