Dvora "Debbi" Besserglick (; 19 November 1955 – 10 March 2005) was an Israeli actress and voice actress.

Biography

Born as Dvora Besserglick in

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, Besserglick studied at

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and the Levinsky College of Education. She then went on to become an actress, usually working in the theatre or television. She starred in and even directed theatre adaptions of musical plays such as ''

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'', ''

The Sound of Music ''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, '' The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. ...

'' and ''

West Side Story ''West Side Story'' is a Musical theatre, musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a Book (musical theatre), book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo an ...

'' yet she was also a film and television actress. Her most popular filmography included the 1997 black-comedy film ''The 92 Minutes of Mr. Baum'' and the 1998 film ''

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''. Besserglick also starred in the children's television show '' BeSod HaYinyanim'' in which she appeared in an office sketch with Ruby Porat-Shoval. Besserglick was also successful as a voice actress. She was well known for voicing the

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in the Hebrew dub of the children's animated show ''

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''. She also provided the Hebrew voices of many characters such as Virulina in '' Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light'', Widow Tweed from ''

The Fox and the Hound ''The Fox and the Hound'' is a 1981 American animated buddy drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and loosely based on the 1967 novel of the same name by Daniel P. Mannix. It tells the story of the unlikely friendship between a r ...

'', Grandmother Fa in ''

Mulan II ''Mulan II'' is a 2004 American animated direct-to-video musical adventure film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Disneytoon Studios and distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment. The film was directed by Darrell Rooney and Lynne Southe ...

'', Pearl in ''

Home on the Range "Home on the Range" ( Roud No. 3599) is an American folk song, sometimes called the "unofficial anthem" of the American West. Dr. Brewster M. Higley (also spelled Highley) of Smith County, Kansas, wrote the lyrics as the poem "My Western Hom ...

'', Timon's mother in ''

The Lion King 1½ ''The Lion King 1½'' (known internationally as ''The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata'') is a 2004 American animated direct-to-video musical comedy film directed by Bradley Raymond, produced by Disneytoon Studios and released on February 10, 2004. T ...

'', Mama Gunda in ''

Tarzan II ''Tarzan II'' (also known as ''Tarzan 2'' and ''Tarzan 2: The Legend Begins'') is a 2005 American animated direct-to-video adventure comedy film, and the third Disney's ''Tarzan'' film after '' Tarzan and Jane'', though it chronologically takes ...

'' and many other animated films and cartoons.

Death

Besserglick died of cancer on 10 March 2005, at the age of 49 and she was interred at

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. The Hebrew voice of Arthur Read was passed on to Shiri Gadni.

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