Geula Nuni

Geula Nuni was born in 1942 in Ramat Gan

Geula Nuni was born in Ramat Gan on 9 June 1942. Her father came from Yemen and her mother from Austria. She began acting on stage at 15 and appeared in the 1960 film I Like Mike.

In 1961 she joined the Nahal Troupe. After her service she married the mime artist Samy Molcho and went with him to Europe, where she studied dance with Mary Wigman.

Back in Israel she joined the Habima Theatre and in 1962 played the lead in the musical Irma La Douce. In 1964 she played Habuba in Sallah Shabati and sang a song with Arik Einstein. She also acted in films such as Charlie and a Half.

In 1971 she married the German businessman Heini Lieder and later moved to Vienna, where she studied theater education and acted in local productions. In 1994 she returned to Israel and acted in the series Papa with Ze'ev Revach, and later in other series until 2010.

She also worked as a voice actress. She died of cancer at Ichilov Hospital on 10 November 2014 and was buried at Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery. She had a daughter, Sharon.