Nbsp as the narrator and main character of this story tevye is the father of five daughters an impoverished milkman a leader in his jewish community and husband to the headstrong golde.
Fiddler on the roof tailor name.
Fiddler on the roof is based on tevye or tevye the dairyman and his daughters a series of stories by sholem aleichem that he wrote in yiddish between 1894 and 1914 about jewish life in a village in the pale of settlement of imperial russia at the turn of the 20th century.
With topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon.
You are just a poor tailor.
A fiddler on the roof.
Leonard frey originally wanted to become an artist but in college he became interested in acting.
Norma crane as golde his wife.
Molly picon as yente the matchmaker.
Tevye a dairyman golde his wife tzeitel his 19 year old daughter hodel his 17 year old daughter chava his 15 year old daughter shprintze his 13 year old daughter bielke his 11 year old.
He made his stage debut in an off broadway.
How did the fiddler on the roof get its name.
Paul mann as lazar wolf the butcher tzeitel s older suitor.
He is faced with struggles to uphold the traditions of his people especially through the marriage.
Leonard frey as motel kamzoil the tailor tzeitel s eventual husband.
Neva small as chava the third daughter.
1905 on the eve of the russian revolution.
That s true reb tevye but even a poor tailor is entitled to some happiness.
Michele marsh as hodel the second daughter.
In prerevolutionary russia a jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti semitic sentiment threatens his village.
Rosalind harris as tzeitel the oldest daughter.
Directed by norman jewison.
It is also influenced by life is with people by mark zborowski and elizabeth herzog.
Anatevka a small village in russia.
Well there was this guy on a roof and he was fiddlin and then a little boy walking past him said to his mom.
Fiddler on the roof 1971 leonard frey as motel.