Ruth Sagall

Ruth Sagall
רות סגל
Born(1929-06-09)9 June 1929
Died7 August 2021(2021-08-07) (aged 92)
NationalityIsraeli
OccupationActress
Years active1962–2008
Children2, including Jonathan Sagall

Ruth Sagall (Hebrew: רות סגל‎; 9 June 1929 – 7 August 2021) was a Polish-born Israeli actress of stage, screen and television. She was a member of the Haifa Theatre after joining it in 1962 and played a lead role in some of the plays staged in the theatre. Sagall also played solo in the plays The Woman Destroyed, Available for Proposals and Leah Goes Out on the Street as well as being cast in roles in films and a television programme. In 2002, Sagall authored the book, Goya with Freckles, in which she discusses how she survived the Holocaust.