Yosef "Yossi" Banai (Hebrew: יֹוסֶף "יֹוסִי" ×'Ö·×
Ö¸× ×™â€Ž; April 13, 1932 â€" May 11, 2006) was an Israeli performer,
singer, actor, and dramatist.Banai was born in Jerusalem during the
Mandate era, and grew up in the neighborhood of the Mahane Yehuda
market. He was one of the more prominent members of a family
celebrated for producing several famous performers and musicians: his
brothers Gavri, Ya'akov and Haim are actors, his son Yuval and nephews
Ehud, Uri, Me'ir and Eviatar are musicians and singers (some of whom
occasionally act), and his niece Orna is an actress and comedian.Banai
was one of the first members of the IDF's famous troupe of performers,
the Nahal troupe. He dropped out of school in sixth grade to join the
theatre, studied acting under Fanny Lovitch and eventually joined the
company of Habima theatre. Throughout his lifetime he collaborated
with most of the active theatre companies in Israel performing in
countless productions. He had a particularly close relationship with
playwright Nisim Aloni, and starred in the premiers of many of Aloni's
plays. Banai also inaugurated famous roles in the plays of Hanoch
Levine and Yaakov Shabtai.Banai himself wrote several cabaret style
revues, which he typically performed solo. He also wrote and directed
comic sketches for the comedy trio Hagashash Hachiver, one of whose
members was his brother, Gavri.
Ö¸× ×™â€Ž; April 13, 1932 â€" May 11, 2006) was an Israeli performer,
singer, actor, and dramatist.Banai was born in Jerusalem during the
Mandate era, and grew up in the neighborhood of the Mahane Yehuda
market. He was one of the more prominent members of a family
celebrated for producing several famous performers and musicians: his
brothers Gavri, Ya'akov and Haim are actors, his son Yuval and nephews
Ehud, Uri, Me'ir and Eviatar are musicians and singers (some of whom
occasionally act), and his niece Orna is an actress and comedian.Banai
was one of the first members of the IDF's famous troupe of performers,
the Nahal troupe. He dropped out of school in sixth grade to join the
theatre, studied acting under Fanny Lovitch and eventually joined the
company of Habima theatre. Throughout his lifetime he collaborated
with most of the active theatre companies in Israel performing in
countless productions. He had a particularly close relationship with
playwright Nisim Aloni, and starred in the premiers of many of Aloni's
plays. Banai also inaugurated famous roles in the plays of Hanoch
Levine and Yaakov Shabtai.Banai himself wrote several cabaret style
revues, which he typically performed solo. He also wrote and directed
comic sketches for the comedy trio Hagashash Hachiver, one of whose
members was his brother, Gavri.
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