22 Friday, March 9, 1984

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Bikel: Entertainer Extraordinaire

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a renaissance man who, in
his own words "is a general
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will survive and grow art." This is reflected in his
stronger," Theodore Bikel multiplicity of talents: the
stated emphatically during stage, screen and televisoin
a recent interview in Los performer; folksinger and
Up to
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singer was spending a few and raconteur. Last, but not
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weeks before going on to Is- least, Bikel, the social ac-
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18 with the Israeli
Born in Vienna, Bikel
Philharmonic Orchestra was 13 when he fled with his
under the baton of Zubin parents to Palestine. Fluent
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To define versatility is to German, he intended to
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joined the Habima in 1943.
A year later, he helped
found the Israel Chamber
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Harris in "The Lark." Oppo-
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created the role of Baron
Von Trapp in "The Sound of
Music."
Making his screen debut
in John Huston's "The Af-
rican Queen," he also was
seen in "The Pride and the
Passion," "The Little Kid-
nappers," "The Russians
Are Coming, The Russians
Are Coming," "My Fair
Lady," "The Enemy Below,"
the remake of "The Blue
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and "The Angry Hills." His
flexibility
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Folk singer and a founder
contribution to
of the Newport Folk Festi-
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val, Bikel 'maintains an
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active concert schedule
throughout the United
Workshop (JVS-CW) strengthens our
States and abroad. He has
ability to provide comprehensive rehabilitation services
recorded
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for the physically disabled, the mentally retarded, the mentally ill;
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to offer vocational counseling to anyone in need; and to assist the
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movement, Bikel was
president of Actor's Equity
Association. A long-time
senior vice president of the
American Jewish Congress
and vice president of the In-
ternational Federation of
Actors, he fights for human
rights on every front. He
views his work and life in
terms of survival. "You
must explore your, roots in
order to pinpoint your place
in the present to be entitled
to a future."

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