Hanna Maron

Hanna Maron ( _he. חנה מרון, born Hanna Meierzak November 22, 1923) is an Israeli actress and theater personality.

Biography

Maron was born in Berlin, Germany in 1923.Cite news
title = Hanna Maron, heroine
work = Habama
accessdate = 2008-05-10
date = 2003-11-23
url = http://www.habama.co.il/Pages/Description.aspx?Subj=1&Area=0&ArticleID=103 he icon] As a child, she appeared in several plays, films, and radio plays. In 1931 she appeared uncredited in Fritz Lang's "M". In 1933, following the Nazi Party's rise to power, she emigrated with her family to the British Mandate of Palestine.Cite web
title = Timeline
work = Jewish Agency
accessdate = 2008-05-10
url = http://www.jafi.org.il/education/jafi75/timeline2b.html]

During World War II she volunteered to the British Army and played in the Jewish Brigade troupe, along with Yossi Yadin, who would later become her first husband.Cite news
title = Yossi Yadin; Actor, 81
work = New York Times
accessdate = 2008-05-10
date = 2001-05-21
url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901E7D9173DF932A15756C0A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=] In 1945 she returned to Palestine, and was asked by Joseph Milo to play in a small new theater he was about to establish, the Cameri Theater. She became one of its founders and its main star. Among her better known roles were in "Pygmalion", "The Glass Menagerie" and "Hello, Dolly!", as well as several plays by Nathan Alterman.

On February 10, 1970, her El-Al flight to London landed in Munich-Riem Airport, where a grenade was thrown at it by Palestinian insurgents. Her leg was badly hurt, and had to be amputated. However, she resumed her acting career a year later.Cite journal
volume = 1996/103
last = Almagor
first = Dan
title = Musical Plays on the Hebrew Stage
journal = The Israel Review of Arts and Letters
accessdate = 2008-05-10
date = 1998-07-16
url = http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/mfaarchive/1990_1999/1998/7/musical%20plays%20on%20the%20hebrew%20stage] Cite news
last = Krystal
first = Meirav
title = Up from the Vale of Tears
work = Ynet
accessdate = 2008-05-10
date = 2007-02-06
url = http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3361439,00.html he icon] She remained a peace activist.

She starred in the films "Aunt Clara" (1977), "The Vulture" (1981) and "Dead End Street" (1982). From 1983 to 1986 she starred in the Israeli sitcom "Krovim, Krovim" ("Near Ones, Dear Ones"). In 2000 she initiated and founded the Herzlia Theater Ensemble. She directed and participated in an evening of Alterman poems, and on an evening of Bertholt Brecht's works.Cite news
last = Yudilevich
first = Meirav
title = "Hanna Maron is our sunshine"
work = Ynet
accessdate = 2008-05-10
date = 2003-12-06
url = http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2832456,00.html he icon] In late 2003, she returned to the Cameri to play in a comedy.Cite news
last = Oren
first = Amos
title = Hanna Maron returns to the Cameri
work = Ynet
accessdate = 2008-05-10
date = 2003-11-05
url = http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2812755,00.html he icon] In 2004 she starred in a theater event that reenacted an IDF refuseniks' trial.Cite news
last = Yudilevich
first = Meirav
title = Heuberger and Maron in a play reenacting the Refuseniks' trial
work = Ynet
accessdate = 2008-05-10
date = 2004-06-06
url = http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2927826,00.html he icon]

In 1973 she was awarded the Israel Prize. She received an honorary doctorate from Tel Aviv University in 1994, and from Ben-Gurion University in 2007.Cite news
last = Krystal
first = Meirav
title = Honorary doctorate to Hanna Maron and Aharon Applefeld
work = Ynet
accessdate = 2008-05-10
date = 2007-05-16
url = http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3400631,00.html he icon] Ynet dubbed her "The first lady of Israeli theater". She was cited as an inspiration by many Israeli actors, including Yehoram Gaon and Gila Almagor.Cite news
last = Yudilevich
first = Meirav
title = All about Hanna
work = Ynet
accessdate = 2008-05-10
date = 2003-12-06
url = http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2829960,00.html he icon]

She is the widow of architect Yaakov Rechter (Yoni Rechter's father). Their daughter is actress Daphne Rechter. Actress Maya Maron is her granddaughter.

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External links

*imdb name|0581116|Hanna Maron
*Cite video
people = parasitext (Contributor)
title = Hanna Maron (second) performs "Hello, Dolly" in Hebrew in 1986
accessdate = 2008-05-11
date = 2008-04-26
time = 650 seconds
url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAPmFKUsKFo