Zaharira Harifai
Zaharira Harifai | |
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זהרירה חריפאי | |
![]() Zaharira Harifai, 1960s | |
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Died | 2 January 2013 Tel Aviv, Israel | (aged 83)
Resting place | Kibbutz Givat HaShlosha cemetery |
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Years active | 1968–2013 |
Notable work | Happy End |
Spouse | Shlomo Shva |
Children | Aya Shva |
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Zaharira Harifai (Hebrew: זהרירה חריפאי; December 12, 1929 – January 2, 2013) was an Israeli film, stage, and television actress and recipient of the Israel Prize in Theater, which she was awarded in 2003.[1][2] The Jerusalem Post called her "one of Israel's most celebrated actresses."[2]
She was born and raised in Tel Aviv.[1] Her father, Haim Leib Harifai, immigrated from Russia in 1922. He became a journalist, but died of pneumonia when Harifai was four years old.[1] Harifai graduated from Mikveh Yisrael agricultural school in 1946 and then became a member of the first brigade of the Palmach battalion. She studied acting and theater at the "Hadramati" school, the drama school of the Cameri Theater.[1][2] She joined the ensemble of the Cameri Theater in 1968 and remained at the theater until her death in 2013.[2]
In 2003, Harifai was awarded the Israel Prize for Theater.[2] She won the Best Actress in Theater award in 2011 for her role in the Anat Gov play, Happy End.[1]
Death
[edit]Zaharira Harifai died from cancer at the age of 83 in Tel Aviv.[1] A memorial was held at the Cameri Theater.[1] She was buried at the Kibbutz Givat HaShlosha cemetery.[2] Harifai was survived by her husband, writer Shlomo Shva, daughter Aya Shva, a director and actress, and two grandchildren.[1]
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[edit]- 1929 births
- 2013 deaths
- Israel Prize in theatre recipients
- Israel Prize women recipients
- Israeli film actresses
- Israeli people of Russian-Jewish descent
- Israeli stage actresses
- Israeli television actresses
- Palmach members
- People from Jaffa
- Actresses from Tel Aviv
- Women in war in the Middle East
- Women in war 1945–1999
- Deaths from cancer in Israel
- Jewish Israeli actresses