Background
Lavi was born in Shavei Zion, British Mandate of Palestine, to Jewish parents from Germany and Russia.
Lavi was born in Shavei Zion, British Mandate of Palestine, to Jewish parents from Germany and Russia.
She studied ballet in Stockholm, Sweden, where she appeared in her first film Hemsöborna (1955).
Returning to Israel, her career took off in 1960, when she started appearing in a large number of European and American productions. Fluent in several languages, she has also been in German-, French-, Italian-, Spanishand English-language films. Lavi"s film appearances include Vincente Minnelli"s, Mario Bava"s gothic classic Louisiana Frusta e il corpo, or, the role of The Girl in Lord Jim and the first Matt Helm film,, opposite Dean Martin.
However, her best-known role is probably as "The Detainer/007" in.
She recorded German-language covers of Melanie Safka"s Look What They"ve Done to My Song, Ma and Gordon Lightfoot"s If You Could Read My Mind.