Shaike Ophir

Biography

Shaike Ophir was an Israeli film and theater actor, comedian, playwright, screenwriter, director, and the country's first mime, born in Jerusalem in 1928 to a Masorti family with Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry dating back to the mid-19th century. He studied acting as an adolescent, joined the Palmach at age 14, and later became a multi-talented performer, starring in films like Ha-Shoter Azoulay, which won a Golden Globe for Best Foreign-Language Film.