Hanna Maron

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Hanna Maron during a rehearsal in 1957.
Hanna Maron during a rehearsal in 1957.

Hanna Maron (Hebrew: חנה מרון‎, born Hanna Meierzak November 22, 1923) is an Israeli actress and theater personality.

[edit] Biography

Maron was born in Berlin, Germany in 1923.[1] As a child, she appeared in several plays, films, and radio plays. In 1931 she appeared uncredited in Fritz Lang's M. In 1933, following the Nazi Party's rise to power, she emigrated with her family to the British Mandate of Palestine.[2]

During World War II she volunteered to the British Army and played in the Jewish Brigade troupe,[1] along with Yossi Yadin, who would later become her first husband.[3] In 1945 she returned to Palestine, and was asked by Joseph Milo to play in a small new theater he was about to establish, the Cameri Theater. She became one of its founders and its main star. Among her better known roles were in Pygmalion, The Glass Menagerie and Hello, Dolly!, as well as several plays by Nathan Alterman.[1]

On February 10, 1970, her El-Al flight to London landed in Munich-Riem Airport, where a grenade was thrown at it by Palestinian insurgents. Her leg was badly hurt, and had to be amputated. However, she resumed her acting career a year later.[4][5] She remained a peace activist.[6][5]

She starred in the films Aunt Clara (1977), The Vulture (1981) and Dead End Street (1982). From 1983 to 1986 she starred in the Israeli sitcom Krovim, Krovim ("Near Ones, Dear Ones"). In 2000 she initiated and founded the Herzlia Theater Ensemble.[1] She directed and participated in an evening of Alterman poems, and on an evening of Bertholt Brecht's works.[7] In late 2003, she returned to the Cameri to play in a comedy.[8] In 2004 she starred in a theater event that reenacted an IDF refuseniks' trial.[9]

In 1973 she was awarded the Israel Prize. She received an honorary doctorate from Tel Aviv University in 1994,[1] and from Ben-Gurion University in 2007.[6] Ynet dubbed her "The first lady of Israeli theater". She was cited as an inspiration by many Israeli actors, including Yehoram Gaon and Gila Almagor.[10]

She is the widow of architect Yaakov Rechter (Yoni Rechter's father). Their daughter is actress Daphne Rechter.[10] Actress Maya Maron is her granddaughter.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Hanna Maron, heroine", Habama, 2003-11-23. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.  (Hebrew)
  2. ^ Timeline. Jewish Agency. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
  3. ^ "Yossi Yadin; Actor, 81", New York Times, 2001-05-21. Retrieved on 2008-05-10. 
  4. ^ Almagor, Dan (1998-07-16). "Musical Plays on the Hebrew Stage". The Israel Review of Arts and Letters 1996/103. 
  5. ^ a b Krystal, Meirav. "Up from the Vale of Tears", Ynet, 2007-02-06. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.  (Hebrew)
  6. ^ a b Krystal, Meirav. "Honorary doctorate to Hanna Maron and Aharon Applefeld", Ynet, 2007-05-16. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.  (Hebrew)
  7. ^ Yudilevich, Meirav. ""Hanna Maron is our sunshine"", Ynet, 2003-12-06. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.  (Hebrew)
  8. ^ Oren, Amos. "Hanna Maron returns to the Cameri", Ynet, 2003-11-05. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.  (Hebrew)
  9. ^ Yudilevich, Meirav. "Heuberger and Maron in a play reenacting the Refuseniks' trial", Ynet, 2004-06-06. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.  (Hebrew)
  10. ^ a b Yudilevich, Meirav. "All about Hanna", Ynet, 2003-12-06. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.  (Hebrew)

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