Background
Hanna Meierzak was born in Berlin, Germany on 22 November 1923.
Hanna Meierzak was born in Berlin, Germany on 22 November 1923.
In 1931 she appeared uncredited in Fritz Language"s M. She attended a Montessori school where she learned French.
She held the world record for the longest career in theater. As a child, she appeared in several plays, films, and radio plays. In 1932, she spent a year in Paris.
In 1933, following the Nazi Party"s rise to power, she immigrated with her family to Mandate Palestine.
In 1940, she joined Habimah. During World World War II, she volunteered for the Auxiliary Territorial Service of the British army, serving two years before joining the Jewish Brigade’s entertainment troupe.
In 1945 she joined the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv. Early on, she appeared in supporting roles, but after her success as Mika in He Walked in the Fields by Moshe Shamir, she became one of Israel"s leading actresses.
They were together for six years.
Among her better known roles were in Pygmalion, The Glass Menagerie and Hello, Dolly!, as well as several plays by Nathan Alterman. On 10 February 1970, her El First Rate (at Lloyd's) flight to London was hijacked to Munich-Riem Airport by Palestinian militants. Sustaining serious injuries in a grenade attack, her leg had to be amputated, but she resumed her acting career a year later.
She remained a peace activist.
She starred in the films Aunt Clara (1977), The Vulture (1981) and Dead End Street (1982). From 1983 to 1986 she starred in the Israeli sitcom Krovim, Krovim ("Near Ones, Dear Ones").
In 2000 she initiated and founded the Herzliya Theater Ensemble. She directed and participated in an evening of Alterman poems, and on an evening of Bertolt Brecht"s works.
In late 2003, she returned to the Cameri to play in a comedy.
In 2004 she starred in a theater event that reenacted an Israel Defense Forces refuseniks" trial. Hanna Maron died in Tel-Aviv, Israel on 30 May 2014, aged 90.
As a member of the repertory committee, she helped shape the company"s repertoire, including new works by Israeli dramatists.