Haya Harareet

Haya Harareet sometimes credited as Haya Hararit born 20 September 1931 in Haifa is an Israeli actress Harareet began her career in Israeli films with Hill 24 Doesnt Answer 1955 but her most widely seen performance in international cinema was as Esther in Ben Hur 1959 opposite Charlton Heston She also starred in Edgar G Ulmers Journey Beneath The Desert 1961 with JeanLouis Trintignant Her career however was shortlived and after a few films ended in 1964 She cowrote the screenplay for Our Mothers House 1967 from the novel of the same name by Julian Gloag The film starred Dirk Bogarde She was married to the British film director Jack Clayton until his death on February 26 1995 As of 2010 she is the only leading actor from BenHur to remain alive She also starred opposite Stewart Granger in Basil Deardens film The Secret Partner 1961 She played the role of Dr Madolyn Bruckner in The Interns 1962 She also played opposite Virna Lisi in Francesco Masellis La donna del giorno 1956 The Doll that Took the Town and Edgar G Ulmers LAtlantide 1961 Journey Beneath The Desert AKA The Lost Kingdom with JeanLouis Trintignant Ms Harareet resides in Buckinghamshire England Description above from the Wikipedia article Haya Harareet licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia