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Haya Harareet (Hebrew: חיה הררית) (20 September 1931 – 3 February 2021 [1]) was an Israeli actress and screenwriter. One of her major film roles was playing Esther, Ben Hur's love interest in the 1959 Hollywood-made film Ben-Hur. [2]
Haya Harareet. Actress: Ben-Hur. Born in Palestine before the inception of the Israeli state in the city of Haifa, she first distinguished herself by winning one of the first beauty contests in the nascent Israel.
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Feb 3, 2021 · Israeli actress Haya Harareet, who became a star around the world in 1959 after portraying Esther, the hero’s love interest in the blockbuster masterpiece “Ben-Hur,” died Wednesday at her home in Buckinghamshire, England. She was 89.
Haya Harareet (Hebrew: חיה נויברג) (20 September 1931 – 3 February 2021) was an Israeli actress. She was best known for playing Esther, Charlton Heston's love interest in the 1959 movie Ben Hur. [1] Harareet was born in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine (present-day Israel). Her career lasted from 1955 to 1974.
Feb 5, 2021 · Haya Harareet, the Israeli actress who played Esther opposite Charlton Heston’s titular character in the 1959 religious epic Ben-Hur, has died at the age of 89 at her home in Buckinghamshire, UK.
More than 30 names were considered, including Ava Gardner and Carroll Baker. None of them seemed right, and then the director remembered the little-known Haya Harareet. Wyler had come across her at Cannes in 1955 when Hill 24 Doesn’t Answer, in which she starred, had been nominated for the Palme d’Or.
Feb 3, 2024 · Haya Harareet, the Israeli actress who played Esther opposite Charlton Heston in the 1959 epic Ben-Hur, passed away on February 3, 2021, at the age of 89. She died of natural causes at her home in Buckinghamshire, UK, according to her niece
Haya Harareet. Actress: Ben-Hur. Born in Palestine before the inception of the Israeli state in the city of Haifa, she first distinguished herself by winning one of the first beauty contests in the nascent Israel.
Haya Harareet, an Israeli actress making her first appearance in an American film, emerges as a performer of stature. Her portrayal of Esther, the former slave and daughter of Simonides, steward of the House of Hur, is sensitive and revealing.
