Gila Golan (Hebrew: גילה גולן) is an Israeli actress and former model.
Gila Golan | |
|---|---|
 Gila Golan in 1966 (photographer Ron Kroon) | |
| Born | |
| Other names | Gila Rosenhaus Miriam Goldenberg |
| Occupation(s) | Model and actress |
| Years active | 1964–1985 |
| Spouses |
Matthew Bernard Rosenhaus
(m. 1969; died 1980)
|
| Children | 3 |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Major competition(s) | Miss Israel 1960 (1st Runner-Up) Miss World 1960 (1st Runner-Up) |
Early life
editGolan does not know when or where she was born. Her parents were murdered in the Holocaust and she was adopted by Zoshia Zawatcki, who saw her wandering the streets of Kraków.[1][2] She was given the name Zoshia Zavatski by her Polish family and renamed to Mara Goldenberg in Israel.[3] She also used the names Miriam Goldenberg and Gila Goldenberg.[4]
Golan attended a Youth Aliyah boarding school in Aix-les-Bains, France for two years before moving to Israel on January 14, 1948. She worked at a kibbutz for four years.[5][6] Golan was not conscripted into the Israel Defense Forces due to her not knowing her age.[7]
Career
editGolan was spotted by an American photographer and appeared in the Israeli women's magazine LaIsha.[8] In 1960, she was the runner-up for Miss Israel behind Aliza Gur.[9] She placed second in the Miss World 1960 competition[10] and changed her name to Gila Golan to prevent the religiously conservative family she lived with in Tel Aviv from learning about it.[11][12] She was sent to the United States to raise funds after the competition.[13]
In June 1964, Golan signed a contract with Columbia Pictures. Her first role was as Elsa Lutz in Ship of Fools[1] as a replacement for Sabin Singen, who dropped out due to illness.[3] She was given acting lessons by Herbert Berghof.[14] The Hollywood Foreign Press Association selected her to hand out the awards for the 22nd Golden Globe Awards.[15]
Golan starred in Our Man Flint,[16] which was banned in Lebanon due to her being an Israeli citizen.[17] She also appeared in The Valley of Gwangi[18] and Three on a Couch. Golan ended her career in 1969, citing her poor pay of $150 a week for Our Man Flint while Columbia earned $1,500 as she was on loan, and said that her former agent was sabotaging her career.[19] In the 1980s she aided the fundraising and organization of the 2nd Israel Film Festival.[20]
Personal life
editGolan married Alex Urban in 1964, but became separated in 1965, and divorced in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, in 1967.[21][22] She married Matthew Bernard Rosenhaus on September 16, 1969, in Montreal, Canada, and had three children with him.[23][24][25] Rosenhaus became the largest stockholder in Columbia in 1973.[26]
The city of Seattle ceremonially adopted Golan on April 29, 1966, with Mayor James d'Orma Braman as her godfather.[27] She became a citizen of the United States in 1969.[28] Golan sold her apartment at The Pierre for $10 million in 2014. She now lives in Florida with her third husband.[29]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Ship of Fools | Elsa | [1] | |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Constanze “Tantsy” Lipp | Episode: The Safe House | [30] | |
| 1966 | Our Man Flint | Gila | [16] | |
| Three on a Couch | Anna Jacque | |||
| I Dream of Jeannie | Princess Tarji | Episode: This is Murder | [31] | |
| 1967 | Catch as Catch Can | Emma | [18] | |
| 1969 | The Valley of Gwangi | T.J. | [32] |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Columbia Signs Up Gila Golan". The Spokesman-Review. June 21, 1964. p. F13 – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "'Miss Israel' In Beach Revue Was Left An Orphan By Nazis". The Miami News. January 2, 1962. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Gila Golan On Andy Williams Show". The Reporter Dispatch. February 4, 1965. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Girl Without a Past Finds a Future". Hartford Courant. December 19, 1965. p. 18E – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Israel Beauty To Appear At Dinner of Federation". The Daily Item. May 1, 1963. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Gila Golan's Real Life Story Is Better Than Movie Script". The Morning Call. August 1, 1965. p. F3 – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Gila Golan, Israeli Actress, Escaped Draft". Odessa American. April 15, 1965. p. 6C – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Gila Golan Wins Another Beauty Title". Valley Times. January 20, 1965. p. 34 – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Aderet, Ofer (September 5, 2021). "'Half-Breed': The Secrets of Miss Israel Finalist Born to an Arab Father and Jewish Mother". Archived from the original on December 7, 2024.
- ^ "Argentine Girl Chosen Miss World". Los Angeles Times. November 8, 1960. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ LIFE Magazine, 2 Oct 1964, Vol. 57, No. 14, 135
- ^ "Nameless Waif Becomes New Film Glamor Queen". The Pittsburgh Press. May 30, 1965. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ LIFE Magazine, 2 Oct 1964, Vol. 57, No. 14, 135
- ^ "The girl with no name signs up with Columbia". The Star-Ledger. June 29, 1964. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "To Present Awards". The Salinas Californian. December 18, 1964. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Miss Israel Signs Movie Contract". Oakland Tribune. March 23, 1965. p. 55 – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Lebanon Bans 'Our Man Flint'". Los Angeles Times. April 23, 1966. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Story Nets Cool $Million". St. Louis Jewish Light. June 21, 1967. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Gila Golan Gives Up On Hollywood". Detroit Free Press. July 6, 1969. p. 7R – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Israel Film Festival in LA comes full circle at 35". The Jerusalem Post. June 2, 2022. Archived from the original on December 8, 2024.
- ^ "Gila Golan and Hubby Will Call It Quits". Montreal Star. October 4, 1966. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Divorce". Berwick Enterprise. February 28, 1968. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 1972 Who's Who 1972, p. 2705.
- ^ Ragan 1976, p. 163.
- ^ "Wedding Bells for Gila Golan". Los Angeles Times. September 19, 1969. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Marriage Boosts Gila's Prospects". Detroit Free Press. August 14, 1973. p. 17A – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "A Vignette". San Francisco Examiner. April 30, 1966. p. 6S – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Citizenship". The Des Moines Register. January 22, 1969. p. 6S – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Goldberg, Niva (May 18, 2014). "Movie Star Gila (Golan) Rosenhaus Sells Her Apartment At The Pierre Hotel For $10 Million". Jewish Business News. Archived from the original on December 7, 2024.
- ^ "Miss Israel Soars to TV and Film Stardom". Press & Sun-Bulletin. May 15, 1965. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Gila Golan Plays Princess". The Ithaca Journal. August 27, 1966. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Film Changes Title". Atlanta Journal. March 9, 1969. p. 20F – via Newspapers.com.
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Works cited
edit- Who's Who in America. Vol. 2 (37 ed.). Marquis Who's Who. 1972. ISBN 0837901375.
- Ragan, David (1976). Who's Who In Hollywood 1900-1976. Arlington House Publishers. ISBN 0870003496.
External links
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- Gila Golan at IMDb