Shmuel Shilo
שמואל שילה
Born	(1929-12-01)1 December 1929 Łuck,Second Polish Republic
Died	4 October 2011(2011-10-04) (aged 81) Tze'elim,Israel
Other names	Shmulik Shiloh
Occupations	Actor theatre director
Years active	1951–2011
Children	4

Shmuel Shilo (Hebrew:שמואל שילה‎; 1 December 1929 – 4 October 2011) was an Israeli actor, director and producer, best remembered for his role on the Israeli production ofRechov Sumsum, a popular TV show based onSesame Street. In 1983 he founded the Negev Theatre and served as its creative director for fifteen years.^[1]

Shmuel Shilo was born inŁuck,eastern Poland (now Lutsk, Ukraine). Following the Nazi-Sovietinvasion of Poland and the creation of theŁuck Ghetto by the German occupation authorities in December 1941,^[2] Shmuel (Shmulik, age twelve) was interned in the ghetto along with his family and 20,000 otherPolish Jews.^[3] He survived the ghetto liquidation action of August 19, 1942 in a cellar with his mother and siblings, and the subsequent deportation to Górka Połonka killing fields, but all alone on September 12, to join theslave workers in a Nazi labor camp set up at the Jewish school building. He escaped once more, during a prisoner revolt by hiding under a work bench,^[4] and survived the war in the forests amongst partisans. After reuniting with his sisterrescued by the Poles, in 1946 the two made their way to Palestine. He was a member ofPalmach and was a founding member ofKibbutzTze'elim.

Shilo studied acting and performed regularly in several theatres. In 1983 he founded the Negev Theatre and served as its art director until 1997. He also acted in several films and television series, best known for his role on the Israeli production ofSesame Street,Rechov Sumsum.^[1] He died of cancer at the age of 81.^[1]

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