Dina Peskin, known professionally as Dina Doron and Dina Doronne, (

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: דינה דורון; born 15 March 1940) is an Israeli film and stage actress.

Biography

Doron was born in

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, Israel on 15 March 1940 to Zivia and Emanuel Peskin. Doron is

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. She has often portrayed Jewish women throughout her career. She moved to New York to study theatre and dance in the 1950s. She trained in

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at the

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. Her American theatre debut was on

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in the play ''

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''. She went on to have a career as a film actress, starring in Israeli and French films including ''

The Faithful City ''The Faithful City'' is a 1952 American drama film directed by Józef Lejtes and written by Józef Lejtes and Ben Barzman. The film stars Jamie Smith, Ben Josef, John Slater, Rahel Marcus, Dina Doron and Didi Ramati. The film was released on Apr ...

'', '' The Glass Cage'', ''

Late Marriage ''Late Marriage'' ( he, חתונה מאוחרת, ''Hatuna Meuheret'') is a 2001 Israeli film directed by Dover Kosashvili. The film centers on Zaza (Lior Ashkenazi, in his breakthrough role), the 31-year-old child of tradition-minded Georgian Je ...

'', and ''

A Tale of Love and Darkness ''A Tale of Love and Darkness'' ( he, סיפור על אהבה וחושך ''Sipur al ahava ve choshech'') is a memoir by the Israeli author Amos Oz, first published in Hebrew in 2002. The book has been translated into 28 languages and over a m ...

''. Doron returned to the stage in 2016 to portray Billy Elliot's grandmother in ''

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'' at the Cinema City Gelilot Complex in Israel. In 2017 she voiced the role, both speaking and singing, of Mamá Coco in

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's Hebrew version of the digitally animated film '' Coco''. As part of the cast of Coco, she sang on the Hebrew version of the track '' Remember Me'', which won

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at the

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in 2018. She was cast in the 2020

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original miniseries '' Unorthodox'', which premiered on 26 March 2020.

Personal life

Doron married Serbian film producer

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in 1964. They have two children,

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and Ruth Eldad-Seidne. Her son is an Israeli government official and lawyer.

Stage

* ''

'' as

(1956) * ''

'' as Billy Elliot's grandmother (2016)

Filmography

* ''

'' (1952) as Anna * '' The Glass Cage'' (1965) as Sonia * ''Sinaia'' (1966) as Bedouin Woman * ''

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'' (1973) as

Jochebed According to the Bible, Jochebed (; hbo, יוֹכֶבֶד, translit=Yōḵeḇeḏ, lit=YHWH is glory) was a daughter of Levi and mother of Miriam, Aaron and Moses. She was the wife of Amram, as well as his aunt. No details are given concerning h ...

* ''

Jesus Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...

'' (1979) as Saint Elizabeth * ''The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis'' (1979) as

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* ''

A Thousand Little Kisses ''A Thousand Little Kisses'' ( he, אלף נשיקות קטנות, translit. Elef Nishikot K'tanot) is a 1981 Israeli drama film written and directed by Mira Recanati. The film was selected as the Israeli entry for the Best Foreign Languag ...

'' (1981) as Routa * ''Ha-Shiga'on Hagadol'' (1986) as Nurse Hava * ''

'' (2001) as Luba * '' The Galilee Eskimos'' (2006) as Fanny * ''

You Don't Mess with the Zohan ''You Don't Mess with the Zohan'' is a 2008 American satirical action comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan, written by Adam Sandler, Robert Smigel, and Judd Apatow, and produced by Sandler, Smigel, and Jack Giarraputo. The film stars Sandler in th ...

''r (2008) as Mrs. Dvir, Zohan's mothe * ''

'' (2015) as Grandma Klausner * ''

Holy Lands ''Holy Lands'' is a 2017 French-Belgian comedy-drama film written and directed by Amanda Sthers and starring James Caan, Tom Hollander, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Rosanna Arquette, Efrat Dor and Patrick Bruel. It is based on Sthers' novel ''Les Ter ...

'' (2017) as Mrs. Lapierre * '' Coco'' (Hebrew Version) (2017) as Mamá Coco (voice) * '' Unorthodox'' (2020, TV Mini Series) as Bubbe, Esty's grandmother

External links

Dina Doron IMDB

References

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