Daliah Lavi – born Daliah Lewinbuk on October 12, 1942, in Shavei Tzion, Israel
– was a schlager singer, actress, and model. In 1952, she met legendary actor
Kirk Douglas while he was filming in Israel, and she explained to him that she
wanted to be a dancer. Douglas persuaded her parents to send her to study ballet
in Stockholm, Sweden. She appeared in her first film, Hemsöborna, in 1955.
Relocating back to Israel, her acting career took off in 1960 and she appeared
in many European and American productions. In 1962, she appeared with Kirk
Douglas in the film Two Weeks in Anothe...