- Rolanda Chagrin
Rolanda Chagrin is an
Israeli actress and comedian.Biography
Rolanda Chagrin was born in Bucharest and immigrated to Israel on 1961.Her childhood days she spent in Tel-Aviv, and studied in 'Ironi Daled' high school.During her military service in the Israeli Defense Force ( 1975-1977 ), she served in a military band on the 'IDF Theater'.
During the years 1977-1981 she studied acting on the Tel-Aviv University on the Faculty of Theater, and was cast for mainly dramatic roles, participating on the plays Mahagony,
Waiting for Godot ,The Balcony , and plays by the Israeli playwrightHanoch Levin .After she completed her studies, she was accepted on 1982 as an actress on the
Neve Tzedek Theater in Tel-Aviv, where she played on "Nashim Mukot", directed byNola Chilton . This same year she met her future husband, the actorJulian Chagrin , at the Pantomime Festival inKiryat Shmona . Later they have toured together on a comedy show around the world, in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and Tasmania.During the years 1983-1987 she participated in the writing, acting and direction of the comical television series "Hatismoret" (
The Orchestra ), that was awarded the Golden Rose Award (Rose d'Or ). In the Akko festival she played in the film ofNaftali Alter , "Irit Irit".She also participated in the production of the "Cannon Movie Tales" ofMenachem Golan , and played on the Television shows The Tzatzkanim, and Hopa Hey.During the years 1989-1991 she played on the cabaret show "Tzitzim".
At the year 1992 she joined the
Cameri Theater in Tel-Aviv, and was cast in the plays "Rosh Meshuga", "Mehager over vashav" () , "Mevaker Hamedina", "Shivrei Zhuchit" and "Striptease Acharon".During the years 2001-2006 she played on the solo-act "Rolanda Ad Hasof" ( "Rolanda 'Till The End" ), and starting on 2007 she played on the solo-act "Rak Al Aztmi Litzhok Yadati...!" ( "Only About My Self, I Could Laugh...!")
External links
* [http://www.rolanda.co.il Official home page, in Hebrew]
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