Rama Messinger

Rama Messenger ( he, רמה מסינגר‎; September 3, 1968 – August 18, 2015) was an Israeli actress, voice actress and singer.

Biography

Messinger was born and raised in Ramat Ef'al, Israel. She was named after her maternal uncle, Rami Gil (Mogilnik) who was an Israeli Air Force pilot who fell a year before she was born. She studied at the Thelma Yellin High School of Performing Arts. In the Israel Defense Forces, 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 theaters across Israel, but mainly at the national theater Habima, 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 she performed in ''Amadeus'' and ''Iluf Hasoreret''. At Beersheba Theater 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 orchestras such as the Holon Jazz Orchestra, with the Israeli Symphonic Orchestra of Rishon LeZion and the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center in the concert ''Chansons'', with the Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra in ''The Seven Sins'' as part of the Israel Festival, and with the Israel Broadcasting Authority 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 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, 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'' 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 in Disney's ''Aladdin'' film series (''Aladdin, The Return of Jafar, Aladdin and the King of Thieves''). In 1997, she performed the same role in Disney's television series ''Aladdin'', and the role of Kayley from the movie ''Quest for Camelot''. In 1996, she performed the role of Andy's mother from the ''Toy Story'' films, and played Calimero's mother in the television series ''Calimero'', Ariel in ''The Little Mermaid'' (replacing Shlomit Aharon), Rosie from ''A Bug's Life'' and the speaking voice of Pocahontas in '' Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World''.

In 2000, Messinger voiced Ariel in '' The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea'' and Moominmamma in the television show ''Moomin''. In 2001, she voiced Celia in ''Monsters, Inc.'' and voiced Dory in ''Finding Nemo'' in 2003. In 2004, she voiced the Fairy Godmother in ''Shrek 2'', and Grace the Cow in ''Home on the Range''.

In 2007 she played Ella from ''Happily N'Ever After''. In 2010 she reprised Andy's mother in ''Toy Story 3'', 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''.Profile
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Death

On 18 August 2015, Messinger died of cancer at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, aged 46. She lived at the moshav Bnei Atarot, was married to composer and artist Aric Avigdor, and had three children.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Messinger, Rama
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