Haya Harareet
Birthday: 20 September 1931, Haifa, Palestine
Birth Name: Haya Neuberg
Born in Palestine before the inception of the Israeli state in the city of Haifa, she first distinguished herself by winning one of the first beauty contests in the nascent Israel. Haya Harareet (also ...Show More
[on being typecast] I am not Esther of Ben-Hur (1959). I am an actress who played the part of Esther Show more
[on being typecast] I am not Esther of Ben-Hur (1959). I am an actress who played the part of Esther. But that doesn't mean I have to go on playing Esther for the rest of my life. Hide
MGM treated me as a father would have treated me. I was well taken care of. But I was not allowed to Show more
MGM treated me as a father would have treated me. I was well taken care of. But I was not allowed to grow up. They could think of me only in terms of Biblical pictures. Other studios did not know me as a person, so they thought of me in the same way. Hide
[on success] Of course there is always fate, but I think there is more hard work and good judgment i Show more
[on success] Of course there is always fate, but I think there is more hard work and good judgment in good luck than most people realize. Hide
[1962] I would like to make a picture with a very good director. Films are really a director's mediu Show more
[1962] I would like to make a picture with a very good director. Films are really a director's medium. But good directors seem to be rare these days. Hide
It was quite a triumph to return to London four years later as the star of Ben-Hur (1959). My bathro Show more
It was quite a triumph to return to London four years later as the star of Ben-Hur (1959). My bathroom at the Claridges Hotel was much larger than my old bedroom in the boarding house. Hide
Haya Harareet's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (1)
Haya Harareet'S roles
Esther
