Lea Koenig (Hebrew: ×œ×™× ×§× ×™×'‎; born 30 November 1929) is an
Israeli theatre actress of Polish descent, nicknamed The First Lady of
Israeli Theatre.Lea Koenig was born in 1929 in Šódź, Poland, to a
Polish Jewish family, the daughter of the Yiddish actors Dina and
Józef Kamień. She spent her childhood in Poland, then in Tashkent,
in the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. Her father was murdered in the
Holocaust. In the end of the 1940s, Lea Koenig with her mother
emigrated to Romania, where she began studying at National University
of Arts in Bucharest and debuted at Jewish Theatre.In 1961, she
emigrated to Israel.Primarily acting in Hebrew, Koenig performs in
Israel and all over the world also in Yiddish theaters. She speaks
English, Hebrew, German, Polish, Romanian, Russian and Yiddish.
Israeli theatre actress of Polish descent, nicknamed The First Lady of
Israeli Theatre.Lea Koenig was born in 1929 in Šódź, Poland, to a
Polish Jewish family, the daughter of the Yiddish actors Dina and
Józef Kamień. She spent her childhood in Poland, then in Tashkent,
in the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. Her father was murdered in the
Holocaust. In the end of the 1940s, Lea Koenig with her mother
emigrated to Romania, where she began studying at National University
of Arts in Bucharest and debuted at Jewish Theatre.In 1961, she
emigrated to Israel.Primarily acting in Hebrew, Koenig performs in
Israel and all over the world also in Yiddish theaters. She speaks
English, Hebrew, German, Polish, Romanian, Russian and Yiddish.
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