Motel — Fiddler on the Roof Character Profile

About Motel

A timid and meek tailor who is Tzeitel's childhood sweetheart and ultimately wins Tevye's reluctant blessing to marry her.

Character Facts

Played by

Leonard Frey

Appears in

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Motel — Romantic Lovers — Tzeitel (Rosalind Harris)

  Tzeitel and Motel are childhood sweethearts in a romantic relationship.

• Motel — Conflict Rivals — Lazar Wolf (Paul Mann)

  Motel and Lazar Wolf compete for Tzeitel's hand in marriage.

• Motel — Family Father-in-law — Tevye (Chaim Topol)

  Tevye becomes Motel's father-in-law after granting permission for the marriage.

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• Golde (Norma Crane)
• Yente (Molly Picon)
• Shprintze (Elaine Edwards)
• Lazar Wolf (Paul Mann)
• Russian Official (Vernon Dobtcheff)
• Nachum (Howard Goorney)
• Grandma Tzeitel (Patience Collier)
• Hodel (Michele Marsh)
• Mendel (Barry Dennen)
• Constable (Louis Zorich)
• Mordcha (Shimen Ruskin)