Actor Yosef Carmon passed away tonight (Wednesday) at the age of 88. Carmon’s coffin will be placed in the Cameri on Friday before the funeral ceremony.
Carmon was born in Poland and in 1946, after World War II, immigrated to Israel on a ship with a group of orphans from the Holocaust, and lived on Kibbutz Degania B. During his military service he appeared in a play with the Howie team directed by Yemima Milo, and she advised him to come to the Cameri Theater after his release. After his release from the IDF, he was admitted to the theater’s dramatic studio. In the late 1950s, he completed a one-year advanced training course in directing in London.
When he returned to Israel, he began playing at the Haifa Theater for a year. In 1965 he returned to play in the Cameri until his retirement in 2014. Carmon was an actor in the Cameri Theater for more than 50 years, during which time he participated in about 40 plays, 17 of them by Hanoch Levin. Among his well-known roles is the role of the old man in the play “Eshkava”, which he played from 1999 to 2014.
In the cinema, Carmon starred in the films “The Paratrooper Bitch Azit”, “Mr. Baum” and in “Crazy Land”. In 2015, he played Mr. Levy in the series “Zaguri Empire”. In addition, he previously won the David Violin Award for Best Actor for his performance in the play “Job’s Anguish,” the “Silver Lamp” Award (which preceded the Ophir Award) for his role in the film “Tel Aviv-Berlin,” the Moshe Halevi Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Moshe Award Halevy for the Performing Arts for a lifetime achievement, the Landau Award for a lifetime achievement, the Best Actor award at the Jerusalem Film Festival, an award for a lifetime achievement on behalf of the Cameri Theater and the Shaham Award for a lifetime achievement.
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Ren Guetta, CEO of the Cameri, eulogized him: “I had the honor and privilege of getting to know Joseph and of course watching him on stage conquer the audience. Awesome actor and a wonderful person. Sad and painful. The Cameri Theater bows its head with respect and appreciation. The funeral service in his memory will be held at the Cameri. “
Gilad Kimhi, the artistic director of the Cameri Theater, added: “With a heavy heart we say goodbye to Yosef Carmon, an actor, one of the greatest Israeli actors. Yossi Carmon played a number of memorable roles on the Cameri stage and was identified with Hanoch Levin’s plays. His marvelous role was the old man in the award-winning and acclaimed play, “Eshkava.” Sadly, this was his last role on stage. Yossi, our beloved, with his unique talent and endless charisma, will remain etched in the hearts of us all forever. “