{{short description|Israeli actress, comedian entertainer (born 1947)}} {{expand Hebrew|topic=bio|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Tzipi Shavit | image = PikiWiki Israel 50015 tzipi shavit.jpg | native_name = ציפי שביט | native_name_lang = he | birth_name = Tzipora Shavit | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|4|1}} | birth_place = Neve Yam, Israel | occupation = Actress, comedian, entertainer | years_active = 1960s – present | spouse = Avishay Dekel | children = 2 }} '''Tzipi Shavit''' ({{langx|he|ציפי שביט}}; born April 1, 1947) is an Israeli actress, comedian entertainer, who is best known as a children's entertainer. She is sometimes described by the media as the "First Lady of Israeli entertainment."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4940602,00.html|title=ציפי שביט מציגה: 70 דברים שלמדתי|last=סגל|first=איתי|date=2017-03-27|work=Ynet|access-date=2018-02-03|language=he}}</ref>
==Early life== {{BLP sources section|date=February 2018}} Shavit was born in kibbutz Neve Yam, Israel. She served in the Israel Defense Forces in Tzevet Havai of the Southern Command.
==Career== Shortly after that, she participated in the film ''Our Neighborhood''. In 1969 her manager got her a part in the stage comedy show ''A Funny Thing Happened to Me On The Way To Suez'' written by Saul Biber. The show was canceled shortly thereafter due to a publicized objection by a bereaved mother who lost her son in The Sinai War. In 1971, Shavit played in the stage musical ''Jumbo'' in which she sang the song "Everyone Went to the Jumbo" to the tune of the Italian song "Volevo un gatto nero". In 1972, Shavit acted in the stage show ''Chocolate Mint Gum - The Zionist Congress of Laughter'' alongside Yardena Arazi. In the Spring of 2016, performed in the play "Noah's Ark."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://pplus.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4790593,00.html|title=לא נחה: ציפי שביט באנרגיות שיא|last=Froim|first=Yoni|date=2016-04-13|work=Ynet|access-date=2018-02-03}}</ref> In 2017, she starred in the play ''My Mother the General'' (Hebrew: אמי הגנרלית) an adaptation from the 1979 film by the same name.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5017770,00.html|title="הקשב המפקדת!": ציפי שביט תככב בהצגה "אמי הגנרלית"|last=ויינברג|first=אורין|date=2017-09-27|work=Ynet|access-date=2018-02-03|language=he}}</ref> Shavit was a featured singer in the song and music video "Casanova (Good Aunt)" by Israeli singers Eve and Lear<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3hMFAjV1EM Eve and Lear - SALAM (YouTube)] et [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIE267YyI44 Eve and Lear - CASANOVA... Doda TOVA (YouTube)]</ref> (Hebrew: איב אנד ליר).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5020269,00.html|title=ציפי שביט שרה ראפ עם איב אנד ליר|last=בוקר|first=רן|date=2017-09-25|work=Ynet|access-date=2018-02-03|language=he}}</ref>
== Personal life == Shavit resides in north Tel Aviv with her husband, producer Avishay Dekel.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://tmi.maariv.co.il/celebs-news/Article-580790|title=ציפי שביט חוגגת יום הולדת בלי אף מתנה בשבילה|work=TMI Online|access-date=2018-02-03|language=he}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/17/ART2/393/123.html|title=כוכב שביט: ציפי שביט סבתא לארבעה נכדים|last=Stotlnd|first=Ilana|date=2012-11-08|website=NRG מעריב|language=he|access-date=2018-02-03}}</ref> They have two children and six grandchildren.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://pplus.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4934714,00.html|title=מבצע סבתא: ציפי שביט מבלה זמן איכות עם הנכדים|last=Froim|first=Yoni|date=2017-03-15|work=Ynet|access-date=2018-02-03}}</ref> Shavit was a close friend of fellow Israeli actor Sefi Rivlin.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.maariv.co.il/culture/tv/Article-612367|title=ספי ריבלין - 4 שנים למותו. ציפי שביט: "גאון אמיתי, חבר נפש"|last=Zigelman|first=Itamar|date=2017-03-12|work=Maariv|access-date=2018-02-03|language=he-IL}}</ref>
In a 2017 interview, she explained that her positivity was partly thanks to her Jewish beliefs and faith.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.kikar.co.il/219111.html|title=כוכבת הילדים ציפי שביט: "מודה לאבינו מלכנו, הגדול מכולם" - כיכר השבת|last=Toker|first=Yair|date=2017-01-22|work=כיכר השבת|access-date=2018-02-03|language=he}}</ref>
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