Zohar, Miriam
ZOHAR, MIRIAM
ZOHAR, MIRIAM , Israeli actress. Born in Czernowitz, Romania, Miriam Zohar was in a concentration camp in the Ukraine during World War ii. In 1948 she was among the "illegal" immigrants sent to Palestine on the Pan York, all of whose passengers were sent to Cyprus. There she began to perform in amateur theater. After arriving in Israel she worked in a Yiddish theater. From 1951, she appeared in *Habimah. In 1986 she co-starred with Lea *Konig in an acclaimed production of Jacob *Gordin's Mirele Efros. In 1987 she received the Israel Prize for theater, cinema, and television arts. In 2004 she starred in the film The Schwartz Dynasty.
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