Chaim Topol

Actor • Singer • Illustrator

Birth Date: September 9, 1935

Death Date: March 8, 2023

Birth Place: Tel Aviv, Israel

Awards

Zestful, vigorous lead and supporting player, best known for his Tevye in the screen version of "Fiddler on the Roof" (1971)--a role he had previously played on the Tel Aviv and London stage. Since then Topol has worked primarily in the theater, making infrequent appearances in such films as "Before Winter Comes" (1968), "The Public Eye" (1972), "Galileo" (1974) and the James Bond actioner "For Your Eyes Only" (1980) and on TV in "Winds of War" (1982) and "War and Remembrance" (1988). Topol died on March 8, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel at the age of 87.