Hanna Rieber ( he, חנה ריבר; 28 January 1927 – 9 September 2014) was a Romanian-born Israeli actress of stage, screen and television. She performed on stage at the
Haifa Municipal Theatre, the
Orna Porat Children's Theater, the
Beersheba Theater
The Beersheba Theater (תיאטרון באר שבע) is a theater located in Beersheba, Israel.
History
The Beersheba Theater was established by actresses Naomi Blumenthal and Margalit Stander during Eliyahu Nawi's tenure as mayor of Beersheb ...
(of which the latter three she co-established) and the
Yiddishpiel. Rieber was awarded the Fringe Lifetime Achievement Award by the Golden Hedgehog Association for her work and contribution to the non-institutional theater field in 2013.
Biography
Rieber was born in Romania on 28 January 1927.
She had one brother.
Rieber began her career in acting at the
Bucharest Yiddish Studio Theater from which she would later graduate.
There, she had roles in ''The Threepenny Opera
''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, ''The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François Villon, with music ...
'' and ''The Diary of Anne Frank
''The Diary of a Young Girl'', also known as ''The Diary of Anne Frank'', is a book of the writings from the Dutch-language diary kept by Anne Frank while she was in hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherl ...
'' and earned the National Award for Acting as a result. In 1963, Rieber emigrated to Israel when she was at the age of 37.[
She was a co-founder of the Haifa Municipal Theatre, the Orna Porat Children's Theater and the ]Beersheba Theater
The Beersheba Theater (תיאטרון באר שבע) is a theater located in Beersheba, Israel.
History
The Beersheba Theater was established by actresses Naomi Blumenthal and Margalit Stander during Eliyahu Nawi's tenure as mayor of Beersheb ...
, and also acted at the same establishments. Rieber also acted in various other theatres that were either small or institutionalised across Israel such as the library theatre.[ At the Haifa Municipal Theatre, she performed such roles in the plays '']The Rose Tattoo
''The Rose Tattoo'' is a three-act play written by Tennessee Williams in 1949 and 1950; after its Chicago premiere on December 29, 1950, he made further revisions to the play for its Broadway premiere on February 2, 1951, and its publication by ...
'' by Tennessee Williams
Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the thre ...
and 's ''Parcels from America'',[ ''Sodom and Gomorrah'', '']Pygmalion
Pygmalion or Pigmalion may refer to:
Mythology
* Pygmalion (mythology), a sculptor who fell in love with his statue
Stage
* ''Pigmalion'' (opera), a 1745 opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau
* ''Pygmalion'' (Rousseau), a 1762 melodrama by Jean-Jacques ...
'', ''Peter Pan
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'', ''Uncle Vanya
''Uncle Vanya'' ( rus, Дя́дя Ва́ня, r=Dyádya Ványa, p=ˈdʲædʲə ˈvanʲə) is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1898, and was first produced in 1899 by the Moscow Art Theatre under the direct ...
'',[ '']Richard III
Richard III (2 October 145222 August 1485) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. His defeat and death at the Battl ...
'' and ''Hedda Gabler
''Hedda Gabler'' () is a play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The world premiere was staged on 31 January 1891 at the Residenztheater in Munich. Ibsen himself was in attendance, although he remained back-stage. The play has been can ...
'' among others.[ Rieber performed in the plays '']Tales from the Vienna Woods
"Tales from the Vienna Woods" (german: "Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald", links=no, italic=no, occasionally ) is a waltz by Johann Strauss II.
Composed in 1868 in music, 1868, , Opus number, Op. 325, was one of six Viennese waltzes by Johann Stra ...
'', ''Drums in the Night
''Drums in the Night'' (''Trommeln in der Nacht'') is a play by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht. Brecht wrote it between 1919 and 1920, and it received its first theatrical production in 1922. It is in the Expressionist style of Ernst Toll ...
'', ''Hunting Pictures'', ''Mephisto'' and ''Poetry,'' and ''Juno and the Paycock
''Juno and the Paycock'' is a play by Seán O'Casey. Highly regarded and often performed in Ireland, it was first staged at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 1924. It is set in the working-class tenements of Dublin in the early 1920s, during the Ir ...
'' at the Beer Sheva Municipal Theatre. She also had roles in the plays ''Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
''Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' (, translated as ''The Bourgeois Gentleman'', ''The Middle-Class Aristocrat'', or ''The Would-Be Noble'') is a five-act ''comédie-ballet'' – a Play (theatre), play intermingled with music, dance and singing – wri ...
'' and ''Conversations with My Father
''Conversations with My Father'' is a play by Herb Gardner. The play, which ran on Broadway in 1992 to 1993, was a finalist for the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Overview
The play focuses on Eddie Ross (born Goldberg), who is a Russian immigran ...
'' at the Beit Lessin Theater
Beit Lessin Theater ( he, תיאטרון בית ליסין, translit: ''Teatron Bet Lessin'') is a theater in Tel Aviv, Israel.
History
The theater was established in 1980 by Yaakov Agmon for the Histadrut.
Over the years the theater has shown ov ...
.[ Rieber also performed at the Yiddishpiel, having roles in ''Sweet Days of Winter'', ''The Enchanted Tailor'', '']8 Women
''8 Women'' (french: 8 femmes) is a 2002 dark comedy musical film written and directed by François Ozon. Based on the 1958 play by Robert Thomas, it features an ensemble cast of high-profile French actresses that includes Catherine Deneuve, Is ...
'' and '' It's Hard to be a Jew'' among others.[ At the Children's and Youth Theater she starred in the plays ''Sarah, the Heroine of Nili'',][ ''The Magic Peacock'' and ''Gan Dror'' as well as having roles in '' True West'', ''Whale Song'', and ''The Gobler'' at the Library Theatre.][
Rieber also had roles in cinema and television.][ She played the role of Mrs. Zimmerman in the 1972 film ', Anita in ' in 1975, the grocery store owner in ' in 1981, the buyer in the following year's film ', ''Kayitz Etzel Erika'' in 1992, Vania in the 1995 television series ' and the 1995 film '.][ Rieber has a guest role in the 1999 television series ''Tironoot'',][ and as a grandmother in the 2005 ]Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...
winning entrant, the student film '.[ In 2009, she played the role of the comfort in the film '.][ The following year, Rieber was in the television series ' and ' and was cast as Mrs. Trachtenberg for the 2012 sitcom '']Bnot HaZahav
Bnot HaZahav ( he, בנות הזהב) is an Israeli sitcom, based on the NBC sitcom '' The Golden Girls'' by Susan Harris. The series stars Hana Laszlo, Miki Kam, Tiki Dayan, and Rivka Michaeli.
Plot
The series follows four seniors, who share a ...
''. The next year, she played Malka Shtisel in the first season of the television drama ''Shtisel
''Shtisel'' () is an Israeli television drama series about a fictional Haredi ("ultra-Orthodox" Jewish) family living in Geula, Jerusalem. Created and written by Ori Elon and Yehonatan Indursky, the series premiered on 29 June 2013 on yes Oh. It ...
''. In 2014, Rieber had roles in as Miriam, Ruhama in ''The Farewell Party
''The Farewell Party'' ( he, מיתה טובה ''Mita Tova'') is a 2014 Israeli drama film about the use of a euthanasia device, directed by Tal Granit and Sharon Maymon. It was nominated for the Ophir Award for Best Film. The film was screened ...
'', Bird in ''Hanna's Journey'' the grandmother in ''Grounded'' and in ''Atlit
Atlit ( he, עַתְלִית, ar, عتليت) is a coastal town located south of Haifa, Israel. The community is in the Hof HaCarmel Regional Council in the Haifa District of Israel.
Off the coast of Atlit is a submerged Neolithic village. Atli ...
''. Her final film role was playing the role of Hanga in the 2015 production ''Everything Else''. She was a member of and was on the council of the . Rieber received the Fringe Lifetime Achievement Award by the Golden Hedgehog Association for her work and contribution to the non-institutional theatre field in 2013.[
]
Personal life
On the morning of 9 September 2014, Rieber died at her home in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
.[ She was given a funeral at one day later.][
]
References
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1927 births
2014 deaths
Actresses from Tel Aviv
20th-century Israeli actresses
21st-century Israeli actresses
Romanian emigrants to Israel
Israeli people of Romanian-Jewish descent
Israeli stage actresses
Israeli film actresses
Israeli television actresses