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'''Albert Cohen''' ({{lang-he|אלברט כהן}}: born June 9, 1932) is an Israeli actor, |
'''Albert Cohen''' ({{lang-he|אלברט כהן}}: born June 9, 1932) is an Israeli actor, singer, accordionist and theatre director.<ref>[https://www.ishim.co.il/p.php?s=אלברט+כהן Albert Cohen’s filmography] (in Hebrew)</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:10, 8 November 2021
Albert Cohen | |
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 Cohen in 2016 | |
| Born | June 9, 1932 |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1952–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Ruth Menza
(m. 1959; died 1988)Da'at Levontin (m. 1991) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Lenny Cohen (granddaughter) |
Albert Cohen (Template:Lang-he: born June 9, 1932) is an Israeli actor, singer, accordionist and theatre director.[1]
Biography
Cohen was born in Sofia to a Bulgarian Jewish family. He attended the National Academy of Music and played at Sofia's National Theatre. In 1949, Cohen and his family emigrated to Israel and he, Yaakov Bodo and several other performers were among the members of a musical group within the Southern Command where he has acted, sung and accompanied himself on the accordion. He left the group in 1952 and joined a satirical theatre group.[2]
Since 1966, Cohen has frequently acted at the Cameri Theatre and done numerous adaptations of The Comedy of Errors, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Government Inspector, Les Misérables. Cohen also made appearances at the HaNephesh Theatre and he has even directed several plays written by Anton Chekhov in 2013.[3][4]
In 1964, Cohen made his debut film appearance in Sallah Shabati starring Chaim Topol. His other film appearances include the 1969 film Blaumilch Canal directed by Ephraim Kishon and the 2005 film To Take a Wife directed by Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz. Cohen has also made appearances on television. In 1987, he appeared as a guest star on Parpar Nechmad. He is also renowned for appearing in the comic series Zanzouri. He made further guest appearances on Polishuk and Bnot HaZahav.[5]
Cohen is also a renowned voice dubber. He has voiced numerous characters in the Hebrew dubbing of Sesame Street. His other roles include Mr. Smee in Peter Pan, Merlin in The Sword in the Stone, King Harold in the Shrek franchise, Toby in Thomas and the Magic Railroad, Dumbledore in the Harry Potter franchise, Anger in Inside Out, Vitruvius in The Lego Movie, Professor Derek Knight in Monsters University, Bulldog in Planes and many more. Cohen has collaborated frequently with his son, Sharon Cohen on many dubbing projects.
Personal life
Cohen has married twice. His first wife, Ruth Menza, who was a pianist for the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, died from multiple sclerosis in 1988. They had two sons, Ady, who is a composer and Sharon, who is a voice actor and translator. His granddaughter Lenny is also an actress. Cohen‘s second wife, Da'at Levontin, who he married in the early 1990s, is also a pianist.
Cohen has resided in Ramat Gan since 1960.[6][7]
References
- ^ Albert Cohen’s filmography (in Hebrew)
- ^ אלברט כהן, zemer.nli.org.il. Retrieved June 20, 2020 (in Hebrew)
- ^ ""עיר שלי": הזמר והשחקן אלברט כהן בשיר לרגל יום ירושלים" (in Hebrew). maariv.co.il. May 24, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "המלך אלברט: הבמה של אלברט כהן" (in Hebrew). israelhayom.co.il. November 21, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ לאדינו : ראיון עם שחקן הקאמר י אלברט כהן תיעוד ד"ר איציק לוי ...
- ^ "אלברט כהן, צעיר בן 81" (in Hebrew). habama.co.il. July 7, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "אלברט כהן, מגדולי השחקנים ומאחרוני הנפילים, מחכה לפתיחת התיאטראות" (in Hebrew). maariv.co.il. September 5, 2020. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
External links
Media related to Albert Cohen at Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Cohen at IMDb
- Albert Cohen at AllMovie
- Albert Cohen discography at Discogs
- Albert Cohen at Behind the Voice Actors
| International | |
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- 1932 births
- Living people
- Male actors from Sofia
- People from Ramat Gan
- Bulgarian emigrants to Israel
- Israeli people of Bulgarian-Jewish descent
- Bulgarian Jews in Israel
- Israeli accordionists
- Israeli male film actors
- Israeli male stage actors
- Israeli male television actors
- Israeli male voice actors
- Israeli theatre directors
- Jewish Israeli male actors
- 20th-century Israeli male actors
- 21st-century Israeli male actors
- 20th-century Israeli male singers
- 21st-century Israeli male singers