Matchmaker

A matchmaker, or marriage broker, is a person who engages in pairing single people for marriage, sometimes as a profession. More broadly, this may refer to other brokers to find suitable pairings in business or other fields.

Matchmaker or The Matchmaker may also refer to:

Films and television

=Feature films=

The Matchmaker (1934 film), an Italian comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi
The Matchmaker (1958 film), a 1958 film starring Shirley Booth
The Matchmaker (1997 film), a 1997 film starring Janeane Garofalo
The Matchmaker (2010 film), a 2010 Israeli film
The Matchmaker (2018 film), a short drama film directed by Leonora Pitts

=Television=

Matchmaker (game show), a late 1980s dating show
Matchmaker, an English-language Canadian television series
Svaty, a Ukrainian TV series
"Matchmaker" (How I Met Your Mother), a 2005 episode of the situation comedy How I Met Your Mother
"The Matchmaker" (Frasier), a 1994 episode of the situation comedy Frasier
The Matchmakers (TV series), a 2023 South Korean television series

Songs, plays and paintings

“Matchmaker, Matchmaker”, a 1964 song from the musical Fiddler on the Roof
The Matchmaker, a 1955 play by Thornton Wilder
The Matchmaker (painting), a 1625 painting by Gerard van Honthorst
Matchmaker, a 1975 play by John B. Keane
"Matchmaker", a song by Hailey Blais on the 2023 album Wisecrack

Other uses

Matchmakers, an elongated confectionery snack
Matchmakers' Union, a trade association for match factory workers