Safrira Zachai

Safrira Zachai was born in 1932 in Gedera

Safrira Zachai was born in Gedera on 13 September 1932 to Yehudit and Yoel Zachai, immigrants from Poland. Her father ran a school and studied language, and her mother was a teacher. She studied acting at Mania Arnon's studio and appeared in a film in 1947.

She acted at Habima in 1952 and 1953, then studied at LAMDA in London until 1955. From 1956 to 1961 she acted at the Ohel Theater, including in Ephraim Kishon's play The Ketubah. She later appeared at the Cameri and other theaters and in the film Judith with Sophia Loren.

In the 1960s she began translating plays and radio dramas. In the 1970s she turned to dubbing children's television, starting with the Hebrew version of Pippi in 1973. In 1980 she founded the dubbing company Rax Films, which operated until 2008.

She directed, produced and translated Hebrew dubbings of many series, including The Smurfs and Care Bears. In 1988 she produced the Hebrew dubbing of The Jungle Book for Disney. She also worked as an entertainment reporter for Maariv in the 1980s.