Shmuel Shilo

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Shmuel Shilo or Shmulik Shiloh (Hebrew: שמואל שילה‎; 1 December 1929 – 4 October 2011) was an Israeli actor, director and producer,[1] born in the Second Polish Republic, and best remembered for his role on the Israeli production of Rechov Sumsum, a popular TV show based on Sesame Street. In 1983 he founded the Negev Theatre and served as its creative director for fifteen years.[2]

Life

Shmuel Shilo was a founding member of Kibbutz Tze'elim (pictured)

Shmuel Shilo was born in Łuck, eastern Poland (now Lutsk, Ukraine). Following the Nazi-Soviet invasion of Poland and the creation of the Łuck Ghetto by the German occupation authorities in December 1941,[3] Shmuel (Shmulik, age twelve) was interned in the ghetto along with his family and 20,000 other Polish Jews.[4] He survived the ghetto liquidation action of August 19, 1942 in a cellar with his mother and siblings, and the subsequent deportation to Górka Połonka killing fields, but all alone on September 12, to join the slave workers in a Nazi labor camp set up at the Jewish school building. He escaped once more, during a prisoner revolt by hiding under a work bench,[5] and survived the war in the forests amongst partisans. After reuniting with his sister rescued by the Poles, in 1946 the two made their way to Palestine. He was a member of Palmach and was a founding member of Kibbutz Tze'elim.

Shilo studied acting and performed regularly in several theatres. In 1983 he founded the Negev Theatre and served as its art director until 1997. He also acted in several films and television series, best known for his role on the Israeli production of Sesame Street, Rechov Sumsum.[2] He died of cancer at the age of 82.[2]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1981 Sipur Intimi
1982 Noa Bat 17 Shraga
1982 Hamsin
1985 Goodbye, New York Moishe
1986 Yaldei Stalin
1986 Malkat Hakitah Baruch
1986 Gloves
1987 I Don't Give a Damn
1987 Ha-Holmim Halperin
1987 The Impossible Spy Rabbi TV movie
1989 Sadot Yerukim
1992 Double Edge Moshe
1998 Aviv Shmuel
2001 Ajimae King Bataton TV movie
2003 Meorav Yerushalmi Episode: "Kise Ha-Sandak"
2006 The Galilee Eskimos Faybel
2006 Ha-Chaim Ze Lo Ha-Kol Ephraim Rozanski Episode: "Yam Shel D'maot"
2007 The Little Traitor Mr. Lazarus
2009-2012 Prisoners of War Yoske 2 episodes, (final appearance)
2011 Footnote Committee Member

References

  1. ^ Shmuel Shilo at IMDb
  2. ^ a b c Adva Cohen (10 June 2011), Actor Shmuel Shiloh dies. Ynetnews.com. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  3. ^ Dr Pawel Goldstein, Lutsk (Luck) Ghetto. Geni.com. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  4. ^ Yad Vashem, Mass-murder of Łuck Jews at Gurka Polonka in August 1942 on YouTube Note: village Połonka (Polish: Górka Połonka or its Połonka Little Hill Archived 2008-07-20 at the Wayback Machine subdivision) is misspelled in the documentary, with testimony of eyewitness Shmuel Shilo. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  5. ^ Yad Vashem, testimony of Shmuel Shulman (Shmulik Shilo), Liquidation of the Jewish inmates of the Łuck labor camp in December 1942 on YouTube. Retrieved July 21, 2015.