Shmuel Atzmon

Shmuel Atzmon
שמואל עצמון
Atzmon in 2009
Born
Shmuel Wircer

(1929-06-29) 29 June 1929 (age 97)
Biłgoraj, Second Polish Republic
Other namesShmuel Atzmon-Wircer
Shmulik Atzmon
Occupations
  • Actor
  • theatre director
  • playwright
Years active1949–present
Children2, including Anat Atzmon

Shmuel Atzmon (Hebrew: שמואל עצמון‎; born 29 June 1929) is an Israeli actor, theatre director and playwright. Atzmon was born in Biłgoraj, Poland. After World War II broke out, his home was destroyed by German bombing during the Invasion of Poland and he subsequently escaped the Holocaust by fleeing to the Soviet Union. After the war, he wandered throughout Europe before immigrating to Israel in 1948. He fought in the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, including in the Battles of Latrun. Following his discharge from the IDF in 1949, he started a career in theatre.

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ Shmuel Atzmon-Wircer’s filmography, ishim.co.il; accessed 16 November 2025 (in Hebrew)
  2. ↑ ""מתכנן לחיות עד גיל 100": השחקן והבמאי שמואל עצמון באוטוביוגרפיה מלאת מסרים". Maariv (in Hebrew). 17 August 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "ביז הונדערט און צוואנציק: היידיש חיה". Ynet (in Hebrew). 1 January 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "בר אילן תעניק ד"ר כבוד לשמואל עצמון". Haaretz (in Hebrew). 7 May 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2025.

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