Golda Meir

===Portrayals in film and theater===
[[File:PikiWiki Israel 15637 Performing arts Center in Tel Aviv.JPG|thumb|Facade of the Golda Meir Center for the Performing Arts – home to the [[Israeli Opera]] and the [[Cameri Theater]], Tel Aviv]]

Meir's story has been the subject of many fictionalized portrayals. In 1977, [[Anne Bancroft]] played Meir in [[William Gibson (playwright)|William Gibson]]'s Broadway play ''Golda''. The Australian actress [[Judy Davis]] played a young Meir in the [[made-for-television|television]] film ''[[A Woman Called Golda]]'' (1982), opposite [[Leonard Nimoy]]. [[Ingrid Bergman]] played the older Meir in the same film. Actress [[Colleen Dewhurst]] portrayed Meir in the 1986 TV movie ''[[Sword of Gideon]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Filmography for Colleen Dewhurst |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/49658%7C33638/Colleen-Dewhurst/filmography.html |access-date=February 1, 2018 |publisher=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref>

In 2003, [[American Jews|American Jewish]] actress [[Tovah Feldshuh]] portrayed her on Broadway in ''[[Golda's Balcony]]'', Gibson's second play about Meir's life. The play was controversial for implying that Meir considered using [[Nuclear weapons and Israel|nuclear weapons]] during the Yom Kippur War.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} [[Valerie Harper]] portrayed Meir in the touring company production and in the film version of ''Golda's Balcony''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=October 10, 2007 |title='Golda's Balcony' Film, with Valerie Harper, Begins Engagement at Quad Cinema Oct. 10 |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/goldas-balcony-film-with-valerie-harper-begins-engagement-at-quad-cinema-oct-10-com-144395 |access-date=February 1, 2018 |website=Playbill |language=en}}</ref> In 2005, actress [[Lynn Cohen]] portrayed Meir in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s film ''[[Munich (2005 film)|Munich]]''.

Tovah Feldshuh assumed the role of Meir again in the 2006 English-language French movie ''[[O Jerusalem (film)|O Jerusalem]]''. She was played by the Polish actress Beata Fudalej in the 2009 dramatic film ''The Hope'' directed by [[Márta Mészáros]].<ref>[http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyArticle.aspx?intStoryID=43441&Category= "Mészáros wraps production on historical drama The Hope"] ''Screen Daily''. February 26, 2009</ref>

Actress [[Helen Mirren]] portrayed Meir in the 2023 ''[[Golda (film)|Golda]]'' biopic film directed by [[Guy Nattiv]] and produced by [[Michael Kuhn]]. The film centres on the [[Yom Kippur War]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/global/helen-mirren-golda-meir-michael-kuhn-1234944737/|title = Helen Mirren to Star as Israeli Leader Golda Meir in Guy Nattiv's 'Golda,' Produced by Michael Kuhn|date = April 6, 2021}}</ref>

As of April 2021, a TV miniseries ''Lioness'' starring [[Shira Haas]] is also currently being produced and will be directed by [[Barbra Streisand]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=JTA|title=Shira Haas to play Golda Meir in US TV series|url=https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/shira-haas-to-play-golda-meir-in-us-tv-series/|access-date=2021-04-06|website=jewishnews.timesofisrael.com|language=en-US}}</ref>