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Daliah Lavi

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

(1942-10-12)12 October 1942
Haifa, 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
Spouse4; last marriage to
Charles Gans
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(m. 1977)​
Children4
WebsiteOfficial website

Daliah Lavi (born Daliah Lewinbuk or Levenbuch, Hebrew: דליה לביא [ˌdalja laˈvi]; 12 October 1942 – 3 May 2017) was an Israeli actress, singer, and model.

Early life

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Daliah Lewinbuk (or Levenbuch) was born in Haifa,[1] British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel). Her mother Ruth Klammer was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) to Theodor Hermann Klammer and Gertrud Klammer and was of German-Jewish descent. Her father Reuben was born in Belarus to Yosef Lewinbuk and Michla Levine of Russian-Jewish descent. The family surname is Lewinbuk (or Levenbuch).[2][3][4]

Daliah met Kirk Douglas when she was 10 years old. Kirk Douglas was in Israel in order to film The Juggler. Daliah told him that she would like to be a dancer. Douglas helped persuade her parents[5] to send her to Stockholm, Sweden to study ballet.[3] Daliah was not suited to the climate. Daliah gave up dancing, and she returned to Israel in order to be a model. A cheesecake photo of Daliah Lavi, while she was adjusting her bikini after it broke while at a Rio de Janeiro swimming pool, was circulated widely by the Associated Press in 1959.[6]

She performed her national service as a goodwill ambassador. Daliah appeared in several more films, Daliah was spotted on a beach during a trip to Rome. Daliah was offered a role in Two Weeks in Another Town, reuniting her with Douglas.[2]

Career

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Lavi in Il demonio, 1963

In 1955, Lavi appeared in her first film, Hemsöborna [sv],[3] a Swedish adaptation of August Strindberg's 1887 novel The People of Hemsö.[5] She eventually returned to Israel. Her career took off in 1960 when she started appearing in numerous European and American productions. Daliah was fluent in several languages; she acted in German, French, Italian, Spanish and English.[3] Lavi was reunited with Douglas in her first American film, Vincente Minnelli's Two Weeks in Another Town (1962).[5]

Lavi in Leipzig, Germany in 2009

She appeared in Brunello Rondi's witch hunt-themed movie Il demonio (1963), which she considered her best performance.[7] She also appeared in Mario Bava's Gothic classic La Frusta e il corpo (1963), and the first Matt Helm film, The Silencers (1966) opposite Dean Martin.[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. However, the tepid reaction of audiences prompted Lavi to accept a new career path.

Lavi frequently played a scantily clad or partly nude femme fatale,[5] but one nude scene was mainly done by a body double. In 1964, the French comedy The Troops of St. Tropez had recently opened; this featured nudism and also premiered in Croatia where the Western Old Shatterhand (film) was made by West German producers at the Krka National Park waterfalls. The second part of a skinny-dipping scene at the falls was made with Lavi during the summer, but the initial jump from the falls (filmed later in the year at low water levels for safety) used a local look-alike when Lavi became ill. The stand-in, Gordana Ceko, climbed over slippery rocks and jumped into the cold water.[8]

Lavi played European entertainer Ilona Bergen in the 1965 mystery Ten Little Indians, an adaptation of Agatha Christie's thriller. She also acted as "The Detainer/007" in Casino Royale (1967).[3][9]

In 1970, she was discovered by record producer Jimmy Bowien and began a successful schlager singing career in Germany. Some of her biggest hits were Oh Wann Kommst Du (composed by John Kongos), Willst Du Mit Mir Gehn (Kongos), and "C'est ça, la vie (So ist das Leben)".[3] In August 1971, Daliah's single "Jerusalem" peaked at number 98 in Australia.[10]

Death

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Lavi died on 3 May 2017, aged 74, from undisclosed causes[11] in Asheville, North Carolina, US.[11][3] Her funeral and burial were in Israel.[9]

Filmography

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Discography

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References

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  1. ^ https://www.schlager.de/stars/daliah-lavi/
  2. ^ a b Tim Lucas (2021). "The Kid from the Kibbutz": Daliah Lavi and the Road to IL DEMONIO (blu ray). Severin. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Bergan, Ronald (9 May 2017). "Daliah Lavi obituary". The Guardian.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Horsley, Edith, The 1950s, Bison Books Ltd. London 1978, p. 236, picture and caption top left.
  7. ^ Lucas, Tim (2012). "Daliah Lavi On Her Early Films". Video Watchdog (170). Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  8. ^ https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/in-den-schluchten-des-balkan-3793543.html
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 173. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  11. ^ a b Evans, Greg (4 May 2017). "Daliah Lavi Dies: 'Casino Royale', 'The Silencers' Actress Was 74". Deadline. Archived from the original on 4 May 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
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