Lea Koenig

Lea Koenig

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1929-11-30 (95 years old)

Biography

Lea Koenig (or Lia Koenig; Hebrew: ליא קניג; born Lea Kamien; 30 November 1929) is an Israeli actress, nicknamed The First Lady of Israeli Theatre. Lea Koenig was born in 1929 in Łódź, Poland, to a secular Jewish family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Her parents were the Yiddish actors Dina and Józef Kamień. She spent her childhood in Poland, then in Tashkent, in the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. Her father was murdered in the Holocaust. In the end of the 1940s, Lea Koenig with her mother emigrated to Romania, where she began studying at National University of Arts in Bucharest and debuted at Jewish Theatre. In 1961, she emigrated to Israel.

Primarily acting in Hebrew, Koenig performs in Israel and all over the world also in Yiddish theaters. She speaks English, Hebrew, German, Polish, Romanian, Russian and Yiddish.

Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1929-11-30 (95 years old)

Birth Place
Łódź, Poland

Religion
Judaism

Height

Mother
Dina Koenig

Citizenships
Israel

Residences
Israel, Israel

Awards
Officer of the Order of the Star of Romania, Rosenblum Prize for the Performing Arts, The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture, Israel Prize

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