Alexandre Joseph Goudsmit (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlɛks
ˈxÊŒu̯tsmɪt]; March 15, 1913 in Brussels â€" December 10, 1999 in
Amsterdam) was a Dutch actor.Goudsmit's father, a diamond worker, was
Jewish and his mother Roman Catholic. He became famous in 1966 for
playing Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, which role he performed some
1100 times in the Netherlands and in London. He played many characters
on Dutch television, among others in the popular youth series Q en Q
(1974) and Thomas en Senior (1985â€"88). From 1984 to 1999 he played
Grandpa Lex on Sesamstraat, the Dutch version of Sesame Street.
Goudsmit was one of the artists who recorded the song Shalom from
Holland (written by Simon Hammelburg and Ron Klipstein) as a token of
solidarity to the Israeli people, threatened by missiles from Iraq,
during the first Gulf War in 1991.When Goudsmit died as the
consequences of a stroke, instead of doing an episode dealing with his
death, along the lines of Mr. Hooper's death, the producers addressed
the issue on the program following Sesamstraat, called Jeugdjournaal
(Youth News). The program aired a compilation of his best appearances
on the show and commented on his death. Goudsmit had told producers
that he wanted to stay on Sesamstraat even after his death, so the
latest scenes he taped were still used on the next season. During this
season, he was slowly phased out of the show.
ˈxÊŒu̯tsmɪt]; March 15, 1913 in Brussels â€" December 10, 1999 in
Amsterdam) was a Dutch actor.Goudsmit's father, a diamond worker, was
Jewish and his mother Roman Catholic. He became famous in 1966 for
playing Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, which role he performed some
1100 times in the Netherlands and in London. He played many characters
on Dutch television, among others in the popular youth series Q en Q
(1974) and Thomas en Senior (1985â€"88). From 1984 to 1999 he played
Grandpa Lex on Sesamstraat, the Dutch version of Sesame Street.
Goudsmit was one of the artists who recorded the song Shalom from
Holland (written by Simon Hammelburg and Ron Klipstein) as a token of
solidarity to the Israeli people, threatened by missiles from Iraq,
during the first Gulf War in 1991.When Goudsmit died as the
consequences of a stroke, instead of doing an episode dealing with his
death, along the lines of Mr. Hooper's death, the producers addressed
the issue on the program following Sesamstraat, called Jeugdjournaal
(Youth News). The program aired a compilation of his best appearances
on the show and commented on his death. Goudsmit had told producers
that he wanted to stay on Sesamstraat even after his death, so the
latest scenes he taped were still used on the next season. During this
season, he was slowly phased out of the show.
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