Neva Small (born November , ) is an American theatrical, film, and
television actress and singer. She made her singing debut at the age
of at the New York City Opera, and her Broadway debut the following
year. She has numerous acting credits on and Off-Broadway. She is best
known for her portrayal of Chava, the third of Tevye's five daughters
who marries a gentile, in the film Fiddler on the Roof.Neva Small was
born in New York City to Seldan and Berma Small. She grew up on
Central Park West. Her mother graduated in the first class of harpists
at Juilliard in , and played in an all-female orchestra at the Waldorf
Astoria.Small began singing in an extracurricular after-school
program, and acted in Hebrew school and in the Jewish Theater for
Children, where she was an understudy for Don Scardino. At age , she
played Beverly Sills' daughter in The Ballad of Baby Doe () at the New
York City Opera.She studied at the LaGuardia High School of Music &
Art and Performing Arts. She was accepted at the Juilliard drama
school, but deferred her admission for a year in order to act in the
film Fiddler on the Roof. She then studied at New York University's
Gallatin School.
television actress and singer. She made her singing debut at the age
of at the New York City Opera, and her Broadway debut the following
year. She has numerous acting credits on and Off-Broadway. She is best
known for her portrayal of Chava, the third of Tevye's five daughters
who marries a gentile, in the film Fiddler on the Roof.Neva Small was
born in New York City to Seldan and Berma Small. She grew up on
Central Park West. Her mother graduated in the first class of harpists
at Juilliard in , and played in an all-female orchestra at the Waldorf
Astoria.Small began singing in an extracurricular after-school
program, and acted in Hebrew school and in the Jewish Theater for
Children, where she was an understudy for Don Scardino. At age , she
played Beverly Sills' daughter in The Ballad of Baby Doe () at the New
York City Opera.She studied at the LaGuardia High School of Music &
Art and Performing Arts. She was accepted at the Juilliard drama
school, but deferred her admission for a year in order to act in the
film Fiddler on the Roof. She then studied at New York University's
Gallatin School.
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