Rolanda Chagrin (born 7 February 1957) is an

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actress and comedian.

Biography

Rolanda Chagrin was born in

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and immigrated to Israel on 1961. Her childhood days she spent in Tel Aviv. Between 1977 and 1981, she studied acting at Tel Aviv University's Faculty for Theater and was cast for mainly dramatic roles, participating in the plays Mahagony, Waiting for Godot,

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and plays by the Israeli playwright,

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. After she completed her studies, she was accepted in 1982 as an actress at the

Neve Tzedek Neve Tzedek ( he, נְוֵה צֶדֶק, נווה צדק, ''lit.'' Abode of Justice) is a neighborhood located in southwestern Tel Aviv, Israel. It was the first Judaism, Jewish neighborhood to be built outside the old city of the ancient port of ...

Theater in Tel Aviv, where she played in "Nashim Mukot", directed by

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. That same year, she met her future husband, the actor

Julian Chagrin Julian Chagrin (born 22 February 1940) is a British-Israeli comedy actor. He is the husband of actress and comedian Rolanda Chagrin. Biography Chagrin was born in London. His father was the composer and conductor Francis Chagrin, who was born t ...

at the Pantomime Festival in

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. Later they toured the world together in a comedy show , appearing in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and Tasmania. Between 1983 and 1987, she participated in the writing, acting and direction of the comical television series "Hatismoret" (The Orchestra), which was awarded a Golden Rose Award (

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). In the Akko festival, she acted in

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's film, "Irit Irit". She also participated in the production of the "Cannon Movie Tales" by

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, and acted in the television shows, The Tzatzkanim ("The RIghteous") and Hopa Hey - a children's programme. During the years 1989-1991 she participated in the cabaret show "Tzitzim". At 1992 she joined the

Cameri Theater The Cameri Theater ( he, התיאטרון הקאמרי, ''HaTeatron HaKameri''), established in 1944 in Tel Aviv, is one of the leading theaters in Israel, and is housed at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center. History The Cameri theater was found ...

in Tel Aviv and was cast in the plays "Rosh Meshuga" ("Crazy Head"), "Mehager over vashav" ("Emigrant over Immigrant", one of several possible translations of this pun in Hebrew), "Mevaker Hamedina" ("The State Comptroller"), "Shivrei Zchuchit" ("Glass Fragments") and "Striptease Acharon" ("The Last Striptease"). Between 2001 and 2006 she performed her solo-act "Rolanda Ad Hasof" ("Rolanda 'Till The End"), and, beginning in 2007, she performed another solo-act - "Rak Al Aztmi Litzhok Yadati...!" ("I Could Laugh Only About My Self ...!")

External links

Official home page, in Hebrew
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chagrin, Rolanda Israeli stage actresses Israeli stand-up comedians Israeli female comedians Israeli television actresses Living people 1957 births People from Tel Aviv Tel Aviv University alumni Romanian emigrants to Israel Israeli people of Romanian-Jewish descent