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The first major dramatization of the Holocaust produced for a mass English-speaking audience, the miniseries starred Meryl Streep and James Woods and tracked the lives of two fictional families.
A four-time Emmy Award winner, he directed landmark historical TV dramas and the movie “Inside the Third Reich.”
The prolific Hollywood director helped make the influential miniseries "Roots" and won Emmys for sobering TV dramas on the Holocaust, the Attica prisoner uprising and early-day Russian imperialism.
Before Helen Mirren plays Golda Meir, here are 7 other stars who have played Israeli prime ministers (JTA) - A mere 43 years after her death, Golda Meir is ready for her close-up. Just a month after it was announced that the Israeli star Shira Haas would portray Meir in a TV series, The Hollywood Reporter revealed this week that Oscar winner Helen Mirren would portray Israel's only female prime minister in an upcoming biopic. While Haas, who is best known for her star turn in the miniseries "Unorthodox," is Jewish, Mirren is not. But she did win international acclaim (and the Academy Award...
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