Tel Aviv University to honor Almagor with degree

The university said she was being honored for her contributions to Israeli culture as "the first lady of stage and screen."

Gila Almagor 88 224 (photo credit: Courtesy)
Gila Almagor 88 224
(photo credit: Courtesy)
The Tel Aviv University will bestow an honorary doctorate on actress Gila Almagor on May 18. The university's Senate said she was being honored for her contributions to Israeli culture as "the first lady of stage and screen" and for her professionalism in acting, writing, philanthropy and being a public persona over the past 50 years.