Daliah Lavi

Daliah Lavi
Lavi live in concert at Gewandhaus Leipzig Germany (March 2009)
Born	Daliah Lewinbuk October 12, 1942 (1942-10-12) Shavei Zion, British Mandate of Palestine
Occupation	Actress, singer, model
Years active	1955–1994 and 2008–2009
Spouse	Charles Gans
Website
www.daliah-lavi.com

Daliah Lavi (born Daliah Lewinbukh; October 12, 1942) is an Israeli actress, singer and model.

Life and career

Lavi was born in Shavei Zion, British Mandate of Palestine, to Jewish parents from Germany and Russia. She studied ballet in Stockholm, Sweden, where she appeared in her first film Hemsöborna (1955). Returning to Israel, her career took off 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, aka The Whip and the Body (1963), the role of The Girl in Lord Jim and the first Matt Helm film, 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.

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)