Lea Koenig
Israeli actress
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::summary Israeli actress ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Lea Koenig |
| native_name | ליא קניג |
| native_name_lang | he |
| image | PikiWiki Israel 50230 lia koenig.jpg |
| caption | Koenig circa 1999 or 2000 |
| birthname | Lea Kamien |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Łódź, Poland |
| nationality | Israeli |
| occupation | Actress |
| yearsactive | 1948–present |
| alma_mater | Bucharest National University of Arts |
| spouse | Zvi Hirshl Stolper |
| :: |
| name = Lea Koenig | native_name = ליא קניג | native_name_lang = he | image = PikiWiki Israel 50230 lia koenig.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Koenig circa 1999 or 2000 | birthname = Lea Kamien | birth_date = | birth_place = Łódź, Poland | nationality = Israeli | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actress | yearsactive = 1948–present | alma_mater = Bucharest National University of Arts | spouse = Zvi Hirshl Stolper | website =
Lea Koenig (or Lia Koenig; ; born Lea Kamien; 30 November 1929) is an Israeli actress, nicknamed The First Lady of Israeli Theatre.
Biography
Lea Koenig was born in 1929 in Łódź, Poland, to a secular Jewish family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Her parents were the Yiddish actors Dina and Józef Kamień. She spent her childhood in Poland, then in Tashkent, in the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. Her father was murdered in the Holocaust. In the end of the 1940s, Lea Koenig with her mother emigrated to Romania, where she began studying at National University of Arts in Bucharest and debuted at Jewish Theatre. In 1961, she emigrated to Israel.
Primarily acting in Hebrew, Koenig performs in Israel and all over the world also in Yiddish theaters. She speaks English, Hebrew, German, Polish, Romanian, Russian and Yiddish.
Awards and honors
- In 1987, Koenig was awarded the Israel Prize for acting.
- Both the Tel Aviv University and Bar-Ilan University have conferred Honorary Doctorates on her.
- In 2012 she received the EMET Prize for art and culture
References
References
- [http://www.leakoenig-stolper.com/parents/index.html Official website; Parents (hebrew)] {{webarchive. link. (2011-07-13)
- link. (2012-03-15)
- [http://www.leakoenig-stolper.com/lea/index.html Biography in hebrew] {{webarchive. link. (2011-07-13)
- [http://www.leakoenig-stolper.com/ Biography] {{webarchive. link. (2011-07-13)
- "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1987 (in Hebrew)".
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