Reuven Adiv was a Jerusalem-born Israeli actor, director and drama teacher, most notable as the head of acting at the Drama Centre in London from 1984 to 2004.
10 Facts About Reuven Adiv
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Reuven Adiv was born in Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine on 5 June 1930, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish background.
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Reuven Adiv fought on the Jerusalem front against the British administration.
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Reuven Adiv's father was born in part of modern-day Belarus, and died in a Nazi concentration camp.
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Reuven Adiv's early acting experience came at the Ohel Theatre and the Cameri Theater of Tel Aviv.
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Reuven Adiv studied under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio in New York, where he took the director's course.
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Reuven Adiv studied at the film school of New York University before returning to teach at the Lee Strasberg institute.
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Reuven Adiv returned to Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1971 and alongside stage and screen acting he was invited to teach at the Beit Zvi school of performing arts in Ramat Gan, Israel.
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Reuven Adiv married the Israeli actress and broadcaster Galia Nativ in 1980.
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Reuven Adiv died of a heart attack in 2004, aged 74.