Rita Zohar
Rita Zohar | |
|---|---|
ריטה זוהר | |
 Zohar in 2007 | |
| Born | 16 January 1944 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1992–present |
Rita Zohar (Hebrew: ריטה זוהר; born 16 January 1944) is an Israeli actress who has appeared on film, television, and stage. She received Awards of the Israeli Film Academy for Best Actress for her role in the 1990 drama film Laura Adler's Last Love Affair and the Best Actress nomination for the 2009 drama film Mrs. Moskowitz and the Cats.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Zohar was born in Balta, Kingdom of Romania in concentration camp during the second world war.[2][3] In the 1950s, she emigrated in Israel with her mother. She began acting performing in Cameri Theatre on Yiddish. In 1980s, Zohar moved to Unated States and made guest-starring appearances on television series Quincy M.E., St. Elsewhere and Cagney & Lacey. She appeared in films Daniel (1983), Amadeus (1984), The Deliberate Stranger (1986) and Lady in White (1988).
In 1990, Zohar returned to Israel for starring as a stage actress Laura Adler in the drama film Laura Adler's Last Love Affair directed by Avraham Heffner.[4][5] She received Awards of the Israeli Film Academy for Best Actress for her performance.[6][7] The following year she returned to US and began appearing in supporting roles in films such as Final Analysis (1992), Waterworld (1995) and television series Thirtysomething, ER, Any Day Now and most notable 1997 episode of 7th Heaven playing the holocaust survivor.[8]
In 2009, Zohar played another leading role in the Israeli drama film, Mrs. Moskowitz and the Cats receiving Jerusalem Film Festival Award for Best Actress and the Ophir Award for Best Actress nomination [1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "אתר הארץ חסום - חדשות, ידיעות מהארץ והעולם - עיתון הארץ".
- ^ "THHP Questions: Rita Zohar". phdn.org.
- ^ http://www.holocaust-history.org/questions/zohar-rita.shtml
- ^ Shen, Ted (26 October 1985). "Laura Adler's Last Love Affair". Chicago Reader.
- ^ "Laura Adler's Last Love Affair".
- ^ https://israelfilmacademy.co.il/?item=1988§ion=224
- ^ https://jewishvideo.com/shop/ols/products/laura-adlers-last-love-affair
- ^ Margulies, Lee (19 April 1998). "The Holocaust hits home on '7th Heaven'; getting 'Goosebumps' in a big way; save trees, save a teen". Los Angeles Times.
External links
[edit]- Rita Zohar at IMDb
- 1944 births
- Living people
- People from Balta, Ukraine
- Israeli film actresses
- Israeli television actresses
- Israeli people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
- Israeli emigrants to the United States
- Soviet emigrants to Israel
- Soviet Holocaust survivors
- Ophir Award winners
- 20th-century Israeli actresses
- 21st-century Israeli actresses
- 20th-century Israeli Jews
- 21st-century Israeli Jews