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Chaim Topol

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Chaim Topol (born September 9, 1935 in Tel Aviv), often billed simply as Topol, is one of the most famous of Israeli actors.

Topol is best known for his performance as Tevye the Milkman in the film version of Fiddler on the Roof (1971), for which he received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination in 1972. Some of his other notable appearances were in Galileo (1975), Flash Gordon (1980), Cast a Giant Shadow and the James Bond movie For Your Eyes Only. One of Chaim Topol's best known roles in an Israeli production was in the controversial Salah Shabati by Ephraim Kishon - a play, later adapted for film, depicting the hardships of a new Sephardi Jewish family in Israel of the early 1950s.


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One of Chaim Topol's best known roles in an Israeli production was in the controversial Salah Shabati by Ephraim Kishon - a play, later adapted for film, depicting the hardships of a new Sephardi Jewish family in Israel of the early 1950s. Watching his frantic mannerisms and immediate changes in personality, some have speculated that Williams is affected by bipolar disorder, but this has never been confirmed. Some of his other notable appearances were in Galileo (1975), Flash Gordon (1980), Cast a Giant Shadow and the James Bond movie For Your Eyes Only. They have two children together. Topol is best known for his performance as Tevye the Milkman in the film version of Fiddler on the Roof (1971), for which he received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination in 1972. He is currently married to Marsha Garces Williams whom he wed on April 30, 1989. Chaim Topol (born September 9, 1935 in Tel Aviv), often billed simply as Topol, is one of the most famous of Israeli actors. Williams was married to Valerie Velardi from June 4, 1978 to 1988, with whom he had one child.

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The majority of his acting career has been for cinema, although he has made some memorable performances on stage as well (notably as Estragon in a production of Waiting for Godot). He first achieved notice for his stand-up routines in San Francisco. His first major acting role was in the television series Mork & Mindy, which ran from 1978 to 1982. Robin McLaurin Williams (born July 21, 1952) is a multi-award-winning American actor and comedian who was born in Chicago, Illinois. The Final Cut (2004).

Insomnia (2002). Death to Smoochy (2002). One Hour Photo (2002). A.I. (2001, voice).

Bicentennial Man (1999). Jakob the Liar (1999). Get Bruce (1999). Patch Adams (1998).

What Dreams May Come (1998). Good Will Hunting (1997). Flubber (1997). Deconstructing Harry (1997).

Father's Day (1997). Hamlet (1996). The Secret Agent (1996). Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996, voice).

Jack (1996). The Birdcage (1996). Jumanji (1995). To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995, uncredited).

Nine Months (1995). Being Human (1993). Doubtfire (1993). Mrs.

I'm From Hollywood (1992). Toys (1992). Aladdin (1992, voice). The Timekeeper (Disney ride) (1992, voice).

Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest (1992, voice). Shakes the Clown (1992). Hook (1991). The Fisher King (1991).

Dead Again (1991). Awakenings (1990). Cadillac Man (1990). Dead Poets Society (1989).

Portrait of a White Marriage (1988, uncredited). The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988). Good Morning, Vietnam (1987). Seize the Day (1986).

Club Paradise (1986). The Best of Times (1986). Moscow on the Hudson (1984). The Survivors (1983).

The World According to Garp (1982). Popeye (1980).