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Golda Meirs grandson has today defended Dame Helen Mirren over her casting as the former Israeli Prime Minister in the upcoming biopic Golda.

The comedian, who himself faced backlash for using blackface, explained that despite calls for minority actors to be prioritised, theres little reaction when Jewish stars are overlooked.

The actor Ronald Fraser was famous for two things: his comic timing and his liking for a drink. On one occasion in the 1960s, he was happily sitting three sheets to the wind in a local hostelry, when he remembered that he was supposed to be on stage at a matinee. After walking unsteadily to

The Coronation Street actress said she thinks stars such as Tracey Ullman, Bette Midler and Barbara Streisand, who are Jewish, should have been considered for the role in the film Golda.

Famed British actress Maureen Lipman says Jewishness of character is integral; others say actors should be allowed to act

Actress Dame Maureen Lipman said Dame Helen Mirren should not have been asked to play the Israeli leader Golda Meir, adding that she was uncomfortable with the casting.

Rabbi Jonathan Romain, director of Maidenhead Synagogue, today took to Twitter to say you dont have to be Jewish to play a Jew in response to comments by Dame Maureen Lipman.

Actor says Meir’s Jewishness is ‘integral’ to role and that Ben Kingsley would ‘never be allowed’ to play Nelson Mandela

Jewish actress says the role of the former Israeli leader should not have been given to a gentile - a non-Jew