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- Birth namePhilip Finkel
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Fyvush Finkel was born on October 9, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Picket Fences (1992), Nixon (1995) and A Serious Man (2009). He was married to Gertrude (Trudi) Lieberman. He died on August 14, 2016 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseGertrude (Trudi) Lieberman(March 15, 1947 - January 1, 2009) (her death, 2 children)
- 3 piece suit and bow tie
- Born Philip Finkel, but adopted the Yiddish translation for Philip (Fyvush) for his career.
- Fyvush appeared in the touring company of "Fiddler On The Roof" for 12 years. Initially he performed the role of the innkeeper, but ultimately assumed the lead role of Tevye.
- Born in Brooklyn, the third of four sons of Jewish immigrant parents, Mary (Beda), a housewife from Minsk, Belarus (then part of Russia), and Harry Finkel, a tailor from Warsaw, Poland.
- Fyvush is Yiddish for Philip, a name he used in school.
- In 2007, the 85-year-old character actor appeared in David Ives' play, "New Jerusalem", at the Classic Stage Company in New York City. Finkel played a synagogue board member in the show, which focused on the 1656 banishment of philosopher Baruch de Spinoza from Amsterdam's Jewish community.
- I don't audition, because I don't like it. When you own a store, you sell products, but when you audition, you are trying to sell yourself. If they turn you down, they turn you down. I will not have it. I tell the people, 'Look, you're not buying a house. Take a chance.'
- Life was not all blintzes and sour cream.
- I love people. I keep telling performers, 'Not only do you owe them a good performance, you also owe them love. If you love them, they love you 10 times more. It is not the producers that pay your wages; they do. If they don't like you, you're not going to get work. But if they love you, they'll put you in comfort.'
- In Hollywood they don't have Sheva Brokhes. In Hollywood, you're lucky if the marriage last seven days.
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