# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chaim-topol
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:50:54.517Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chaim-topol"
name: "Chaim Topol"
slug: "chaim-topol"
description: "Chaim Topol, mononymously known as Topol, was an Israeli actor and singer. He is best known for his portrayal of Tevye, the lead character in the stage musical Fiddler on the Roof. Topol estimated that he played Tevye more than 3,500 times on stage from 1967 through 2009, and he also portrayed the character in the 1971 film adaptation of the play."
tagline: "Israeli actor (1935–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chaim_Topol_(1971).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IL"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1935-09-09"
deathDate: "2023-03-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump