If it wasn’t for my taste in incredibly bad movies, I never would have known about Israeli actress Daliah Lavi (Levenbuch). Around 1960 she spent her 2 years in the IDF. Hooey. The bad (horrible) movie was Matt Helm: The Silencers. When I first saw the dark skinned beauty I thought it was Claudia Cardinale (picture bottom). I kept noticing Daliah’s overbite and looked the film up and that’s when I found out it wasn’t Claudia. I couldn’t even stand Matt Helm movies as a kid. Their good point is they do feature loads of attractive women (Stella Stevens) in bustiers and bikinis.

As she neared 40 and her acting career self-destructed she had a long singing career in Germany no less among other places. Married 4 times. Born October 12, 1942. Died at just age 74. Seems odd for her film career to dry up at just age 30, especially being an Israeli and all. Looking at her movie credits it looks like the entertainment industry did what they usually do, they had her slated for the sexpot roles and little else.

I think the difference between the two is that while Daliah would rev men’s engines, Claudia would melt men’s hearts.