Fiddler On The Roof Bea Arthur
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Fiddler on the roof bea arthur. In 1966 she went to work on a new broadway musical mame directed by her second husband gene saks winning a tony award for the featured role of. Only very minor scuffing to case. Actress bea arthur may be best known for her starring roles in the tv sitcom maude in the 70s and the golden girls in the 80s and 90s but did you know she also played yente the. Fiddler on the roof.
Bea arthur is credited as performer and writer. Her notable television roles included the title role on the popular sitcom maude in the 1970s and a starring role on the golden girls in the 1980s and 1990s. 1895 1985 born in austria and philip frankel 1885. Bernice frankel was born on may 13 1922 to rebecca née pressner.
Starring zero mostel bea arthur et al. In 1964 she became truly famous as yente the matchmaker in the original broadway production of fiddler on the roof. It is based on tevye and his daughters or tevye the dairyman and other tales by sholem aleichem the story centers on tevye the father of five daughters and his attempts to maintain his jewish religious and. Bea arthur may 13 1923 april 25 2009 was an emmy award winning american actress and comedienne.
While a small supporting role arthur stole the show night after night. In 2002 she starred in the one woman show bea arthur on broadway. Just between friends early life. High bidder pays s h.
Fiddler on the roof is a musical with music by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and book by joseph stein set in the pale of settlement of imperial russia in or around 1905. Original broadway cast recording.