Lea Koenig

Lea Koenig (Hebrew: ליא קניג‎; born 30 November 1929) is an Israeli theatre actress of Polish descent,[1] nicknamed The First Lady of Israeli Theatre.[2]

Lea Koenig
Lea Koenig in 2013
Born
Lea Kamień

(1929-11-30) 30 November 1929
Łódź, Poland
Alma materBucharest National University of Arts
OccupationActress
Years active1948-present

Biography

Lea Koenig was born in 1929 in Łódź, Poland, to a Polish Jewish family, the daughter of the Yiddish actors Dina and Józef Kamień.[1] She spent her childhood in Poland, then in Tashkent, in the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. Her father was murdered in the Holocaust. In the end of the 1940s, Lea Koenig with her mother emigrated to Romania, where she began studying at National University of Arts in Bucharest and debuted at Jewish Theatre.[3]

In 1961, she emigrated to Israel.

Primarily acting in Hebrew, Koenig performs in Israel and all over the world also in Yiddish theaters.[4] She speaks English, Hebrew, German, Polish, Romanian, Russian and Yiddish.

Awards and honors
  • In 1987, Koenig was awarded the Israel Prize for acting.[5]
  • Both the Tel-Aviv University and Bar-Ilan University have conferred on her Honorary Doctorates.
  • In 2012 got the EMET Prize for art and culture

See also

References
  1. Official website; Parents (hebrew) Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Shalom - “I.B. SINGER’S WARSAW” OF WARSAW JEWISH CULTURAL FESTIVAL Archived 2012-03-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Biography in hebrew Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Biography Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1987 (in Hebrew)". Retrieved 2009-07-03.
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