Yan Frenkel was born on November 21, 1920 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR [now Kyiv, Ukraine]. He was a composer and actor, known for
Protiv techeniya (1981),
Novye priklyucheniya neulovimykh (1968) and
Begushchaya po volnam (1967). He died on August 25, 1989 in Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia].