---
name: "Haya Harareet"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/haya-harareet"
fi1m_id: "haya-harareet"
imdb_id: "nm0361823"
tmdb_id: 10019
wikidata_id: "Q238391"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 September 1931"
died: "3 February 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T07:23:04.189789+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Haya Harareet

## Identity

Haya Harareet

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/haya-harareet
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** haya-harareet
- **IMDb ID:** nm0361823
- **TMDB ID:** 10019
- **Wikidata ID:** Q238391
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haya_Harareet, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q238391, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0361823/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10019

Actor. Born 20 September 1931 in Haifa, British Mandate for Palestine (now Israel. Died 3 February 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 September 1931, Haifa, British Mandate for Palestine (now Israel
- **Died:** 3 February 2021
- **Active:** 1955–1959
- **Also known as:** Haya Hararit, ‏חיה הררית, Haya Neuberg
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haya_Harareet, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q238391, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0361823/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10019

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Ben-Hur*](https://film.one/film/ben-hur.md) (76)

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## Biography

Haya Harareet was an Israeli actress and screenwriter. Born Haya Neuberg in Haifa in 1931, she made her film debut in the Israeli production *Hill 24 Doesn't Answer* (1955). She gained international recognition for her role as Esther opposite Charlton Heston in William Wyler's *Ben-Hur* (1959).

Harareet appeared in several European films in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including *The Doll That Took the Town* (1957) and *The Secret Partner* (1961). She later wrote the screenplay for *Our Mother's House* (1967), directed by her husband Jack Clayton. She died in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, in 2021.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, thetimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ben-Hur* (1959), Fi1m 76, as Esther — [page](https://film.one/film/ben-hur.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Our Mother's House* (1967), Screenplay
- *La leggenda di Fra Diavolo* (1962), as Fiamma
- *The Interns* (1962), as Dr. Madolyn Bruckner
- *Journey Beneath the Desert* (1961), as Queen Antinea
- *The Secret Partner* (1961), as Nicole Brent
- *Ben-Hur* (1959), as Esther — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/ben-hur.md)
- *The Doll that Took the Town* (1957), as Anna Grimaldi
- *Hill 24 Doesn't Answer* (1955), as Miriam Miszrahi

## Gallery

- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : Aankomst op Schiphol van de hoofdrolvertolkster in de film "Ben Hur", Haya Harareet Beschrijving : (1960)](https://film.one/media/person/105594/gallery-34c8ca37fb6b.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : Aankomst op Schiphol van de hoofdrolvertolkster in de film "Ben Hur", Haya Harareet Beschrijving : (1960) — Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Haya_Harareet%2C_hoofdrolvertolkster%2C_in_de_rol_van_Esther%2C_in_de_film_Ben_Hur%2C_%2C_Bestanddeelnr_911-6564.jpg/1280px-Haya_Harareet%2C_hoofdrolvertolkster%2C_in_de_rol_van_Esther%2C_in_de_film_Ben_Hur%2C_%2C_Bestanddeelnr_911-6564.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : Aankomst op Schiphol van de hoofdrolvertolkster in de film "Ben Hur", Haya Harareet Beschrijving : (1960)](https://film.one/media/person/105594/gallery-fc5f0fe9d0b5.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : Aankomst op Schiphol van de hoofdrolvertolkster in de film "Ben Hur", Haya Harareet Beschrijving : (1960) — Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Haya_Harareet%2C_hoofdrolvertolkster%2C_in_de_rol_van_Esther%2C_in_de_film_Ben_Hur%2C_Bestanddeelnr_911-6562.jpg/1280px-Haya_Harareet%2C_hoofdrolvertolkster%2C_in_de_rol_van_Esther%2C_in_de_film_Ben_Hur%2C_Bestanddeelnr_911-6562.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : Aankomst op Schiphol van de hoofdrolvertolkster in de film "Ben Hur", Haya Harareet Beschrijving : (1960)](https://film.one/media/person/105594/gallery-be6ba982b340.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : Aankomst op Schiphol van de hoofdrolvertolkster in de film "Ben Hur", Haya Harareet Beschrijving : (1960) — Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Haya_Harareet%2C_hoofdrolvertolkster%2C_in_de_rol_van_Esther%2C_in_de_film_Ben_Hur%2C_Bestanddeelnr_911-6563.jpg/1280px-Haya_Harareet%2C_hoofdrolvertolkster%2C_in_de_rol_van_Esther%2C_in_de_film_Ben_Hur%2C_Bestanddeelnr_911-6563.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : Aankomst op Schiphol van de hoofdrolvertolkster in de film "Ben Hur", Haya Harareet Beschrijving : (1960)](https://film.one/media/person/105594/gallery-956fb3c76d22.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : Aankomst op Schiphol van de hoofdrolvertolkster in de film "Ben Hur", Haya Harareet Beschrijving : (1960) — Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Haya_Harareet%2C_hoofdrolvertolkster%2C_in_de_rol_van_Esther%2C_in_de_film_Ben_Hur%2C_Bestanddeelnr_911-6566.jpg/1280px-Haya_Harareet%2C_hoofdrolvertolkster%2C_in_de_rol_van_Esther%2C_in_de_film_Ben_Hur%2C_Bestanddeelnr_911-6566.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Haya Harareet](https://film.one/media/person/105594/gallery-03c0dc9081c8.jpg) Haya Harareet — Image via TMDB
- ![Haya Harareet](https://film.one/media/person/105594/gallery-b17c47cc0bf5.jpg) Haya Harareet — Image via TMDB
- ![Haya Harareet](https://film.one/media/person/105594/gallery-98853d549b3c.jpg) Haya Harareet — Image via TMDB
- ![Original Description: CHAJA HARARIT APPLYING MAKE UP AS RACHEL IN THE PERFORMANCE OF "CASABLAN" AT S'DOM. (1954)](https://film.one/media/person/105594/gallery-5c1d89804c8f.jpg) Original Description: CHAJA HARARIT APPLYING MAKE UP AS RACHEL IN THE PERFORMANCE OF "CASABLAN" AT S'DOM. (1954) — David Eldan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Haya_Harareet.jpg/1280px-Haya_Harareet.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Haya Harareet](https://film.one/media/person/105594/gallery-814312bfb2b9.jpg) Haya Harareet — Image via TMDB

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