Miri Shilon (born 19 June 1954) is an Israeli actress, television personality, journalist, producer and editor.
Biography
Miriam Tzivion (later Miri Shilon) was born and raised in
Kfar Shmuel
Kfar Shmuel ( he, כְּפַר שְׁמוּאֵל, ''lit.'' Shmuel Village) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah around six kilometres south of Ramle, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In , it had a po ...
. She travelled to US and met a fellow Israeli television personality and journalist
Dan Shilon in
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
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when Dan Shilon was married and worked as a reporter for the
Israel Broadcasting Authority
The Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA; ) was Israel's public broadcaster from 1948 to 2017.
History
The Israel Broadcasting Authority was an outgrowth of the radio station ''Kol Yisrael'', which made its first broadcast as an independent st ...
. She was a member of the Defense Ministry's delegation to the US government at that time.
In 2005, Dan Shilon divorced his first wife and married Miri. They have two children;
Adi and Dafna. The couple divorced in 2012.
Media career
The couple hosted a television programme together after their marriage. Shilon also acted in a TV series, titled ''City Tower'' in 2001.
Her role as ''Miri Shilon'' was played by a fellow Israeli actress,
Michal Yannai
Michal Yannai (or Yanai, he, מיכל ינאי; born 18 June 1972) is an Israeli actress.
Early and personal life
Yannai was born and raised in Ramat Gan to a family of Jewish background.
In 2003, Yanai married Israeli businessman Ofer Resle ...
in an Israeli comical musical telenova ''
HaShir Shelanu
''HaShir Shelanu'' ( he, השיר שלנו, lit. ''Our Song'') was an Israeli daily comical musical telenovela starring Ninet Tayeb that took place for four seasons on the yes-5 Israeli Movie Channel (Arutz Ha'kolnoa Hayisraeli) and repeating o ...
'' based on episodes from Shilon's life.
See also
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Television in Israel
Television in Israel refers to television broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution (business), distribution of sound, audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic medium (communication), mass communications medium, but ...
References
External links
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1954 births
Living people
Israeli television actresses
Israeli journalists
Israeli television personalities
Israeli people of Romanian-Jewish descent