Theodore Bikel

AKA:
Theodore Meir Bikel
Nationality:
Austrian
Birthdate:
05/02/1924
Birthplace:
Vienna, Austria
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biography
Internationally renowned actor and folksinger Theodore Bikel made his first stage appearance as the Village Clerk in a Tel Aviv production of "Tevye, the Milkman" and would in fact play the life-loving Tevye so many times in productions of "Fiddler on the Roof" that it became his signature role (although he claimed to have liked "Zorba!" better). After graduating from London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he won acclaim for his work in West End productions of "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1949, directed by Laurence Olivier) and "The Love of Four Colonels" (1951, directed by Peter Ustinov) Continued
Credits
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Emigrated to then-Palestine (now Israel) at age 13
1943 
Theatrical debut as the Village Clerk of "Tevye the Milkman" in Tel Aviv
1944 
Co-founded Israel Chamber Theatre (date approximate)
 
Moved to England to study
1948 
London stage debut in "You Can't Take It with You"
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