Galia Yishai

Galia Yishai was born in 1950 in Tel Aviv

Galia Yishai was born in Tel Aviv on 17 May 1950. Her father, David Yishai, was an Etzel fighter and a founder of the Herut movement. Her parents ran a family advertising office.

As a student she sang on the radio show First Returns, which led to a record with her songs. After school she studied at the Beit Zvi School for the Performing Arts. She later studied acting at Tel Aviv University and at HB Studio in New York.

In the army she served in the Central Command Band. After her release she acted at Bimot and then joined Habima. She also worked at the Cameri, Haifa Theatre and Beit Lessin, and performed for children with Tzipi Mor as a duo from 1984 to 2004.

She acted in many films and TV series, from The Highway Queen in 1971 to Srugim and Hunting Elephants. She narrated classical music records for children and wrote a children's book of poems in 1979.

She died on 4 January 2020 at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, about a month after a cancer diagnosis. She was buried at Yarkon Cemetery in Petah Tikva.