Yente — Fiddler on the Roof Character Profile

About Yente

The local matchmaker who arranges a marriage between Tzeitel and the affluent, elderly butcher Lazar Wolf.

Character Facts

Played by

Molly Picon

Appears in

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Yente — Professional Client — Tevye (Chaim Topol)

  Yente serves as the professional matchmaker for Tevye's family.

• Yente — Professional Client — Tzeitel (Rosalind Harris)

  Yente handles the matchmaking arrangements for Tzeitel.

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• Russian Official (Vernon Dobtcheff)
• Nachum (Howard Goorney)
• Grandma Tzeitel (Patience Collier)
• Hodel (Michele Marsh)
• Mendel (Barry Dennen)
• Constable (Louis Zorich)
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