Actress, Model, Singer. Her exotic beauty and stardom in European cinema allowed for her to venture to Hollywood, where she achieved sex-symbol status in several features during the 1960s. Born Daliah Lewinbuk (some sources state year of birth as 1940) in Moshav Shavei Zion, Palestine to a Russian father and a German mother, she spent several years living on an Israeli kibbutz after the establishment of Israel. She studied ballet at the Royal Opera House in Stockholm, Sweden for which led to her motion picture debut in the Swedish film "The People of Hemso" (1955). It is widely believed that while filming "The Juggler" (1953) in Israel, Kirk Douglas spotted Daliah and arranged for her to study ballet. After this experience, she returned to Israel, where she made a name for herself as a model. She began to appear in films in her native Israel, followed by France, Germany and Italy, prior to distinguishing herself in the Kirk Douglas picture "Two Weeks in Another Town" (1962), for which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination. This was followed with "The Whip and the Body" (1963), for which starred Christopher Lee, the Dean Martin 'Matt Helm' film "The Silencers" (1966), "The Spy with the Cold Nose" (1966), "Casino Royale" (1967), "Nobody Runs Forever" (1968) and "Catlow" (1971). She retired from films during the early 1970s and would go on to a successful singing career in Germany, as she recorded numerous albums.
Actress, Model, Singer. Her exotic beauty and stardom in European cinema allowed for her to venture to Hollywood, where she achieved sex-symbol status in several features during the 1960s. Born Daliah Lewinbuk (some sources state year of birth as 1940) in Moshav Shavei Zion, Palestine to a Russian father and a German mother, she spent several years living on an Israeli kibbutz after the establishment of Israel. She studied ballet at the Royal Opera House in Stockholm, Sweden for which led to her motion picture debut in the Swedish film "The People of Hemso" (1955). It is widely believed that while filming "The Juggler" (1953) in Israel, Kirk Douglas spotted Daliah and arranged for her to study ballet. After this experience, she returned to Israel, where she made a name for herself as a model. She began to appear in films in her native Israel, followed by France, Germany and Italy, prior to distinguishing herself in the Kirk Douglas picture "Two Weeks in Another Town" (1962), for which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination. This was followed with "The Whip and the Body" (1963), for which starred Christopher Lee, the Dean Martin 'Matt Helm' film "The Silencers" (1966), "The Spy with the Cold Nose" (1966), "Casino Royale" (1967), "Nobody Runs Forever" (1968) and "Catlow" (1971). She retired from films during the early 1970s and would go on to a successful singing career in Germany, as she recorded numerous albums.
Bio by: C.S.
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