Chaim Topol Overview:

Actress, Topol, was born Chaim Topol on Sep 9, 1935 in Tel Aviv, Palestine [now Israel]. Topol died at the age of 87 on Mar 9, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel .

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Topol was nominated for one Oscar, she never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1971Best ActorFiddler on the Roof (1971)TevyeNominated
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Chaim Topol Quotes:

Abou Ibn Kader: Ram Oren, don't wet your pants again.


Abou Ibn Kader: Not familiar with these hills? I was having women in these hills when your father was still sucking milk.


Abou Ibn Kader: Who is this idiot? If one of my men talked to me like that, I would draw my knife and turn him into a eunuch.


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Topol Facts
Was nominated for Broadway's 1991 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for a revival of "Fiddler on the Roof," a role he had previously played twenty years earlier in an Oscar-nominated performance in the film version of the same title, Fiddler on the Roof (1971).

Before the 1971 film version, Topol had played Tevye in over 400 performances in London. Since the film's release, he has played the milkman over 2,000 times in places from United States and Canada, to Europe, Japan, and Australia.

His daughter, Anat, played the role of "Chava" in a 1995 production of "Fiddler on the Roof" alongside her father.

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