Shlomo Bar-Shavit
Shlomo Bar-Shavit | |
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שלמה בר-שביט | |
Born | Shlomo Friedman December 7, 1928 |
Died | September 8, 2019 | (aged 90)
Occupations |
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Years active | 1947–2019 |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Shlomo Elyashiv (great-grandfather) |
Shlomo Bar-Shavit (Hebrew: שלמה בר-שביט; December 7, 1928 – September 8, 2019) was an Israeli actor, voice actor and theatre director.[1]
Biography
Born in Jerusalem, his father was a construction worker and his mother, who was the granddaughter of Shlomo Elyashiv, was a nurse at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center. When Bar-Shavit was four years old, he was abandoned by his parents after they separated and he spent a majority of his childhood in 13 different foster institutions. At the age of nine, Bar-Shavit wanted to become an actor after witnessing a play that one of the foster homes organised and he got his first experience as a stage actor at the Habima Theatre in Tel Aviv in the late 1940s.[2]
In 1948, Bar-Shavit enlisted in the
In cinema and television, Bar-Shavit made his debut screen appearance in the 1964 film Bring the Girls to Eilat. He also starred in the 1970 film
In 2001, Bar-Shavit released an autobiography. Three years later, a documentary was released detailing his life.
Personal life
Bar-Shavit was married and had one son and two daughters. He and his family resided in Tel Aviv.
Death
On September 8, 2019, Bar-Shavit died in Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center from complications of pneumonia at the age of 90.[5] Prior to his death, he was confined to a wheelchair and was battling a variety of health issues, including Parkinson's disease.[6]
References
- ^ Shlomo Bar-Shavit’s filmography (in Hebrew)
- ^ "אין קץ לילדות של בר-שביט" (in Hebrew). Makorrishon. 23 January 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "Israel's most prolific actor: 'The synagogue of the Zionists was the theatre'". The Guardian. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ השחקן שלמה בר שביט הלך לעולמו בגיל 90 (in Hebrew)
- ^ "השחקן שלמה בר שביט הלך לעולמו" (in Hebrew). Ynet. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "השחקן שלמה בר שביט, מוותיקי הבימה, מת בגיל 90" (in Hebrew). Haaretz. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
External links
Media related to Shlomo Bar-Shavit at Wikimedia Commons
- Shlomo Bar-Shavit at IMDb
- Shlomo Bar-Shavit at Behind The Voice Actors