Daliah Lavi

With the decline of her film career, Lavi began a successful schlager singing career in Germany, with hits such as "Oh, wann kommst du?" and "Willst du mit mir geh'n?". She was interred in Desert Memorial Park Cemetery in California. However, her most famous role is probably as 'The Detainer/007' in Casino Royale (1967) opposite Woody Allen. A resident of the city for many years, she is remembered as one of its prominent citizens with a star on their "Walk of Fame". Lavi's film appearances include Mario Bava's gothic classic La Frusta e il corpo (1963), and the first Matt Helm movie The Silencers (1966). Andrea Leeds died from cancer in Palm Springs, California. Returning to Israel, her career took off properly in 1960, when she started appearing in a large number of European and American productions. Conversant in several langauges, she has been in German, French, Italian, Spanish and English-language films. It was her only marriage, and produced two children, one of whom predeceased her.

Born in Shavei Zion, she studied ballet in Stockholm, where she appeared in her first film: Hemsöborna (1955). With her husband she became a successful horse breeder, and after his death ran a jewellery business. Daliah Lavi (born Daliah Lewinbuk on October 12, 1942) is an Israeli actress and model. These films were relatively successful and Leeds remained a popular actress, however she had married in 1939 and decided to leave films to devote herself to raising a family. Her final film, Earthbound (1940), was a fantasy murder mystery in which Leeds' character solves the murder of her husband aided by his ghost. She continued to play the romantic female lead in the western The Real Glory opposite Gary Cooper and David Niven, and with Don Ameche in the biography of Stephen Foster, Swanee River (1939).

She next appeared in two films opposite Joel McCrea, in Youth Takes a Fling (1938) and They Shall Have Music (1939), for the first time playing the lead female role in films. The film was not a success and received poor reviews. Her wholesome quality led to her being cast in The Goldwyn Follies (1938) playing "Miss Humanity" - a woman considered by a jaded Hollywood executive to represent the ideal American woman. As part of a cast of highly regarded actresses including Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball and Eve Arden, Leeds was singled out by many critics and received widespread acclaim.

She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her next role, as an unsuccessful, aspiring actress in Stage Door (1937). As Andrea Leeds she played her first substantial role in the 1936 film Come and Get It and achieved another success with her next film It Could Happen to You (1937). Born Antoinette Lees in Butte, Montana, she began her film career in 1934 playing bit parts and using her given name. Andrea Leeds (August 14, 1914 – May 21, 1984) was an American film actress.