Chaim Topol Fiddler On The Roof

Recording of the original london west end production 1967 opened 16 february 1967 closed 2 october 1971 at her majesty s theatre london the original london cast of 1967 featured chaim topol as the milkman tevye and miriam karlin as his wife golde with their five daughters.

Chaim topol fiddler on the roof.

On january 20 2009 topol began a farewell tour of fiddler on the roof as tevye opening in wilmington delaware. Rosemary nicols as tzeitel linda gardner as hodel caryl little as chava joy measures as shprintze and. He was forced to withdraw from the tour in boston owing to a shoulder injury and was replaced by theodore bikel and harvey fierstein both of whom had portrayed tevye on broadway. Topol was born on september 9 1935 in tel aviv palestine as chaim topol.

They have three children. Chaim topol is an israeli actor who is best known for playing the character of tevye a dairyman in the musical comedy drama fiddler on the roof over 3 500 times on stage and screens in his career. Topol was born on september 9 1935 in tel aviv palestine as chaim topol. Topol a man of many talents is not only a great actor but also a singer producer comedian voice artist and illustrator.

He is an actor known for fiddler on the roof 1971 flash gordon 1980 and for your eyes only 1981. He has been married to galia topol since october 23 1956. They have three children. Topol star of fiddler on the roof gives interview.

It is based on tevye and his daughters or tevye the dairyman and other tales by sholem aleichem the story centers on tevye the father of five daughters and his attempts to maintain his jewish religious and. Fiddler on the roof is a musical with music by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and book by joseph stein set in the pale of settlement of imperial russia in or around 1905. Fiddler on the roof. Find album reviews stream songs credits and award information for fiddler on the roof original london cast chaim topol on allmusic 1966 despite the broadway success of fiddler on the.