| LC control no. | n 85136847 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bikel, Theodore |
| Variant(s) | Bikel, Theodor Meir, 1924-2015 Bikel, Theo, 1924-2015 Bickel, Theodore, 1924-2015 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1924-05-02 |
| Death date | 2015-07-21 |
| Place of birth | Vienna (Austria) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Acting Singing |
| Profession or occupation | Actors Singers |
| Found in | Favorite Yiddish songs, 1986: CIP t.p. (introd. by Theodore Bikel) Baker, 8th ed. (Bikel, Theodore; b. May 2, 1924, Vienna; Austrian-born American singer and actor) IMDb, Dec. 9, 2009 (Theodore Bikel; b. May 2, 1924, Vienna, Austria; birth name: Theodor Meir Bikel; nickname: Theo) London, Jack. Call of the wild [SR], 2013 : publisher supplied information (Narrated by Theodore Bickel) New York times WWW site, viewed July 22, 2015 (in obituary published July 21: Theodore Bikel; b. Theodor Meir Bikel, May 2, 1924, Vienna; when he was 13, his family moved to Palestine; in 1946, he left the kibbutz where he was living to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London; made his Broadway debut in 1955; became a U.S. citizen in 1961; d. Tuesday [July 21, 2015], Los Angeles, aged 91; multilingual troubadour, character actor, and social activist who created the role of Baron von Trapp in the original Broadway production of The sound of music and toured for decades as Tevye in Fiddler on the roof; sang in 21 languages, from medieval Spanish to Zulu, in addition to his roles in theater, television, and films) |
| Associated language | eng |
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