Fiddler on the Roof poster

Movie · 1971

Fiddler on the Roof

Released 3 November 1971 More from 1971 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

In a pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish milkman struggles with the challenges of a changing world as his daughters fall in love and antisemitism grows.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Carl Jaffe
as Isaac (uncredited)
69
Shimen Ruskin
as Mordcha
64
Patience Collier
as Grandma Tzeitel
61
Howard Goorney
as Nachum
50
Vladimir Medar
as Priest
48
Louis Zorich
as Constable
47
Chaim Topol
as Tevye
36
Barry Dennen
as Mendel
33
Roger Lloyd Pack
as Sexton
27
Michele Marsh
as Hodel
24
FR·02

The numbers

Computed from the cast above
45years between the oldest and youngest billed
69Carl Jaffe — oldest on the call sheet
24Michele Marsh — youngest billed
46average age of the credited cast
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