Haya Harareet

Haya Harareet
חיה הררית
Harareet in 1960
Born
Haya Neuberg

(1931-09-20)20 September 1931
Haifa, British Mandate of Palestine (now in Israel)
Died3 February 2021(2021-02-03) (aged 89)
Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England
Other namesHaya Hararit
Haya Harareet-Clayton
OccupationsActress, screenwriter
Years active1955–1974
Spouses
Nachman Zerwanitzer
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(divorced)​
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(m. 1984; died 1995)​

Haya Harareet (Hebrew: חיה הררית; 20 September 1931 – 3 February 2021) was an Israeli actress and screenwriter. She made her film acting debut in Hill 24 Doesn't Answer (1955), Israel's first feature length film. One of her major film roles was playing Esther, Ben Hur's love interest in the 1959 Hollywood-made film Ben-Hur.In signing a multi-year contract with MGM, she became the first Israeli actress attached to the Hollywood studio system.

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