Adi Lev (; 20 August 1953 – 12 March 2006) was an Israel actress and voice actress.

Biography

Born in Romania, Lev emigrated to Israel with her family at 16 years of age. She studied acting at

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and Beit Zvi. She also went to an acting workshop in

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in the 1970s. Upon her return to Israel, Lev began performing at the

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and the

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where she starred in a theatre adaptation of ''

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''. She also made a collaboration with director Sofia Moskowitz. On screen, Lev was known for working with

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in many of his films and appearing in '' Broken Wings'' and ''The Rubber Merchants''. Since the late 1990s, Lev focused her attention to dubbing. She performed the Hebrew voices of Baba Yaga in ''

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'', Roz in ''

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'', Mrs. Hasagawa in ''

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'', Mrs. Tweedy in ''

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'' and Kala in ''

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''.

Personal life

In 1981, Lev married Romanian musician Peter Wertheimer. They had two children, Alon and Shirley, who is also an actress.

Death

Lev died of

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on 12 March 2006, at the age of 52 after being diagnosed the previous September. She was buried at the Old Cemetery of Herzliya.

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* * 1953 births 2006 deaths Beit Zvi School for the Performing Arts alumni Tel Aviv University alumni Israeli film actresses Israeli stage actresses Israeli television actresses Israeli voice actresses Israeli people of Romanian-Jewish descent Romanian emigrants to Israel Romanian Jews in Israel Jewish Israeli actresses Deaths from cancer in Israel 20th-century Israeli actresses 21st-century Israeli actresses 20th-century Israeli Jews 21st-century Israeli Jews 20th-century Romanian Jews 21st-century Romanian Jews {{Israel-actor-stub