Chaim Topol
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Chaim Topol (Template:LangxTemplate:Lrm; 9 September 1935 – 8 March 2023), mononymously known as Topol,<ref name=jp/> was an Israeli actor and singer. He is best known for his portrayal of Tevye, the lead role in the stage musical Fiddler on the Roof and the 1971 film adaptation, performing this role more than 3,500 times from 1967 through 2009.<ref name=jp>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Topol began acting during his Israeli army service as a member of the Nahal entertainment troupe. He later toured Israel with kibbutz theatre and satirical theatre companies. He was a co-founder of the Haifa Theatre. His breakthrough film role came in 1964 as the title character in Sallah Shabati, by Israeli writer Ephraim Kishon, for which he won a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer—Male. Topol went on to appear in more than 30 films in Israel and the United States, including Galileo (1975), Flash Gordon (1980), and For Your Eyes Only (1981). He was described as Israel's only internationally recognized entertainer from the 1960s through the 1980s. He won a Golden Globe for Best Actor and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his 1971 film portrayal of Tevye, and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor for a 1991 Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof.
Topol was a founder of Variety Israel, an organization serving children with special needs, and Jordan River Village, a year-round camp for Arab and Jewish children with life-threatening illnesses, for which he served as chairman of the board. In 2015 he was awarded the Israel Prize for lifetime achievement.
BiographyEdit
Chaim Topol was born on 9 September 1935, in Tel Aviv,Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn in what was then Mandatory Palestine. His father Jacob Topol was born in Russia and in the early 1930s immigrated to Mandatory Palestine, where he worked as a plasterer;Template:Sfn he also served in the Haganah paramilitary organization.<ref name=i24>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His mother Imrela "Rel" (née Goldman) Topol was a seamstress.<ref name=news>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Topol's parents had been members of the Betar Zionist youth movement in Warsaw.<ref name="Cashman Grapevine">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His father had Hasidic roots, with a mother coming from a family of Gerrer Hasidim and a father from Aleksander Hasidim.<ref name="Groweiss Mishpacha">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Topol and his two younger sisters grew up in the South Tel Aviv working-class neighborhood of Florentin.<ref name="Buckard">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As a young child, although he wanted to become a commercial artist, his elementary school teacher, the writer Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz, saw a theatrical side to him, and encouraged him to act in school plays and read stories to the class.<ref name=jp/>
At age 14 he began working as a printer at Davar newspaper while pursuing his high school studies at night.<ref name=jp/> He graduated at age 17 and moved to Kibbutz Geva.<ref name=jp/> A year later, he enlisted in the Israeli army and became a member of the Nahal entertainment troupe, singing and acting in traveling shows.<ref name=jp/>Template:Sfn He rose in rank to troupe commander.<ref name=jp/>
Twenty-three days after being discharged from military service on 2 October 1956, and two days after marrying Galia Finkelstein, a fellow Nahal troupe member, Topol was called up for reserve duty in the Sinai Campaign.<ref name=jp/> He performed for soldiers stationed in the desert.
After the war, he and his wife settled in Kibbutz Mishmar David, where Topol worked as a garage mechanic.<ref name=jp/> Topol assembled a kibbutz theatre company made up of friends from his Nahal troupe; the group toured four days a week, worked on their respective kibbutzim for two days a week, and had one day off.<ref name=jp/> The theatre company was in existence from early 1957 to the mid-1960s. Topol both sang and acted with the group, doing both "loudly".<ref name=jp/>
Topol and his wife Galia Finkelstein had three children: a son, Omer, and two daughters, Anat and Adi.<ref name=jp/> The couple resided in Galia's childhood home in Tel Aviv.<ref name=ap>Template:Cite news</ref> Topol's hobbies included sketching and sculpting.<ref name=jp/> Through Adi, his granddaughter Yali Topol Margalith is an actress.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In June 2022, Topol's son, Omer, revealed that his father was suffering from Alzheimer's disease.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
On 8 March 2023, Topol's family notified the press that he was near death and "living his final hours", and asked the public to respect the family's privacy.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} Template:In lang</ref><ref>Template:Cite news Template:In lang</ref><ref>Template:Cite news Template:In lang</ref> He died overnight at the age of 87.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The day before his burial at Kvutzat Shiller on March 10, a memorial was held at the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv.
Singing and acting careerEdit
Between 1960 and 1964, Topol performed with the Batzal Yarok ("Green Onion") satirical theatre company, which also toured Israel.<ref name=jp/>Template:Sfn Other members of the group included Uri Zohar, Nechama Hendel, Zaharira Harifai, Arik Einstein, and Oded Kotler.<ref name=Haifa/> In 1960, Topol co-founded the Haifa Municipal Theatre with Yosef Milo, serving as assistant to the director and acting in plays by Shakespeare, Ionesco, and Brecht.<ref name=jp/>Template:Sfn In 1965 he performed in the Cameri Theatre in Tel Aviv.Template:Sfn
Template:Quote box Topol's first film appearance was in the 1961 film I Like Mike, followed by the 1963 Israeli film El Dorado.<ref name=jp/><ref name=Haifa/> His breakthrough role came as the lead character in the 1964 film Sallah Shabati.<ref name=toi>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Adapted for the screen by Ephraim Kishon from his original play, the social satire depicts the hardships of a Sephardic immigrant family in the rough conditions of ma'abarot, immigrant absorption camps in Israel in the 1950s, satirizing "just about every pillar of Israeli society: the Ashkenazi establishment, the pedantic bureaucracy, corrupt political parties, rigid kibbutz ideologues and ... the Jewish National Fund's tree-planting program".<ref name=journal>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=rivka>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Topol, who was 29 during the filming,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was familiar playing the role of the family patriarch, having performed skits from the play with his Nahal entertainment troupe during his army years.<ref name=jp/><ref name=Haifa/> He contributed his ideas to the part, playing the character as a more universal Mizrahi Jew instead of specifically a Yemenite, Iraqi, or Moroccan Jew, and asking Kishon to change the character's first name from Saadia (a recognizably Yemenite name) to Sallah (a more general Mizrahi name).<ref name=jp/>
The film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Topol won the 1964 Golden Gate Award for Best Actor at the San Francisco International Film Festival and the 1965 Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer—Male,<ref name=jp/>Template:Sfn<ref name=Haifa/>Template:Sfn alongside Harve Presnell and George Segal. Sallah Shabati was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, losing to the Italian-language Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.<ref name=jp/>
In 1966, Topol made his English-language film debut as Abou Ibn Kaqden in the Mickey Marcus biopic Cast a Giant Shadow.<ref name=ap/>
Tevye the DairymanEdit
Topol came to greatest prominence in his portrayal of Tevye the Dairyman on stage and screen. He first played the lead role in the Israeli production of the musical Fiddler on the Roof in 1966,<ref name=Haifa/> replacing Shmuel Rodensky for 10 weeks when Rodensky fell ill.<ref name=jp/> Harold Prince, producer of the original Fiddler on the Roof that opened on Broadway in 1964, had seen Topol in Sallah Shabati and called him to audition for the role of the fifty-something Tevye in a new production scheduled to open at Her Majesty's Theatre in London on February 16, 1967.Template:Sfn Not yet fluent in English, Topol memorized the score from listening to the original Broadway cast album and practiced the lyrics with a British native.Template:Sfn
When Topol arrived at the audition, Prince was surprised that this 30-year-old man had played Shabati, a character in his sixties.<ref name=jp/> Topol explained, "A good actor can play an old man, a sad face, a happy man. Makeup is not an obstacle".<ref name=jp/> Topol also surprised the producers with his familiarity with the staging, since he had already acted in the Israeli production, and was hired.<ref name=jp/>Template:Sfn He spent six months in London learning his part phonetically with vocal coach Cicely Berry.Template:Sfn Jerome Robbins, director and choreographer of the 1964 Broadway show who came over to direct the London production, "re-directed" the character of Tevye for Topol and helped the actor deliver a less caricatured performance.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Topol's performance received positive reviews.Template:Sfn
A few months after the opening, Topol was called up for reserve duty in the Six-Day War and returned to Israel. He was assigned to an army entertainment troupe on the Golan Heights.Template:Sfn Afterward he returned to the London production, appearing in a total of 430 performances.Template:Sfn
It was during the London run that he began being known by his last name only, as the English producers were unable to pronounce the voiceless uvular fricative consonant Ḥet at the beginning of his first name, Chaim, instead calling him "Shame".<ref name=jp/>
Template:Quote box In casting the 1971 film version of Fiddler on the Roof, director Norman Jewison and his production team sought an actor other than Zero Mostel for the lead role. This decision was a controversial one, as Mostel had made the role famous in the long-running Broadway musical and wanted to star in the film.Template:Sfn But Jewison and his team felt Mostel would eclipse the character with his larger-than-life personality.Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn Jewison flew to London in February 1968 to see Topol perform as Tevye during his last week with the London production, and chose him over Danny Kaye, Herschel Bernardi, Rod Steiger, Danny Thomas, Walter Matthau, Richard Burton, and Frank Sinatra, who had also expressed interest in the part.<ref name=jp/>Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Then 36 years old, Topol was made to look 20 years older and Template:Convert heavier with makeup and costuming.Template:Sfn As in his role as Shabati, Topol used the technique of "locking his muscles" to convincingly play an older character.<ref name=jp/>Template:Sfn He later explained:
As a young man, I had to make sure that I didn't break the illusion for the audience. You have to tame yourself. I'm now someone who is supposed to be 50, 60 years old. I cannot jump. I cannot suddenly be young. You produce a certain sound [in your voice] that is not young.<ref name=jp/>
For his performance, Topol won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy,Template:Sfn the Sant Jordi Award for Best Performance in a Foreign Film,<ref name=greer>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the 1972 David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor, sharing the latter with Elizabeth Taylor.<ref name=Haifa>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was also nominated for the 1971 Academy Award for Best Actor, losing to Gene Hackman in The French Connection.<ref name=ap/><ref name=toi/>
In 1983 Topol reprised the role of Tevye in a revival of Fiddler on the Roof on the West End in London.Template:Sfn In 1989, he played the role in a 30-city U.S. touring production.<ref name="theater">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As he was by then the approximate age of the character, he commented, "I didn't have to spend the energy playing the age".<ref name=theater/> In 1990–1991, he again starred as Tevye in a Broadway revival of Fiddler at the Gershwin Theatre.<ref name=theater/>Template:Sfn In that production Rosalind Harris, who had played eldest daughter Tzeitel in the film, played Tevye's wife Golde opposite Topol. In 1991, he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical,Template:Sfn losing to Jonathan Pryce in Miss Saigon. Topol again played Tevye in a 1994 London revival,Template:Sfn which became a touring production. In that production, the role of one of his daughters was played by his daughter, Adi Topol Margalith.<ref name=jp/>Template:Sfn
Topol reprised the role of Tevye for a 1997–1998 touring production in Israel, as well as a 1998 show at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne.<ref name=list/> In September 2005 he returned to Australia for a Fiddler on the Roof revival at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> followed by an April 2006 production at the Lyric Theatre in Brisbane,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and a June 2006 production at Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne.<ref name=list>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In May 2007, he starred in a production at the Auckland Civic Theatre.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2009, Topol began a farewell tour of Fiddler on the Roof as Tevye, opening in Wilmington, Delaware.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was forced to withdraw from the tour in Boston owing to a shoulder injury, and was replaced by Theodore Bikel and Harvey Fierstein, both of whom had portrayed Tevye on Broadway.<ref name=jp/> Topol estimated that he performed the role more than 3,500 times.<ref name=jp/><ref name=ap/><ref name=toi/>
In 2014, he appeared in Raising the Roof, a 50th-anniversary tribute to Fiddler at New York City's Town Hall produced by National Yiddish Theatre.<ref name=hetrick/> The evening featured Chita Rivera, Joshua Bell, Sheldon Harnick, Andrea Martin, Jerry Zaks, and more, and was co-directed by Gary John La Rosa and Erik Liberman.<ref name=hetrick>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Other stage and film rolesEdit
In 1976, Topol played the lead role of the baker, Amiable, in the new musical The Baker's Wife, but was fired after eight months by producer David Merrick. In her autobiography, Patti LuPone, his co-star in the production, claimed that Topol had behaved unprofessionally on stage and had a strained relationship with her off-stage.Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The show's composer, Stephen Schwartz, claimed that Topol's behavior greatly disturbed the cast and directors and resulted in the production not reaching Broadway as planned.Template:Sfn In 1988, Topol starred in the title role in Ziegfeld at the London Palladium.Template:Sfn He returned to the London stage in 2008 in the role of Honoré, played by Maurice Chevalier in the 1958 film Gigi.<ref name=jp/>
Topol appeared in more than 30 films in Israel and abroad.<ref name=ap/> Among his notable English-language appearances are the title role in Galileo (1975), Dr. Hans Zarkov in Flash Gordon (1980),Template:Sfn and Milos Columbo in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only (1981).Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was said to be Israel's "only internationally recognized entertainer" from the 1960s through to the 1980s.<ref name=jp/>
In Israel, Topol acted in and produced dozens of films and television series.<ref name=Haifa/> As a voice artist, he dubbed the voice of Bagheera in the Hebrew-language versions of The Jungle Book and the 2003 sequel as well as Rubeus Hagrid in the first two films of the Harry Potter film series.<ref name=ap/><ref name=toi/> He was also a playwright and screenwriter.<ref name=rivka/>
Topol was featured on two BBC One programmes , the six-part series Topol's Israel (1985) and earlier It's Topol (1968).Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> A Hebrew-language documentary of his life, Chaim Topol – Life as a Film, aired on Israel's Channel 1 in 2011, featuring interviews with his longtime actor friends in Israel and abroad.<ref name=news/>
Musical recordingsEdit
A baritone,<ref name=news/> Topol recorded several singles and albums, including film soundtracks, children's songs, and Israeli war songs. His albums include Topol With Roger Webb And His Orchestra - Topol '68 (1967), Topol Sings Israeli Freedom Songs (1967), War Songs By Topol (1968), and Topol's Israel (1984). He appeared on the soundtrack album for the film production of Fiddler on the Roof (1971) and the London cast album (1967).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Mossad missionsEdit
After Topol's death, the family revealed that he had been involved in Mossad missions in the 1960s and 1970s. They said he went on unexplained trips abroad while equipped with a miniature state-of-the-art camera and tape recorder, and that he was in regular contact with Mossad officer Peter Malkin, who came on visits to the family home through the backyard in disguise.<ref>Late actor Chaim Topol was involved in Mossad missions, relatives say</ref> On several occasions, Topol carried out wiretapping and other operations with Malkin, using his international acclaim to divert attention from Malkin.<ref>Revealed: Chaim Topol’s Secret Life as a Mossad Agent, Haaretz</ref>
Literary and art careerEdit
His autobiography, Topol by Topol, was published in London by Weindenfel and Nicholson (1981).Template:Sfn<ref name=list/> He also authored To Life! (1994) and Topol's Treasury of Jewish Humor, Wit and Wisdom (1995).<ref name=list/>
Topol illustrated approximately 25 books in both Hebrew and English.<ref name=Haifa/> He also produced drawings of Israeli national figures. His sketches of Israeli presidents were reproduced in a 2013 stamp series issued by the Israel Philatelic Federation,<ref name=Haifa/> as was his self-portrait as Tevye for 2014 commemorative stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Broadway debut of Fiddler on the Roof.<ref name=pri>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
PhilanthropyEdit
In 1967, Topol founded Variety Israel, an organization serving children with special needs.<ref name=Haifa/><ref name=ynet/> He was also a co-founder and chairman of the board of Jordan River Village, a vacation village for Arab and Jewish children with life-threatening illnesses, which opened in 2012.<ref name=Haifa/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was inspired by Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang Camp.<ref name="Barnes HR">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The village is operated almost entirely by volunteers. Topol described it as the project he was "most connected to."<ref>Chaim Topol, Known Worldwide for His Role in 'Fiddler on the Roof,' Dies at 87, Haaretz</ref>
Awards and recognitionEdit
Topol was a recipient of Israel's Kinor David award in arts and entertainment in 1964.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He received a Best Actor award from the San Sebastián International Film Festival for his performance in the 1972 film Follow Me!<ref name=Haifa/> In 2008, he was named an Outstanding Member of the Israel Festival for his contribution to Israeli culture.<ref name=Haifa/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2014, the University of Haifa conferred upon Topol an honorary degree in recognition of his 50 years of activity in Israel's cultural and public life.<ref name=Haifa/> In 2015, he received the Israel Prize for lifetime achievement.<ref name=ap/><ref name=ynet>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2015, Chaim Topol was honoured by the Chief Rabbi of Ukraine, Rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman and the Ukrainian Jewish Community. Topol's portrayal of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof led to the inspiration for the Anatevka Refugee Village which was named in commemoration of the fictional village.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
LegacyEdit
Shortly after Topol's death, President Isaac Herzog issued a statement honouring "one of the most prominent Israeli stage artists, a gifted actor who conquered many stages in Israel and overseas, filled the cinema screens with his presence and, above all, deeply entered our hearts". Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated "his wide smile, warm voice, and unique sense of humour made him a folk hero who won the hearts of the people" and former prime minister Yair Lapid remarked "He and his smile will continue to accompany Israeli culture, his rich legacy will forever remain a part of Israel".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
FilmographyEdit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1961 | I Like Mike | Mikha | |
| 1962 | Etz O Palestina (The True Story of Palestine) | Narrator | |
| 1963 | El Dorado | Benny Sherman | Credited as Haim Topol |
| 1964 | Sallah Shabati | Sallah Shabati | Credited as Haym Topol Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male San Francisco International Film Festival Award for Best Actor |
| 1966 | Cast a Giant Shadow | Abou Ibn Kader | |
| 1967 | Ervinka | Ervinka | Credited as Haim Topol. Also co-producer |
| 1968 | Kol Mamzer Melekh (Every Bastard a King) | Co-producer | |
| Ha-Shehuna Shelanu (Fish, Football, and Girls) | |||
| 1969 | Before Winter Comes | Janovic | |
| A Talent for Loving | General Molina | ||
| 1970 | Nikki: Wild Dog of the North | Narrator | Hebrew dub |
| 1971 | Fiddler on the Roof | Tevye | David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Sant Jordi Award for Best Performance in a Foreign Film Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor |
| The Going Up of David Lev | Chaim | TV movie | |
| Hatarnegol (The Boys Will Never Believe It; The Rooster) | Gadi Zur | Also co-producer | |
| 1972 | Follow Me! | Julian Cristoforou | San Sebastián International Film Festival award for Best Actor |
| 1975 | Galileo | Galileo Galilei | |
| 1979 | The House on Garibaldi Street | Michael | TV movie |
| 1980 | Flash Gordon | Dr. Hans Zarkov | |
| 1981 | For Your Eyes Only | Milos Columbo | |
| 1983 | The Winds of War | Berel Jastrow | TV miniseries |
| 1985 | Roman Behemshechim (Again, Forever) | Effi Avidar | |
| 1987 | Queenie | Dimitri Goldner | TV movie |
| 1988 | Tales of the Unexpected | Professor Max Kelada | Episode: Mr. Know-All |
| The Jungle Book | Bagheera | Hebrew dub | |
| 1988–1989 | War and Remembrance | Berel Jastrow | TV miniseries, 11 episodes |
| 1993 | SeaQuest DSV | Dr. Rafik Hassan | Episode: Treasure of the Mind |
| 1998 | Left Luggage | Mr. Apfelschnitt | |
| Time Elevator | Shalem | ||
| 2000 | Inside For Your Eyes Only | Documentary | |
| 2001 | Fiddler on the Roof: 30 Years of Tradition | ||
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Rubeus Hagrid | Hebrew dub | |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | ||
| 2003 | The Jungle Book 2 | Bagheera | |
| 2019 | Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles | Documentary | |
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