Midler in Fiddler OBC
Midler in Fiddler OBC
Midler in Fiddler OBC#0
Posted: 4/18/05 at 1:47pmQuick question...I know Bette Midler was in Fiddler on the Roof during its original run, but which part did she play? chitownbob and I think it was one of Tevye's daughters...but which one?
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re: Midler in Fiddler OBC#1
Posted: 4/18/05 at 1:48pmShe was Tzeitel. And I have wonderful footage of her doing the role. Very tragic... her sister went to NY to see her in it and was killed in a accident.
re: Midler in Fiddler OBC#2
Posted: 4/18/05 at 1:55pm
Wow. Thats really tragic.
I bet Bette was amazing as Tzeitel.
re: Midler in Fiddler OBC#3
Posted: 4/18/05 at 1:56pmWasn't she another daughter before graduating to Tzietel?
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re: Midler in Fiddler OBC#4
Posted: 4/18/05 at 1:58pmI think she was in the chorus and then graduated to the part.
re: Midler in Fiddler OBC#5
Posted: 4/18/05 at 3:45pmThat sounds right to me (I read it in a book somewhere). Sad about her sister, I didn't know that.
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re: Midler in Fiddler OBC#6
Posted: 4/18/05 at 3:46pmYes. very sad.
re: Midler in Fiddler OBC#7
Posted: 4/19/05 at 3:22pmActually her name is spelled Bette MIDDLER with two ds :) I saw her in the original Broadway production when Paul Lipson played Tevye; it was the night Peg Murray took over the part of Golde, too. I don't remember Bette Middler, but I certainly was always fascinated by her "face" in the souvenier program. I was very young at the time and wish I knew who "she was going to be." No, Bette Middler had not been in FIDDLER prior to joining as Tzeitel. I love the fact that the divine Miss M sang SUNRISE SUNSET in her concert tour about eight years or so ago. She spoke about FIDDLER briefly and then did an enchanting performance of the song.
re: Midler in Fiddler OBC#8
Posted: 4/19/05 at 3:24pmNo, it is Midler! Gotta love it - if WISH found that kind of an error on another website, he would create a separate thread and go on and on about how could such a thing occur and why don't people check their facts.
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re: Midler in Fiddler OBC#9
Posted: 4/19/05 at 3:26pm
WishIhadatony,
I thought baddadnpa and I were on ignore? So how can you directly be responding to our comments? I guess it is yet another lie from you.
re: Midler in Fiddler OBC#10
Posted: 4/19/05 at 3:29pm
"MIDLER"
One "D"
Here's her official website:
http://www.bettemidler.com/
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re: Midler in Fiddler OBC#11
Posted: 4/19/05 at 3:36pmI love you Margo.
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re: Midler in Fiddler OBC#14
Posted: 4/21/05 at 1:35pmSorry folks. Obviously we know the divine Miss M. currently spells her name MIDLER as she has for many years. She was an "extra" in the Julie Andrews film HAWAII(although in the DIVINE MADNESS CONCERT she refers to THE ROSE as her first film) and shortly after that, it seems the "second d" from MIDDLER was dropped and turned her into Bette MIDLER. There SURE did seem to be a vogue at the time for performers to drop or add letters from their names, some of it continues to go on now. Obviously Barbara Streisand became Barbra and depending on the year, we get either Kay Ballard or Kaye Ballard. :) With one D or two,,,,,,I still adore Bette Midler......What a talent. Watched FOR THE BOYS again the other night. The film has gotten better with age(Midler does great work with Mark Rydell--he directed her to this Oscar nominated performance in FOR THE BOYS, as he directed her Oscar nominated performance in THE ROSE.) She has a couple of surprisingly "bad acting moments" in the very first scene she is in (I never understood why this wasn't fixed with editing.) After that scene, it is a very good film with an excellent Bette performance. :)
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re: Midler in Fiddler OBC#16
Posted: 4/21/05 at 1:55pmIBDB has her as "Midler" in the FIDDLER listing.
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re: Midler in Fiddler OBC#17
Posted: 4/21/05 at 1:56pm
So does my playbill. ( or shall I say program)
re: Midler in Fiddler OBC#18
Posted: 4/21/05 at 2:01pmAlso "Midler" in the IMDB "Hawaii" listing.
re: Midler in Fiddler OBC#19
Posted: 4/21/05 at 2:04pm
WISH: No, Bette Middler had not been in FIDDLER prior to joining as Tzeitel.
WTF! She said it herself she was in Fiddler ensemble before being up'ed to Tzeitel, I beleive
re: Midler in Fiddler OBC#20
Posted: 4/21/05 at 2:04pmWow--you guys are ganging up on WISH. Continue.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
re: Midler in Fiddler OBC#21
Posted: 4/21/05 at 2:06pmJust making sure fiction is not presented as fact.
re: Midler in Fiddler OBC#22
Posted: 4/21/05 at 2:11pmYes, IBDB has her listed as "Rivka" and "Ensemble." Rivka is one of the mothers, a amall role within the ensemble.
re: Midler in Fiddler OBC#23
Posted: 4/21/05 at 2:12pm
Thanks, Rath.
Wish...idiot...don't lie anymore...
re: Midler in Fiddler OBC#24
Posted: 4/21/05 at 2:13pmwhat the hell is going on in here with this WISHful guy?!?! don't make me have to post again!
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