# Rachel Attas
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{{Short description|Israeli actress (1934–2004)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Rachel Attas
| native_name = רחל אטאס
| native_name_lang = Hebrew
| image = File:Rachel Attas, Dan Hadani collection (990044344310205171) (cropped).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Attas in 1969
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|7|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Tel Aviv](/source/Tel_Aviv), [Mandatory Palestine](/source/Mandatory_Palestine)
| death_date = {{death date and age|2004|11|25|1934|7|24|df=yes}}
| death_place = [Petah Tikva](/source/Petah_Tikva), [Israel](/source/Israel)
| other_names = Rachel Attas-Baruch
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|singer}}
| years_active = 1950–2004
| spouse = {{marriage|David Baruch|1953}}
| children = 3
}}
'''Rachel Attas''' ({{langx|he|רחל אטאס}}{{lrm}}; 24 July 1934 – 25 November 2004) was an Israeli actress, voice artist, and singer.[{{Cite web |title=One moment, please... |url=https://www.ishim.co.il/p.php?s=%D7%A8%D7%97%D7%9C+%D7%90%D7%98%D7%90%D7%A1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215114616/https://www.ishim.co.il/p.php?s=%D7%A8%D7%97%D7%9C+%D7%90%D7%98%D7%90%D7%A1 |archive-date=2024-12-15 |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=www.ishim.co.il |language=en |url-status=live }}]
==Biography==
Attas was born in [Tel Aviv](/source/Tel_Aviv), the first of five children. Her father emigrated from [Thessaloniki](/source/Thessaloniki) while her mother was a [Mizrahi Jew](/source/Mizrahi_Jews). Before her career began she showed a talent for acting and singing and at the age of 16, she made her first stage performance. One of her earliest performances took place in the [Habima Theatre](/source/Habima_Theatre) in 1953. She starred in a theatre adaption of ''[Cry, the Beloved Country](/source/Cry%2C_the_Beloved_Country)''. She was also a member of a satire theatre group which was active during the late 1950s.[{{Cite web |title=תיאטרון - אילי גורליצקי חוזר לשלמה ושלמי |url=https://www.habama.co.il/Pages/Description.aspx?Subj=1&Area=0&ArticleID=11169 |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=www.habama.co.il}}]
Attas also performed many songs which then became hits across Israel and she also sung in plays and television.[{{Cite web |title=מוזיקה ישראלית (לשעבר בית לזמר) |url=https://www.nli.org.il/he/discover/music/israeli-music |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=www.nli.org.il |language=he}}][{{Cite web |last=ומונו |first=סטריאו |title=סטריאו ומונו, אתר הדיסקוגרפיה של המוסיקה הישראלית |url=https://stereo-ve-mono.com/13975 |access-date=2025-06-25}}] Her most popular television performance was on the 1970s television show ''Ha'Yladim Mi'Shchunat Chaim'' which aired on [Israeli Educational Television](/source/Israeli_Educational_Television). She also starred in the film ''[Impossible on Saturday](/source/Impossible_on_Saturday)'' (1965) as well as ''5 and 5'' (1980).
Attas received local and international attention dubbing animated characters into the Hebrew language. She most notably dubbed characters that originated from the [Disney Renaissance](/source/Disney_Renaissance) period. These include Mrs. Potts from ''[Beauty and the Beast](/source/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(1991_film))'', [Ursula](/source/Ursula_(The_Little_Mermaid)) from ''[The Little Mermaid](/source/The_Little_Mermaid_(1989_film))'', Big Mama from ''[The Fox and the Hound](/source/The_Fox_and_the_Hound)'' and the [Queen of Hearts](/source/Queen_of_Hearts_(Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland)) in ''[Alice in Wonderland](/source/Alice_in_Wonderland_(1951_film))''.
===Personal life===
Attas was married to actor and director David Baruch from 1953 until her death in 2004. They had three children together and five grandchildren.[{{cite news|url=https://www.news1.co.il/Archive/0026-D-138028-00.html|title= רחל אטאס - הקול הנפלא והייחודי שנדם |date=11 December 2019|publisher=news1.co.il|language=he|accessdate=31 March 2020}}]
==Death==
Attas died of [cancer](/source/cancer) in [Petah Tikva](/source/Petah_Tikva) on 25 November 2004 at the age of 70.[{{cite news|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3009542,00.html|title=השחקנית והזמרת רחל אטאס הלכה לעולמה|date=25 November 2004|publisher=[Ynet](/source/Ynet)|language=he|accessdate=23 October 2018}}] She was buried at the cemetery in [Pardes Hanna-Karkur](/source/Pardes_Hanna-Karkur).
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==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|id=0040496|name=Rachel Attas}}
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Category:1934 births
Category:2004 deaths
Category:Actresses from Tel Aviv
Category:Singers from Tel Aviv
Category:Israeli film actresses
Category:Israeli stage actresses
Category:Israeli television actresses
Category:Israeli voice actresses
Category:Israeli people of Greek-Jewish descent
Category:Israeli Mizrahi Jews
Category:Jewish Israeli actresses
Category:Jewish Israeli singers
Category:Jewish women singers
Category:Deaths from cancer in Israel
Category:20th-century Israeli actresses
Category:20th-century Israeli women singers
Category:20th-century Israeli Jews
Category:21st-century Israeli Jews
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