Leonard Nimoy Fiddler On The Roof

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Leonard nimoy fiddler on the roof.

Zero mostel theodore bikel alfred molina harvey fierstein leonard nimoy. This is an excerpt from an oral history with leonard nimoy. Fiddler on the roof was based on a series of stories written by the jewish mark twain like samuel clemens sholem rabinovich was better known by his pen name. Raised in a tenement and acting in community theaters since age eight nimoy did not make his hollywood debut until he was 20 with a bit part in queen for a day 1951 and another as a ballplayer in the perennial rhubarb 1951.

His parents were ukrainian jewish immigrants. Leonard simon nimoy was born in boston massachusetts to dora spinner and max nimoy who owned a barbershop. Joseph stein dir ben shaktman tevye. This excerpt is in english.

Who hasn t played tevye in fiddler on the roof. Travis hudson motel tailor. Toni caiola yente matchmaker. But in joel grey s exquisite revival performed in.

Tresa hughes his daughters. 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. Leonard nimoy jewish actor most well known for his role as spock on the star trek science fiction series recalls the wonderful experience of playing tevye in fiddler on the roof in his hometown of boston.