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- Birth nameHannele Meierzak
- Hanna Maron was born on November 22, 1923 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Krovim Krovim (1983), Sof Shavua be-Galil (2007) and Handsome Gigolo, Poor Gigolo (1930). She was married to Yossi Yadin and Jacob Rechter. She died on May 30, 2014 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- SpousesYossi Yadin (divorced)Jacob Rechter(? - 2001) (his death, 3 children)
- In 1970, en route to London via Munich to audition for a part in the West End production of Fiddler on the Roof opposite fellow Israeli actor Chaim Topol, Maron was injured following the failed terrorist hijacking of El Al flight 707 and lost her left leg. But she kept her tail up and already appeared on stage again one year later.
- During World War II, she volunteered for the Auxiliary Territorial Service of the British army, serving two years before joining the Jewish Brigade's entertainment troupe.
- Norman Jewison considered her for the part of Golda in Fiddler on the Roof (1971) but, after she lost a leg in a terrorist attack on an Israeli airplane in Munich in 1970, had to cast Norma Crane instead.
- Pictured on a 4.10s Israeli postage stamp (with first name spelled Channa) issued 8 December 2015.
- Private she campaigned for peace.
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