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Shlomo Vishinsky

Shlomo Vishinsky is an Israeli stage, film and television actor who has performed at the Cameri Theater since 1967.

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Shlomo Vishinsky
Born
29 October 1943, Tel Aviv
Occupation
actor, stage actor, film actor

Shlomo Vishinsky was born in 1943 in Tel Aviv

Shlomo Vishinsky was born on October 29, 1943, in Tel Aviv, where he grew up and went to school. As a boy he began performing at the Hasdera Theater, which Menahem Golan founded and ran.

He served in the IDF as an infantry soldier and later joined the Central Command troupe. After his discharge in 1964 he studied acting, and he finished drama school in 1967.

He then joined the Cameri Theater and also acted at Beit Lessin and the Khan Theater. His stage roles include Doolittle in Pygmalion, Feldman in a 2012 revival of Kazablan, and a one-man show in 2005. In 1985 he directed a production of Utz Li Gutz Li.

On television he played Shlomo the mailman in the children's show Carousel and Meir Neuman in Life Isn't Everything. His many films include Sallah Shabati, Kazablan and Operation Thunderbolt.

He was married twice, the second time to actress Osnat Vishinsky, mother of his 2 children. His son Lior, a soldier, was killed in Rafah on May 12, 2004. His cousin is lyricist Yankele Rotblit.

Milestones in Shlomo Vishinsky's life

  1. 1943

    Born in Tel Aviv.

  2. 1964

    Discharged from the IDF and began acting studies.

  3. 1964

    Appeared in the film Sallah Shabati.

  4. 1967

    Finished acting school and joined the Cameri Theater.

  5. 1985

    Directed a production of Utz Li Gutz Li.

  6. 1992

    Voiced the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland.

  7. 2004

    His son Lior was killed in Rafah.

  8. 2012

    Played Feldman in a revival of Kazablan.

Shlomo Vishinsky served in the military

He served in the IDF as an infantry soldier and then in the Central Command troupe, until his discharge in 1964.

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Based on Hebrew Wikipedia, שלמה וישינסקי, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.

Photograph: Reuven Frizi, CC BY-SA 3.0

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