Gila Almagor
Gila Almagor ( Hebrew גילה אלמגור, born Aviya Aleksandrowitz , born July 22, 1939 in Petach Tikwa ) is an Israeli writer and actress .
biography
Gila Almagor was born in 1939 in the Mandate Palestine , today: Israel . Four months before she was born, her father Max Alexandowitz, an émigré from Germany and a policeman in the British Army, was shot by an Arab sniper. Her mother Henya subsequently developed psychological problems that were exacerbated by the loss of her entire family in the Holocaust . When Gila Almagor was 13 years old and her mother had to be placed in a home, she came to the Hadassim Youth Village , where she received a two-year education. At the age of 17 she took acting lessons and moved to Tel Aviv for it . After graduating from acting school, Gila Almagor studied for two years in New York. She then appeared in the leading theaters in Israel. Gila Almagor has starred in around 40 feature films. She also had her own radio show and campaigns for children with cancer.
Almagor has appeared in several of Ephraim Kishon 's films. She also works several times with producer and director Menahem Golan .
In 1989 she received the Silver Bear Award for her role in the film The Summer of Aviha .
In 2004 she was awarded the Israel Prize . For her role in the film Tied Hands she was nominated for the 2006 Ophir Award / Best Actress . The Tel Aviv University awarded her an honorary doctorate in 2009 .
Almagor is a founding member of the Israeli Union of Performing Artists and the Tel Aviv International Film Festival . At the 1996 Berlin International Film Festival she was a member of the international jury.
Literary work (selection)
- The summer of Aviha , Roman 1985 (German 1990)
- On the hill under the mulberry tree , Roman 1992 (German 1994)
- Alex, Dafi and I , Roman 2002 (German 2005)
Filmography (selection)
- 1960: Burning sand
- 1964: Sallah - or: Exchange daughter for apartment (Sallah)
- 1966: One is wrong (Trunk to Cairo)
- 1967: Ervinka
- 1972: The house on Third Street (Ha-Bayit Verhov Chelouche)
- 1976: Highway Queen
- 1977: Operation Thunderbolt (Mivtsa Yonatan)
- 1988: Aviya's Summer (Ha-Kayitz Shel Aviya)
- 1989: The Rose Garden (The Rose Garden)
- 1990: Into the Power of Others (Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story)
- 1992: Life According to Agfa - night shots (החיים על פי אגפא)
- 1994: Under the mulberry tree (Etz Hadomim Tafus)
- 2005: Munich (Munich)
- 2005–2008: BeTipul (TV series)
- 2006: Tied Hands
- 2007: The Price of Retribution (Ha-Hov)
- 2010: The Human Resources Manager's Journey (Shliḥuto shel Ha'Memuneh al Mash'abey Enosh)
Web links
- Gila Almagor in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Gila Almagor at ITHL (Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature) (English)
- Literature by and about Gila Almagor in the catalog of the German National Library
- Gila Almagor in the German synchronous file
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Hebrew Wikipedia
- ^ Encyclopedia of Jewish Women . Jwa.org. March 1, 2009. Retrieved September 29, 2010.
- ^ Education.gov.il - Biography of Gila Almagor (Hebrew) accessed on February 26, 2013
- ^ Honorary doctorates from Tel Aviv University
- ^ Gila Almagor. In: Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved August 4, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Almagor, Gila |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aleksandrowitz, Aviya (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli writer and actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Petach Tikwa , Israel |