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Arieh Elias (; 1 April 1921 – 7 May 2015) was an Israeli actor.


Biography

Arieh Elias was born in
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. In 1941, he was the first Jew to be accepted to the drama faculty of Baghdad's Academy of Fine Arts. Elias
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to
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in 1947. He joined the
Palmach The Palmach (Hebrew: , acronym for , ''Plugot Maḥatz'', "Strike Phalanges/Companies") was the elite combined strike forces and sayeret unit of the Haganah, the paramilitary organization of the Yishuv (Jewish community) during the period of th ...
and fought in the War of Independence. At first he had trouble finding work as an actor due to his pronounced Arabic accent, but his popularity grew after playing the lead in the Israeli film ''HaYeled Me'ever LaRechov'' (The Boy Across The Street) in 1965.


Acting and film career

In the early 1960s, he directed the theater troupe of the Frank Sinatra Center in
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, staging Jean d'Arc, Nasser Aladdin and Majnun Night for El-Hadit Theater. Elias appeared in more than thirty films from 1954 to 2006. In 2013, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Israeli Artists’ Association.Beloved actor Arieh Elias dies at 94
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Filmography


See also

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Theater of Israel The culture of Israel is closely associated with Jewish culture and rooted in the Jewish history of the Jewish diaspora, diaspora and Zionism, Zionist movement. It has also been influenced by Arab culture and the history and traditions of the Ara ...
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Cinema of Israel Cinema of Israel () refers to film production in Israel since its founding in 1948. Most Israeli films are produced in Hebrew, but there are productions in other languages such as Arabic and English. Israel has been nominated for more Academ ...
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History of the Jews in Iraq The history of the Jews in Iraq (, ', ; , ) is documented from the time of the Babylonian captivity . Iraqi Jews constitute one of the world's oldest and most historically significant Jewish communities. The Jewish community in Mesopotamia, kn ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elias, Arieh 1921 births 2015 deaths Actors from Baghdad Members of Aliyah Bet Israeli male film actors Israeli male television actors Israeli male stage actors Israeli people of Iraqi-Jewish descent Israeli military personnel of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War Ophir Award winners Iraqi emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Iraqi Jews in Israel Jewish Israeli male actors Burials at Menucha Nechona Cemetery 20th-century Israeli male actors 21st-century Israeli male actors 20th-century Israeli Jews 21st-century Israeli Jews 20th-century Iraqi Jews 21st-century Iraqi Jews