Hana Laszlo

Hana Laszlo was born in 1953 in Jaffa

Laszlo was born in Jaffa in 1953 and grew up there in a family of 4 children. Her parents were Holocaust survivors from Poland, and her father worked as a hatmaker. At home she spoke Yiddish with her parents.

She served in the Southern Command Band. In the 1970s she appeared in children's television and in comic film roles, including Save the Lifeguard.

In the 1980s she became known through comedy characters such as Safta Zapta and Clara the cleaning lady. She wrote, produced and starred in many one-woman shows. Her career stopped in the early 2000s after financial and personal troubles.

She returned with the role of Naomi Shahar in the telenovela HaShir Shelanu and hosted The Weakest Link. In 2005 she won at Cannes for Free Zone, directed by Amos Gitai. In 2010 she was a judge on Dancing with the Stars, and in 2019 Bar-Ilan University gave her an honorary doctorate.

She married Aviv Giladi in 1979 and has two sons, Ben and Ithamar. She later married and divorced Benny Bloch.