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Daliah Lavi
Gewandhaus Leipzig Germany (March 2009)
Daliah Lavi live in concert atBorn Daliah Lewinbuk
October 12, 1942
Shavei Zion, British Mandate of PalestineOccupation Actress, singer, model Years active 1955–1994 and 2008–2009 Spouse Charles Gans Website www.daliah-lavi.com Daliah Lavi (born Daliah Lewinbukh on October 12, 1942) is an Israeli actress, singer and model.
Born in Shavei Zion, British Mandate of Palestine, she studied ballet in Stockholm, Sweden, where she appeared in her first film Hemsöborna (1955). Returning to Israel, her career took off properly in 1960, when she started appearing in a large number of European and American productions. Fluent in several languages, she has also been in German, French, Italian, Spanish and English-language films.
Lavi's film appearances include Vincente Minnelli's Two Weeks in Another Town (1962), Mario Bava's gothic classic La Frusta e il corpo, or The Whip and the Body (1963), the role of The Girl in Lord Jim, and the first Matt Helm movie The Silencers (1966) opposite Dean Martin. However, her most famous role is probably as 'The Detainer/007' in Casino Royale (1967).
With the decline of her film career, Lavi began a successful schlager singing career in Germany, with hits such as "Oh, wann kommst du?", "Willst du mit mir gehn?" and "C'est ça, la vie (So ist das Leben)". She recorded a German language cover of Melanie Safka's Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma.
Partial filmography
- Candide ou l'optimisme au XXe siècle (1960)
- Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
- La Frusta e il corpo, aka The Whip and the Body (1963)
- Old Shatterhand (1964)
- Lord Jim (1965)
- Ten Little Indians (1965)
- The Silencers (1966)
- The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
- Casino Royale (1967)
- Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967)
- Nobody Runs Forever (1968)
- Some Girls Do (1969)
- Catlow (1971)
External links
- Daliah Lavi at the Internet Movie Database
- Daliah Lavi Shrine (this site is mainly considering Lavi's acting, not so much her singing career)
Categories:- 1942 births
- Living people
- Israeli female singers
- Israeli film actors
- Israeli Jews
- Israeli people of German origin
- Israeli people of Russian origin
- Jews in Ottoman and British Palestine
- People from North District (Israel)
- Middle Eastern actor stubs
- Israeli people stubs
- Israeli musician stubs
- Middle Eastern singer stubs
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