Miri Aloni ( he, מירי אלוני; born December 25, 1949) is an

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singer and actress.

Biography

Aloni was born in

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. Aloni enlisted into the

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in 1968, serving in the

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band. In the seventies and eighties she played in various bands, including ''Apocolypse'', and had major roles in several movies and TV series'. She was married to Samuel Omni. Minutes before Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was murdered at a

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in November 1995, Miri Aloni sang the Israeli pop song

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(Song for Peace). She lived in Germany from 1999 to 2002. In 2006,

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made a video of her life: ''Singing to Oblivion – The Story of Miri Aloni''. In later years, she was known for her street performances at

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Filmography

* ''Smart Gamaliel'' (1973) * ''Marriage Made in London'' (1979) * ''Silent Love'' (1982) * ''Ahava Ilimeth'' (1985)

Recordings

* "Mona Lisa of the Twentieth Century" (1973) * "Women from Brecht" * "Drop of Love (Ahava peep)" (1987) * "A Little Bit of Love" (2002)

External links

*
Song list (in Hebrew)

Jewish Journal.com
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