Haya Harareet (Hebrew: ×—×™×" ×"ררית‎; born 12 September 1931)
is an Israeli actress. In 1959, she played Esther, Charlton Heston's
love interest in Ben Hur.Born Haya Neuberg (Hebrew: ×—×™×" ×
וי×'ר×'‎), the first of three children, Harareet was born in
Haifa, in what was then Mandatory Palestine (now Israel). Her parents,
Reuben and Yocheved Neuberg, emigrated to Israel from Poland when they
were young. Her father worked for the government in Tel Aviv. She
received the surname Hararit (later changed to Harareet), which means
"mountainous" in Hebrew, at school.She began her career in Israeli
films with Hill 24 Doesn't Answer (1955), which was nominated for the
Palme d'Or at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. She played opposite Virna
Lisi in Francesco Maselli's The Doll that Took the Town (1957), an
Italian film. Her major role as Esther in Ben-Hur (1959) remains her
most widely seen performance in international cinema. Variety, in its
review of Ben-Hur, praised Harareet's performance:Then came 1961's
L'Atlantide [fr] (Journey Beneath The Desert, aka The Lost Kingdom),
directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and co-starring Jean-Louis Trintignant. She
appeared opposite Stewart Granger in Basil Dearden's film The Secret
Partner (1961), and she played the role of Dr. Madolyn Bruckner in The
Interns (1962).
is an Israeli actress. In 1959, she played Esther, Charlton Heston's
love interest in Ben Hur.Born Haya Neuberg (Hebrew: ×—×™×" ×
וי×'ר×'‎), the first of three children, Harareet was born in
Haifa, in what was then Mandatory Palestine (now Israel). Her parents,
Reuben and Yocheved Neuberg, emigrated to Israel from Poland when they
were young. Her father worked for the government in Tel Aviv. She
received the surname Hararit (later changed to Harareet), which means
"mountainous" in Hebrew, at school.She began her career in Israeli
films with Hill 24 Doesn't Answer (1955), which was nominated for the
Palme d'Or at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. She played opposite Virna
Lisi in Francesco Maselli's The Doll that Took the Town (1957), an
Italian film. Her major role as Esther in Ben-Hur (1959) remains her
most widely seen performance in international cinema. Variety, in its
review of Ben-Hur, praised Harareet's performance:Then came 1961's
L'Atlantide [fr] (Journey Beneath The Desert, aka The Lost Kingdom),
directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and co-starring Jean-Louis Trintignant. She
appeared opposite Stewart Granger in Basil Dearden's film The Secret
Partner (1961), and she played the role of Dr. Madolyn Bruckner in The
Interns (1962).
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