Shmuel Rodensky

Shmuel Rodensky
שמואל רודנסקי
Rodensky on the set of
Tevye and His Seven Daughters, 1967
Born(1902-12-10)December 10, 1902
Smorgon, Russian Empire
DiedJuly 18, 1989(1989-07-18) (aged 86)
Tel Aviv, Israel
OccupationActor
Years active1928–1988
Known forThe Three Shmuliks and Die Kleine Mentshalach at Habima Theatre
Tevye in Anatevka (German production of Fiddler on the Roof)
Spouse
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(m. 1928)​

Shmuel Rodensky (Hebrew: שמואל רודנסקי, 10 December 1902[a] – 18 July 1989)[5] was a Russian-born Israeli actor whose stage, film, and television career in Israel and West Germany spanned six decades. He immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1924 and studied drama at the Eretz Israel Theatre in Tel Aviv. After performing with several theatre companies between 1928 and 1948, he joined Habima Theatre in 1949 and became one of its principal players. He was known as "the Israeli Laurence Olivier". In 1968 Rodensky traveled to Hamburg to join the German-language production of Fiddler on the Roof (titled Anatevka), playing the lead role of Tevye the Dairyman. He performed this role more than 1,400 times throughout West Germany and Switzerland. His notable film roles include the lead in the 1968 Israeli film Tevye and His Seven Daughters,[6] Simon Wiesenthal in the 1974 Anglo-German film The Odessa File, and Jethro in the 1974 BBC television miniseries Moses the Lawgiver. He was the recipient of numerous honors in both Israel and West Germany, including the Federal Service Cross from the Federal Republic of Germany and the Israel Prize.

  1. ^ a b "Shmuel Rodensky". Munzinger. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
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  3. ^ "Record View: Rodensky, Shmuel". National Library of Israel. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Biografie: Shmuel Rodensky" (in German). whoswho.de. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  5. ^ Shmuel Rodensky. WorldCat. Retrieved 9 Nov 2024.
  6. ^ Kronish & Safirman 2003, p. 208.


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