Haya Harareet

Haya Harareet
Harareet in 1960
Born
Haya Neuberg

(1931-09-20)20 September 1931
Haifa, British Mandatory of Palestine (now in Israel)
Died3 February 2021(2021-02-03) (aged 89)
Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England[1]
NationalityIsraeli
Other namesHaya Hararit
Haya Harareet-Clayton
Occupation(s)Actress, 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[1]) was an Israeli actress and screenwriter. One of her major film roles was playing Esther, Ben Hur's love interest in the 1959 Hollywood-made film Ben-Hur.[2]

  1. ^ a b Anderman, Nirit (3 February 2021). "'Ben-Hur' Star, Israeli Actress Haya Harareet, Dies". Haaretz. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  2. ^ Burton, Alan; O'Sullivan, Tim (2009). The Cinema of Basil Dearden and Michael Relph. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 135–. ISBN 978-0-7486-3289-3 – via Google Books.