Rama Messenger ( he, רמה מסינגר; September 3, 1968 – August 18, 2015) was an
Israeli
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* Modern Hebrew, a language
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actress, voice actress and singer.
Biography
Messinger was born and raised in Ramat Ef'al,
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. She was named after her maternal uncle, Rami Gil (Mogilnik) who was an
Israeli Air Force
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pilot
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who fell a year before she was born. She studied at the Thelma Yellin High School of Performing Arts. In the
Israel Defense Forces
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, she served in the Southern Command Variety Ensemble. After her discharge, she studied at the
Beit Zvi Acting School.
Theater career
Messinger played important roles in many plays in many
theater
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s across Israel, but mainly at the national theater
Habima
The Habima Theatre ( he, תיאטרון הבימה ''Te'atron HaBima'', lit. "The Stage Theatre") is the national theatre of Israel and one of the first Hebrew language theatres. It is located in Habima Square in the center of Tel Aviv.
History ...
, in plays such as ''Solo, Halon Balahot, Hops Ve Hopale'' (1991), ''Three Sisters, Hamefakeah Ba, Kukuriku, Sirano, Kaner Al Hagag'' (2008), and ''Meshartam Shel Shnei Adonim'' – a role for which Messinger won a Rosenblum Prize for Performing Arts and a Tamara Rubins Prize. At
Haifa Theater
The Haifa Theatre ( he, תיאטרון חיפה; ''Teat'ron Kheifa'') is the first municipal theater company of Haifa, Israel.
Background
Haifa Theater, Israel's first municipal theater, was established by Haifa mayor Abba Hushi. Together with the ...
she performed in ''Amadeus'' and ''Iluf Hasoreret''. At
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 ...
she performed in ''Love Letters'' (2001), and ''Hamafteah Leshnaim''. She also made appearances on ''The Tal and Rama Show''.
Messinger participated in many productions in which she demonstrated her singing abilities. She played the main character in several
musicals, such as Habima Theater's play ''Habarvazon'' (2001), Haifa Theatre's play ''Imra La Dos'', and ''Tslilei Hamusika'' (2005). She also participated in the shows ''Kolot'' and ''Shlosha Beshira Ahat'' in 2008 alongside Dror Keren and Uri Lashman, and in ''Omrim Shehi Cuckoo'' in 2009 alongside Sarit Vino-Elad as part of a fundraising day for the Israeli Women's Network. She performed with many Israeli
orchestra
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There are typically four main sections of instruments:
* bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...
s such as the
Holon
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Jazz Orchestra, with the Israeli Symphonic Orchestra of
Rishon LeZion
Rishon LeZion ( he, רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן , ''lit.'' First to Zion, Arabic: راشون لتسيون) is a city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan ar ...
and the
Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center
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in the concert ''Chansons'', with the
Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra in ''The Seven Sins'' as part of the
Israel Festival
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, and with the
Israel Broadcasting Authority
The Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA; ) was Israel's public broadcaster from 1948 to 2017.
History
The Israel Broadcasting Authority was an outgrowth of the radio station ''Kol Yisrael'', which made its first broadcast as an independent st ...
Orchestra.In 2006, she worked for the first time as a director in the play ''Meorim'', written by Amir Rotem and Yael Neeman for the Pothim Masah festival.
Television career
Messinger took part in many children's television programs. In 1996, she hosted the TV shows ''Shuvo shel Hasharif'', and in 2008 hosted ''Zu Yalduti'', both on the
Hinuchit channel. Later, she hosted ''Malkat Halvavot'' on the Viva channel. She acted in several
comedy
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television programs, such as ''Tsahal 1'' (1997), ''Shtok Show, Shirei Tel'ad, Sefi'', the artistic corner of ''Zehu Ze'', and the drama ''Sex, Lies, and Dinner''. In 2005 she acted in the children's TV series ''Terale's Igloo'' on the HOP Channel, and ''Amaliya's Heart'' on HOT. In 2011, she performed in the daily drama program ''Alifim'' on
Arutz HaYeladim
Arutz HaYeladim ( he, ערוץ הילדים, The Children's Channel; Formerly: Arutz Shesh (ערוץ 6) ''channel 6'') is an Israeli youngster cable television channel owned by RGE, through subsidiary NOGA Communications Limited. It was one of ...
, playing the prime minister's wife and the stepmother of the protagonist of the show ''Rony Metzger''.
In 2000, Messinger performed as an actor and singer on Datya Ben Dor's children's cassette ''Mahsan Hashtuzim Shel Datya'', along with Rami Baruch and Michal Tzafir. Toward the end of 2014, she performed as Iris (the mother of Daniel, played by Ian Pinkovic) in the series ''
North Star
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'' on
YES Disney Channel.
Voice acting career
Messinger provided voice acting for animated films dubbed into Hebrew. Starting in 1993, she performed the role of
Princess Jasmine
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in
Disney
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's ''Aladdin'' film series (''
Aladdin
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,
The Return of Jafar
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,
Aladdin and the King of Thieves''). In 1997, she performed the same role in Disney's television series ''
Aladdin
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'', and the role of Kayley from the movie ''
Quest for Camelot
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''. In 1996, she performed the role of Andy's mother from the ''
Toy Story
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'' films, and played Calimero's mother in the television series ''
Calimero
''Calimero'' is an animated television series about a charming, but hapless anthropomorphized chicken; the only black one in a family of yellow chickens. He wears half of his egg shell still on his head. Calimero originally appeared on th ...
'',
Ariel
Ariel may refer to:
Film and television
*Ariel Award, a Mexican Academy of Film award
* ''Ariel'' (film), a 1988 Finnish film by Aki Kaurismäki
* ''ARIEL Visual'' and ''ARIEL Deluxe'', 1989 and 1991 anime video series based on the novel series ...
in ''
The Little Mermaid
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'' (replacing
Shlomit Aharon), Rosie from ''
A Bug's Life
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'' and the speaking voice of
Pocahontas
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in ''
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World''.
In 2000, Messinger voiced
Ariel
Ariel may refer to:
Film and television
*Ariel Award, a Mexican Academy of Film award
* ''Ariel'' (film), a 1988 Finnish film by Aki Kaurismäki
* ''ARIEL Visual'' and ''ARIEL Deluxe'', 1989 and 1991 anime video series based on the novel series ...
in ''
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea'' and
Moominmamma
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Alicia
( sv, Alissa, fi, Ali ...
in the television show ''
Moomin
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''. In 2001, she voiced Celia in ''
Monsters, Inc.
''Monsters, Inc.'' (also known as ''Monsters, Incorporated'') is a 2001 American computer-animated Monster movie, monster comedy film produced by Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Featuring the voices of John Goodman, B ...
'' and voiced
Dory
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in ''
Finding Nemo
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'' in 2003. In 2004, she voiced the Fairy Godmother in ''
Shrek 2
''Shrek 2'' is a 2004 American computer-animated comedy film loosely based on the 1990 picture book ''Shrek!'' by William Steig, produced by DreamWorks Animation and released by DreamWorks Pictures. The sequel to ''Shrek'' (2001) and the seco ...
'', and Grace the Cow in ''
Home on the Range
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''.
In 2007 she played Ella from ''
Happily N'Ever After
''Happily N'Ever After'' is a 2006 computer-animated family comedy film directed by Paul J. Bolger, produced by John H. Williams, and written by Rob Moreland. It is inspired by fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen and is ...
''. In 2010 she reprised Andy's mother in ''
Toy Story 3
''Toy Story 3'' is a 2010 American computer-animated comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the third installment in the ''Toy Story'' series and the sequel to ''Toy Story 2'' (1999). It was d ...
'', and voiced Kitty Galore in the movie ''
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore''. In 2012, she voiced Sid's grandmother in ''
Ice Age: Continental Drift''. In 2013, she played the role of Ugga from ''
The Croods
''The Croods'' is a 2013 American computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film was written and directed by Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders, and stars the voices of Nicol ...
''.
Profile
edb.co.il; accessed 1 January 2016.
Death
On 18 August 2015, Messinger died of cancer
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at Ichilov Hospital
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center ( he, המרכז הרפואי תל אביב ע"ש סוראסקי; commonly referred to as Ichilov Hospital) is the main hospital complex serving Tel Aviv, Israel and its metropolitan area and the second-largest h ...
in Tel Aviv, aged 46. She lived at the moshav
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Bnei Atarot
Bnei Atarot ( he, בְּנֵי עֲטָרוֹת, ''lit.'' Sons of Atarot) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Yehud, around 15 kilometres east of Tel Aviv, it is situated in fertile plains at the eastern rim of Tel Aviv metropolitan area ...
, was married to composer
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Etymology and Defi ...
and artist Aric Avigdor, and had three children.
Prizes
References
External links
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1968 births
2015 deaths
Beit Zvi School for the Performing Arts alumni
Deaths from cancer in Israel
Israeli stage actresses
Israeli television actresses
Israeli voice actresses
Thelma Yellin High School of Arts alumni
20th-century Israeli actresses
21st-century Israeli actresses
21st-century Israeli women singers