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Zero Mostel

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Zero Mostel · Arts & Literature

What

Actor, original Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof

When

1915, Brooklyn, New York, United States — 1977, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Zero Mostel is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Actor, original Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof

How & why

Zero Mostel was a stage and film actor who created the role of Tevye the milkman in the original 1964 Broadway production of 'Fiddler on the Roof', and won Tony Awards for that and other roles. His broad comic and dramatic gifts made him a Broadway legend after being blacklisted in the 1950s. He was Jewish, raised in an Orthodox Jewish family in New York.

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Actor, original Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof

1915

Source: Wikipedia