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| death_place = [[Asheville, North Carolina]], U.S.
| death_place = [[Asheville, North Carolina]], U.S.
| occupation = Actress, singer, model
| occupation = Actress, singer, model
| spouse = Charles Gans (19??-2017; her death)
| spouse = Charles Gans (1977-2017; her death)
| children = 4
| children = 4
| birthname = Daliah Lewinbuk (or Levenbuch)
| birthname = Daliah Lewinbuk (or Levenbuch)

Revision as of 22:36, 11 October 2017

Daliah Lavi
Lavi in 1966
Born
Daliah Lewinbuk (or Levenbuch)

(1942-10-12)12 October 1942
Shavei Zion, Mandatory Palestine
Died3 May 2017(2017-05-03) (aged 74)
Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actress, singer, model
Years active1955–1994 and 2008–2009
SpouseCharles Gans (1977-2017; her death)
Children4
WebsiteOfficial website

Daliah Lavi (born Daliah Lewinbuk, Template:Lang-he; 12 October 1942 – 3 May 2017) was an Israeli actress, singer, and model.

Early life

Lavi was born as Daliah Lewinbuk (or Levenbuch) in Shavei Tzion, British Mandate of Palestine, the daughter of Ruth and Reuben Lewinbuk (or Levenbuch), who were of German Jewish and Russian Jewish descent.[1][2]

At age 10 she met Kirk Douglas, who was in Israel to film The Juggler, and told him she would like to be a dancer. Douglas helped persuade her parents[3] to send her to Stockholm, Sweden to study ballet.[1]

Career

In 1955 Lavi appeared in her first film, Hemsöborna,[1] a Swedish adaptation of August Strindberg's novel The People of Hemsö.[3] 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 acted in German-, French-, Italian-, Spanish- and English-language films.[1]

Lavi was reunited with Douglas in her first American film, Vincente Minnelli's Two Weeks in Another Town (1962).[3] Her portrayal of The Girl, Peter O'Toole's love interest, in 1965's Lord Jim was to have been her breakout American role. But audiences' tepid reaction to the film prompted Lavi to accept a new career path, playing scantily clad femme fatales.[3]

She appeared in Mario Bava's Gothic classic La Frusta e il corpo, or The Whip and the Body (1963), and the first Matt Helm film, The Silencers (1966), opposite Dean Martin.[1] She also acted as 'The Detainer/007' in Casino Royale (1967).[1][4]

Lavi was subsequently discovered by record producer Jimmy Bowien and 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)".[1]

Personal life and death

[5] She was survived by her fourth husband, businessman Charles Gans, and their three sons Rouven, Alexander, and Stephen Gans, and one daughter, Kathy Rothman. She also has six grandchildren, Sophie, Ben, Levi, Emma, Hannah and Charlotte. [6]The couple resided in Asheville, North Carolina,[5] where she died on 3 May 2017 at her home. She was 74 years old.[1] Her funeral and burial were in Israel.[4]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h McNary, Dave (3 May 2017). "'Casino Royale' Actress Daliah Lavi Dies at 74". Variety. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  2. ^ Bergan, Ronald (9 May 2017). "Daliah Lavi obituary" – via The Guardian.
  3. ^ a b c d Slotnik, Daniel E. (5 May 2017). "Daliah Lavi, Actress in Both Dramas and Spoofs, Dies at 74". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  4. ^ a b Barnes, Mike (4 May 2017). "Daliah Lavi, 'Casino Royale' and 'The Silencers' Star, Dies at 74". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  5. ^ a b Evans, Greg (4 May 2017). "Daliah Lavi Dies: 'Casino Royale', 'The Silencers' Actress Was 74". Deadline. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  6. ^ her son
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