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name: "Joseph Stein"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "30 May 1912"
died: "24 October 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T05:34:48.609921+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Joseph Stein

Writer. Born 30 May 1912 in The Bronx. Died 24 October 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 30 May 1912, The Bronx
- **Died:** 24 October 2010
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1361175, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0825524/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/955413

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Fiddler on the Roof*](https://film.one/film/fiddler-on-the-roof.md) (77)

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## Biography

Joseph Stein was an American playwright and librettist. Born in New York City on 30 May 1912 and raised in the Bronx, he graduated from the City College of New York and earned a master's degree in social work from Columbia University. He worked as a psychiatric social worker before turning to writing for radio and television in the mid-1940s, later collaborating on Broadway revues and musicals with Will Glickman.

Stein wrote the book for the stage musical *Fiddler on the Roof* (1964), which won him Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Author of a Musical, as well as a New York Drama Critics Circle Award. He also wrote the screenplay for the 1971 film version. His other Broadway credits include the books for *Plain and Fancy* (1955), *Zorba* (1968) and *Rags* (1986). Stein died in New York on 24 October 2010.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fiddler on the Roof* (1971), Fi1m 77, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/fiddler-on-the-roof.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Fiddler on the Roof: Live at Regent's Park* (2024), Writer
- *Adam: The Mirror* (2017), Production Accountant
- *Love Will Tear Us Apart* (2007), Actor
- *Songs of 'Fiddler on the Roof'* (2007), Thanks
- *Fiddler on the Roof* (1983), Book
- *Fiddler on the Roof* (1971), Screenplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/fiddler-on-the-roof.md)
- *Enter Laughing* (1967), Screenplay, Theatre Play, Producer
- *Mrs. Gibbons' Boys* (1962), Story
- *DuPont Show of the Month* (1957), series, Writer

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Author 1965: Tony Award for Best Author (won), for *Fiddler on the Roof*
- Tony Award for Best Musical 1960: Tony Award for Best Musical (nominated), for *Take Me Along*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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