Adi Lev

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| name = Adi Lev

| native_name = עדי לב

| native_name_lang = Hebrew

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1953|8|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Romania

| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|3|12|1953|8|20|df=y}}

| death_place = Israel

| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|voice actress}}

| years_active = 1989–2006

| spouse = {{marriage|Peter Wertheimer|1981}}

| children = 2

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Adi Lev ({{langx|he|עדי לב}}{{lrm}}; 20 August 1953 – 12 March 2006) was an Israel actress and voice actress.[https://www.ishim.co.il/p.php?s=עדי+לב Adi Lev’s filmography] (in Hebrew)

Biography

Born in Romania, Lev emigrated to Israel with her family at 16 years of age. She studied acting at Tel Aviv University and Beit Zvi. She also went to an acting workshop in New York City in the 1970s. Upon her return to Israel, Lev began performing at the Habima Theatre and the Cameri Theatre where she starred in a theatre adaptation of Les Misérables. She also made a collaboration with director Sofia Moskowitz. On screen, Lev was known for working with Ze'ev Revach in many of his films and appearing in Broken Wings and The Rubber Merchants.

Since the late 1990s, Lev focused her attention to dubbing. She performed the Hebrew voices of Baba Yaga in Bartok the Magnificent, Roz in Monsters, Inc., Mrs. Hasagawa in Lilo & Stitch, Mrs. Tweedy in Chicken Run and Kala in Tarzan II.

=Personal life=

In 1981, Lev married Romanian musician Peter Wertheimer.{{cite news|url=https://www.maariv.co.il/culture/music/Article-739520|title= פטר ורטהיימר, מגדולי הסקסופוניסטים בישראל, נפטר בגיל 72|date=6 January 2020 |publisher=maariv.co.il|language=he|accessdate=10 June 2020}} They had two children, Alon and Shirley, who is also an actress.{{cite news|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4816519,00.html|title= "בגיל 15 עשו לי שיימינג מול כל התלמידים" |date=19 June 2016 |publisher=Ynet|language=he|accessdate=10 June 2020}}