Mrs. Kavarsky — Hester Street Character Profile

About Mrs. Kavarsky

A neighbor who plays a pivotal role by revealing Jake's affair with Mamie to Gitl, which ultimately leads to the couple's divorce and Gitl's liberation.

Character Facts

Played by

Doris Roberts

Appears in

Hester Street (1975)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Mrs. Kavarsky — Social Confidante — Gitl (Carol Kane)

  Mrs. Kavarsky serves as a neighbor who inadvertently reveals Jake's infidelity to Gitl.

• Mrs. Kavarsky — Social Neighbor — Jake (Steven Keats)

  Mrs. Kavarsky lives near Jake and serves as a community observer of his actions.

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More characters from Hester Street

• Jake (Steven Keats)
• Gitl (Carol Kane)
• Bernstein (Mel Howard)
• Mamie (Dorrie Kavanaugh)
• Greenhorn (Zane Lasky)
• Mr. Lipman (Philip Sterling)
• Jake's Landlady (Joanna Merlin)
• Kaminsky (Joel Wolfe)
• Lawyer (Robert Lesser)
• Rabbi's Wife (Eda Reiss Merin)
• Waiter (Mordecai Lawner)
• Feigie (Claudia Silver)