Aliza Gur

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Aliza Gur (born as Alizia Gross, 1 April 1944, Ramat Gan) was Miss Israel of 1960 and a semi-finalist in the Miss Universe pageant that same year. Her parents had fled Germany during Hitler's reign and settled in the British Mandate of Palestine, where she and her brother were born.

Personal life

Gur eventually went to the United States and settled in California where she began her film and television career. Her parents emigrated to the United States as well and settled in Cleveland, Ohio for a time. They died in the 1970s. Aliza Gur has been married twice, to Sy Shulman and to Sheldon Shrager, but has no children. Gur currently resides in Hollywood.

Career

Her television credits include guest appearances on Get Smart (1965), The Wild Wild West (1965), The Big Valley (1965), and several other shows. Cinema credits include From Russia with Love (1963) and Agent for H.A.R.M. (1966).

Her most famous role was as one of two fighting Gypsies in From Russia with Love (she wears a red top, whereas Martine Beswick, the other woman, wears a green top). Aliza Gur continues to receives fan mail relating to this scene. The female lead in the film, Daniela Bianchi, had been Gur's roommate at the 1960 Miss Universe pageant and placed second in the competition.