Tzeitel — Fiddler on the Roof Character Profile

About Tzeitel

Tevye's eldest daughter who defies her father's arranged marriage to Lazar Wolf to marry her childhood sweetheart, Motel Kamzoil.

Character Facts

Played by

Rosalind Harris

Appears in

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Tzeitel — Family Father — Tevye (Chaim Topol)

  Tevye is the patriarch and father of Tzeitel.

• Tzeitel — Romantic Lovers — Motel (Leonard Frey)

  Tzeitel and Motel are childhood sweethearts in a romantic relationship.

• Tzeitel — Romantic Arranged Match — Lazar Wolf (Paul Mann)

  Lazar Wolf was the originally arranged suitor for Tzeitel.

• Tzeitel — Professional Client — Yente (Molly Picon)

  Yente handles the matchmaking arrangements for Tzeitel.

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