Chaim Topol

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Chaim Topol as Tevye and Sara Kestelman as Golde sit together on stage in costume during a performance of Fiddler on the Roof at the London Palladium.

Chaim Topol

Israeli actor

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Fiddler on the Roof
On the silver screen
The Israeli actor Chaim Topol starred as Tevye, having previously played that role in Fiddler’s West End production. Topol would go on to play Tevye thousands of times throughout the rest of his decades-long career. Both a popular and critical success, the cinematic version of Fiddler on the…
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The Israeli actor Chaim Topol starred as Tevye, having previously played that role in Fiddler’s West End production. Topol would go on to play Tevye thousands of times throughout the rest of his decades-long career. Both a popular and critical success, the cinematic version of Fiddler on the…
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