Theodore Bikel
Theodore Bikel · Arts & Literature
Actor and folk singer, a definitive Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof.
1924, Vienna, Austria — 2015, Los Angeles, California, United States
Austria · Mandatory Palestine · United Kingdom · United States
Theodore Bikel is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Actor and folk singer, a definitive Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof.
Theodore Bikel was an Austrian-born actor and folk singer who played Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof more than two thousand times and originated the role of Captain von Trapp on Broadway. A renowned interpreter of Yiddish and world folk song, he was also a prominent Jewish cultural activist. Born to a Jewish family in Vienna named after Theodor Herzl, he fled Nazism to Mandatory Palestine in 1938.
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Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)
Actor and folk singer, a definitive Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof.
Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)
