Daliah Lavi (born Daliah Lewinbuk or Levenbuch, Hebrew: ×"לי×"
ל×'×™× â€Ž; 12 October 1942 â€" 3 May 2017) was an Israeli actress,
singer, and model.Lavi was born as Daliah Lewinbuk (or Levenbuch) in
Shavei Tzion, British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel), the daughter
of Ruth and Reuben Lewinbuk (or Levenbuch), who were of German-Jewish
and Russian-Jewish descent.At age 10 she met Kirk Douglas, who was in
Israel to film The Juggler, and told him she would like to be a
dancer. Douglas helped persuade her parents to send her to Stockholm,
Sweden to study ballet.In 1955 Lavi appeared in her first film,
Hemsöborna [sv], a Swedish adaptation of August Strindberg's 1887
novel The People of Hemsö. Returning to Israel, her career took off
in 1960, when she started appearing in a large number of European and
American productions. Fluent in several languages, she acted in films
in German, French, Italian, Spanish and English.
ל×'×™× â€Ž; 12 October 1942 â€" 3 May 2017) was an Israeli actress,
singer, and model.Lavi was born as Daliah Lewinbuk (or Levenbuch) in
Shavei Tzion, British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel), the daughter
of Ruth and Reuben Lewinbuk (or Levenbuch), who were of German-Jewish
and Russian-Jewish descent.At age 10 she met Kirk Douglas, who was in
Israel to film The Juggler, and told him she would like to be a
dancer. Douglas helped persuade her parents to send her to Stockholm,
Sweden to study ballet.In 1955 Lavi appeared in her first film,
Hemsöborna [sv], a Swedish adaptation of August Strindberg's 1887
novel The People of Hemsö. Returning to Israel, her career took off
in 1960, when she started appearing in a large number of European and
American productions. Fluent in several languages, she acted in films
in German, French, Italian, Spanish and English.
Share this
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
Join us for free and get valuable content delivered right through your inbox.