Shmuel Wolf ( he, שמואל וולף; February 12, 1934 – February 23, 2019) was an Israeli actor.

Biography

Born in Budapest, Wolf's mother died at a young age and his father, who sold sewing machines, later remarried. Wolf and his stepmother were forced to relocate to the local ghetto during the

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after his father was murdered by members of the Arrow Cross Party. After the ghetto was liberated in 1945, Wolf resided in a

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camp in France from 1948 until emigrating to Israel the following year. He lived in Masu'ot Yitzhak and then Kfar Masaryk. Wolf also served in the

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movement and the

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movement. He moved to Tel Aviv in 1959. From the 1960s onwards, Wolf focused on his career as an actor. He studied acting with

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and he became a regular performer at many theatres which included the Ohel Theatre and the

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. Wolf's most popular stage performances was in Josef Mundy’s play ''It Comes Around'' in which he performed over 2,000 times. On film and television, Wolf made his film debut in '' Sallah Shabati'' starring Chaim Topol. He was also featured in the 1972 film ''

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''. Other films he appeared in included '' Fifty-Fifty'', ''

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'' and '' A Woman Called Golda''. He also made minor appearances in the television shows '' Life is Not Everything'' and ''

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''.

Personal life

Wolf was a longtime partner of the actress and drama teacher Miriam Nevo. In the 1980s, he married the actress Miki Marmur and they had two twin daughters, Roni and Daphne. In 2017, Roni directed a documentary detailing her father's life, which entails aspects such as late fatherhood.

Death

On February 23, 2019, Wolf died in

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in Tel Aviv following a battle with

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at the age of 85. He was buried at Menucha Nechona Cemetery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wolf, Shmuel 1934 births 2019 deaths Male actors from Budapest Male actors from Tel Aviv Hungarian emigrants to Israel Israeli people of Hungarian-Jewish descent Hungarian Jews Jewish Israeli male actors Israeli male stage actors Israeli male television actors Israeli male film actors 20th-century Israeli male actors 21st-century Israeli male actors Neurological disease deaths in Israel Deaths from multiple system atrophy