Biography
Gila Almagor Agmon (Hebrew: גילה אלמגור אגמון; born Gila Alexandrowitz; July 22, 1939) is an Israeli actress, film star, and author. In Israel, she is known as "queen of the Israeli cinema and theatre". Gila Alexandrowitz (Almagor) was born in Petah Tikva to Jewish emigrant parents from Europe. Her German-Jewish father Max Alexandrowitz was killed by an Arab sniper while working as a policeman in Haifa four months before she was born. Her mother Chaya was from a Polish Orthodox Jewish family. Almagor grew up caring for her mother, who was slowly losing her sanity after realising that all her family in Europe had been murdered in the Holocaust. When her mother was institutionalized in 1954, Almagor was sent to Hadassim youth village.
Two years later, she moved to Tel Aviv, rented a room near Habima Theatre, and applied to acting school. Although she was underage, she was accepted.
At the age of 17, Almagor debuted in Habima's production of The Skin of Our Teeth. Her autobiographical books Summer of Aviya and Under the Domim Tree were both made into films, with Almagor playing her own mother. She was married to Yaakov Agmon, former director of the Habima Theatre, until his death in 2020. They have two children.
Filmography
all 54
Movies 48
TV Shows 6
self 1
שקופים (2021)
Rehearsals (2020)
Esau (2019)
Nehama (2019)
Mossad (2019)
Voice Over (2018)
Antenna (2016)
Sisters (2016)
Fever at Dawn (2015)
Fire Birds (2015)
Love Letter to Cinema (2014)
Hora 79 (2013)
The Debt (2007)
The Shelter (2007)
Three Mothers (2006)
Tied Hands (2006)
Munich (2005)
BeTipul (2005)
Riki Riki (2005)
The Gospel According to God (2004)
Our song (2004)
In Search of Peace (2001)
Dangerous Acts (1998)
Passover Fever (1995)
Sh'Chur (1994)
Under The Domim Tree (1994)
Life According To Agfa (1992)
Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levis Story (1991)
The Rose Garden (1989)
Aviya's Summer (1988)
Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986)
A Woman Called Golda (1982)
Dead End Street (1982)
First Love (1982)
A Thin Line (1980)
My Mother the General (1980)
Hide and Seek (1980)
Save the Lifeguard (1977)
Operation Thunderbolt (1977)
The Spy Who Never Was (1976)
The House on Chelouche Street (1973)
Escape to the Sun (1972)
The Highway Queen (1971)
Death of a Jew (1970)
Siege (1969)
Ervinka (1967)
Haminiyah Leretzach (1966)
Trunk to Cairo (1966)
Fortuna (1966)
Sallah (1964)
El Dorado (1963)
Give Me Ten Desperate Men (1962)
What a Gang (1962)
Burning Sands (1960)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1939-07-22 (84 years old)
Birth Nameגילה אלכסנדרוביץ
Birth PlacePetah Tikva, Israel
SpouseYaakov Agmon
CitizenshipsIsrael
Also Known Asגילה אלמגור, Гила Альмагор
AwardsOphir Award for lifetime achievement, honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University, Israel Prize
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