Margalit Tzan'ani

Margalit Tzan'ani was born in 1948 in Aden

Margalit Tzan'ani was born on December 19, 1948, in Aden, Yemen, to a religious Jewish family from Sana'a. She was the eldest of 7 children of Shalom, a diamond worker, and Lola, a housewife. As a baby she moved with her family to Israel, and they settled in Netanya.

She began on stage in the Israeli production of the musical Hair in 1970. In 1973 she appeared in the film Kazablan and joined the quartet HaKnufia, which sang blues and soul and performed for soldiers in the Yom Kippur War. From 1970 to 1980 she sang in a wedding band called Shokolada.

Her solo breakthrough came in 1986 on the TV show Siba LeMesiba, where she sang "Na'ari Shuva Elai". Her first album of that name came out the same year, followed by "Shmor Oti" in 1987 and "Ahava Avuda" in 1988. From 2006 she was a judge on Kokhav Nolad for 4 seasons.

She married Mordi Lavi in 1977, and they have a son, Asaf. They divorced in 1985. In 2011 she was arrested and charged with extortion against her manager, which she denied; she was convicted and sentenced to 6 months, served as community service. She later returned to music and lives in Azor.