Rama Messinger

{{short description|Israeli actress (1968–2015)}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2016}} {{COI|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Rama Messinger | native_name = רמה מסינגר | native_name_lang = Hebrew | image = File:Rama Messinger.JPG | alt =  | caption = Messinger in 2012 | birth_name =  | birth_date = {{birth date|1968|9|3|df=y}} | birth_place = Ramat Ef'al, Israel | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|8|18|1968|9|3|df=y}} | death_place = Tel Aviv, Israel | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|voice artist|singer}} | years_active = 1991-2015 | spouse = Aric Avigdor | children = 3 }}

'''Rama Messinger''' ({{langx|he|רמה מסינגר}}{{lrm}}; 3 September 1968 – 18 August 2015) was an Israeli actress, voice actress and singer.<ref>[http://www.ishim.co.il/p.php?s=%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%94+%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%A8 Rama Messinger’s filmography], ishim.co.il; accessed 1 January 2016. (in Hebrew)</ref>

==Biography== Messinger was born and raised in Ramat Ef'al, Israel. She was named after her maternal uncle, Rami Gil (Mogilnik) who was an Israeli Air Force pilot who fell a year before she was born.{{Clarify|date=September 2025|reason=Does this mean 'died'? If so, we do not use euphemisms on Wikipedia, per MOS:EUPHEMISM.}} She studied at the Thelma Yellin High School of Performing Arts. In the Israel Defense Forces, she served in the Southern Command Variety Ensemble. After her discharge, she studied at the Beit Zvi Acting School.<ref>[http://www.habama.co.il/Pages/ArtPerson.aspx?PeopleID=160 Profile], habama.co.il; accessed 1 January 2016.</ref>

===Theater career=== {{unreferenced section|date=January 2016}} Messinger played important roles in many plays in many theaters across Israel, but mainly at the national theater Habima, in plays such as ''Solo, Halon Balahot, Hops Ve Hopale'' (1991), ''Three Sisters, Hamefakeah Ba, Kukuriku, Sirano, Kaner Al Hagag'' (2008), and ''Meshartam Shel Shnei Adonim'' – a role for which Messinger won a Rosenblum Prize for Performing Arts and a Tamara Rubins Prize. At Haifa Theater she performed in ''Amadeus'' and ''Iluf Hasoreret''. At Beersheba Theater she performed in ''Love Letters'' (2001), and ''Hamafteah Leshnaim''. She also made appearances on ''The Tal and Rama Show''.

Messinger participated in many productions in which she demonstrated her singing abilities. She played the main character in several musicals, such as Habima Theater's play ''Habarvazon'' (2001), Haifa Theatre's play ''Imra La Dos'', and ''Tslilei Hamusika'' (2005). She also participated in the shows ''Kolot'' and ''Shlosha Beshira Ahat'' in 2008 alongside Dror Keren and Uri Lashman, and in ''Omrim Shehi Cuckoo'' in 2009 alongside Sarit Vino-Elad as part of a fundraising day for the Israeli Women's Network. She performed with many Israeli orchestras such as the Holon Jazz Orchestra, with the Israeli Symphonic Orchestra of Rishon LeZion and the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center in the concert ''Chansons'', with the Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra in ''The Seven Sins'' as part of the Israel Festival, and with the Israel Broadcasting Authority Orchestra.In 2006, she worked for the first time as a director in the play ''Meorim'', written by Amir Rotem and Yael Neeman for the Pothim Masah festival.

===Television career=== Messinger took part in many children's television programs. In 1996, she hosted the TV shows ''Shuvo shel Hasharif'', and in 2008 hosted ''Zu Yalduti'', both on the Hinuchit channel. Later, she hosted ''Malkat Halvavot'' on the Viva channel. She acted in several comedy television programs, such as ''Tsahal 1'' (1997), ''Shtok Show, Shirei Tel'ad, Sefi'', the artistic corner of ''Zehu Ze'', and the drama ''Sex, Lies, and Dinner''. In 2005 she acted in the children's TV series ''Terale's Igloo'' on the HOP Channel, and ''Amaliya's Heart'' on HOT. In 2011, she performed in the daily drama program ''Alifim'' on Arutz HaYeladim, playing the prime minister's wife and the stepmother of the protagonist of the show ''Rony Metzger''.

In 2000, Messinger performed as an actor and singer on Datya Ben Dor's children's cassette ''Mahsan Hashtuzim Shel Datya'', along with Rami Baruch and Michal Tzafir. Toward the end of 2014, she performed as Iris (the mother of Daniel, played by Ian Pinkovic) in the series ''North Star'' on YES Disney Channel.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}

===Voice acting career=== {{one source|section|date=January 2016}} Messinger provided voice acting for animated films dubbed into Hebrew. Starting in 1993, she performed the role of Princess Jasmine in Disney's ''Aladdin'' film series (''Aladdin, The Return of Jafar, Aladdin and the King of Thieves''). In 1997, she performed the same role in Disney's television series ''Aladdin'', and the role of Kayley from the movie ''Quest for Camelot''. In 1996, she performed the role of Andy's mother from the ''Toy Story'' films, and played Calimero's mother in the television series ''Calimero'', Ariel in ''The Little Mermaid'' (replacing Shlomit Aharon), Rosie from ''A Bug's Life'' and the speaking voice of Pocahontas in ''Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World''.

In 2000, Messinger voiced Ariel in ''The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea'' and Moominmamma in the television show ''Moomin''. In 2001, she voiced Celia in ''Monsters, Inc.'' and voiced Dory in ''Finding Nemo'' in 2003. In 2004, she voiced the Fairy Godmother in ''Shrek 2'', and Grace the Cow in ''Home on the Range''.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}

In 2007 she played Ella from ''Happily N'Ever After''. In 2010 she reprised Andy's mother in ''Toy Story 3'', and voiced Kitty Galore in the movie ''Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore''. In 2012, she voiced Sid's grandmother in ''Ice Age: Continental Drift''. In 2013, she played the role of Ugga from ''The Croods''.<ref>[http://www.edb.co.il/name/n0011169 Profile], edb.co.il; accessed 1 January 2016.</ref>

==Death== After a prolonged illness, Messinger died from cancer on 18 August 2015 at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, aged 46.<ref name=Ynet>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4682964,00.html|title=השחקנית רמה מסינגר הלכה לעולמה|date=18 August 2015|publisher=Ynet|language=he|accessdate=24 August 2015}}</ref> She lived at the moshav Bnei Atarot, was married to Aric Avigdor, and had three children.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} The Hebrew dubbings of ''Hotel Transylvania 2'' and ''Finding Dory'' were dedicated to her memory.

== Prizes == {| |- |width="33%" valign="top"| *Keren Sharet Prize (1991) *Miryam Bernshtein-Cohen Prize | *Theatrono Prize 1994 for the play Even a Love Story Needs an Ending. *Theater Prize for best actor of the year (1999) for her role in Kol Katan. | *Israeli Theater Prize (2012) for best main actor for her role of Florence Poster Jenkins in Sovinir, at Beersheba Theater. *Rosenblum Prize for Performing Arts and Tamara Rubins Prize for the play Meshartam Shel Shnei Adonim. |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category-inline}} *{{IMDb name|1248723}} *{{Behind The Voice Actors person|Rama-Messinger}}

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