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CHAIM TOPOL (born September 9, 1935 in Tel Aviv, Israel), is one of the most famous Israeli actors and is best known for his performance as Tevye the Milkman in the film version of Fiddler on the Roof (1971), for which he received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination. Topol played Tevye on the West End prior to the film, as well as reprising the role in 1983, 1994, on Broadway in 1990 (Tony Award nomination), and around the world. Some of his other notable film appearances were in Galileo (1975), Flash Gordon (1980), Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) and the James Bond movie For Your Eyes Only (1981). One of Chaim Topol's best known roles in an Israeli production was in the controversial Sallah Shabbati by Ephraim Kishon - a play, later adapted for film, depicting the hardships of a new Sephardi Jewish family in Israel of the early 1950s.
Bio as of February, 2010.
American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include:
Working in the Theatre (video)
Performance - September, 1991 - Watch now.
Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com)
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