Michele Marsh

Michele Marsh (born December 20, 1946) sometimes credited as Michèle Marsh, is a French-American television, theater, and film actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Hodel, the second of Tevye’s five daughters who falls in love with a student radical, in the 1971 film Fiddler on the Roof. She acted mainly in television and in West Coast theatre. She resides in Idyllwild, California, where she performed with the Idyllwild Actors Theatre.

Early life and education Marsh's father taught music theory in private schools. She and her parents moved permanently to the United States, settling in Washington, D.C. She attended elementary school in Idyllwild Marsh was one of the singers of "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" and performs the solo "Far From the Home I Love".

Acting career After completing Fiddler on the Roof, Marsh moved to Los Angeles and appeared mainly in television and in West Coast theatre.

Television credits

Love, American Style (1972) Mannix, episode "Lost Sunday" (1972) Gunsmoke, 2 episodes (1974–1975) The Magician (1974) Sandburg's Lincoln (1975) The disappearing dagger - Ellery Queen (1975) Movin' On (1976) The Last of the Mohicans (1977) The Immigrants (1978) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1981) Quincy, M.E. (Season 6, Episode 13 "Who Speaks for the Children?" 1981; Season 8, Episode 21 "Suffer the Little Children" 1983) Little House on the Prairie (1982) Sledge Hammer!, 2 episodes (1986) Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1: "When the Bough Breaks" (1987) Highway to Heaven (1989) Shootdown (1989) Tribes (1989–1990) Nothing Sacred (1998) Memory in My Heart (1999) Diagnosis: Murder, 1 episode (2000) The West Wing (1999) Titus (1999–2000) The Dead One (2007) Desperate Housewives (2008) House, M.D., Season 8, Episode 2: "Transplant" (2011) Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures (2013)

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Film credits Fiddler on the Roof (1971) God Bless Dr. Shagetz (1976) Tough Guys (1986) Evil Town (1987) El Muerto (2006)

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Marsh performed with the Idyllwild Actors Theatre, and also served as a secretary/hospitality director for the group.