- Born
- Birth nameZiva Blechman
- Nickname
- Ziva R. Blachman
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Ziva Rodann was born on March 2, 1933 in Haifa, Palestine [now Haifa, Israel]. She is an actress, known for The Story of Ruth (1960), The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960) and Macumba Love (1960).
- SpousesFred Sandler Mednikoff (Meade)(February 5, 1977 - December 30, 2002) (his death)James Rufus Creech III(June 28, 1967 - December 1975) (divorced)Reid Kimball(1964 - 1964) (annulled)Mr. Zapick (divorced)
- ChildrenNo Children
- ParentsYeshaiahu BlechmanRosa Blechman
- Returned to Israel in the late 1960s and eventually retired.
- Smoldering Israeli-born beauty who figured prominently in a number of b-movies of the late 1950s and early 1960s, including Macumba Love (1960), College Confidential (1960) and 3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt (1964).
- Is the daughter of Yeshaiahu "Shaya" Blechman, a Russian-born Israeli professor of mathematics, and Rosa Blechman.
- One of four Israeli actresses who were famous in Hollywood in the 1950s. She made her American film debut in Pharaoh's Curse (1957), and was followed by Chana Eden in Wind Across the Everglades (1958), Haya Harareet in Ben-Hur (1959), and Elana Eden in The Story of Ruth (1960).
- First acted on stage billed as Ziva Shapir.
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