Daliah Lavi
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Daliah Lavi (born Daliah Lewinbuk, October 1942 – 3 May 2017) was an Israeli actress, singer, and model. She acted in many films and sang in German.
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Early life
Lavi was born in Shavei Tzion, British Mandate of Palestine. She studied ballet in Stockholm, Sweden.
Career
Lavi first 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 acted 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, or 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. She also acted as 'The Detainer/007' in Casino Royale (1967).
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)".
Personal life and death
Lavi was married to Charles E. Gans. They had three sons, Rouben, Alexander and Stephen Gans, and a daughter, Kathy Rothman. They resided in Asheville, North Carolina.
Lavi died on 3 May 2017 at her home in Asheville, North Carolina. Her funeral will be held in Israel.
Filmography
- The People of Hemsö (1955) as Professor's Daughter
- Burning Sands (1960)
- Candide ou l'optimisme au XXe siècle (1960) as Cunégonde
- Un soir sur la plage (1961) as Marie
- Violent Summer (1961) as Un soir sur la plage
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (1961) as Nathalie Conrad
- Three Faces of Sin (1961) (uncredited)
- The Return of Doctor Mabuse (1961) as Maria Sabrehm
- The Game of Truth (1961) as Gisèle
- Two Weeks in Another Town (1962) as Veronica
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (1962) as Germaine
- Il demonio (1963) as Purif
- The Whip and the Body (1963) as Nevenka Menliff
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (1963) as Sekretärin
- Old Shatterhand (1964) as Paloma
- Cyrano and d'Artagnan (1964) as Marion de l'Orme
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (1965) as Lolita, Charlys Stiefschwester
- Lord Jim (1965) as The Girl
- La Celestina P... R... (1965) as Daniela
- Shots in Threequarter Time (1965) as Irina Badoni
- Ten Little Indians (1965) as Ilona Bergen
- The Silencers (1966) as Tina
- The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966) as Princess Natasha Romanova
- Casino Royale (1967) as The Detainer (007)
- Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967) as Madelaine
- Nobody Runs Forever (1968) as Maria Cholon
- Some Girls Do (1969) as Helga
- Catlow (1971) as Rosita
- Mrs. Harris und der Heiratsschwindler (1991) as Jill Howard
