Ilana Rovina

Ilana Rovina (‎; 10 February 1934 – 18 October 2020) was an Israeli singer.

Biography Ilana Rovina was the daughter of Russian-born actress Hanna Rovina and Russian-born poet Alexander Penn, the child of an extramarital affair that caused a public scandal. Her parents never married, not even after the end of her father's first marriage. She was raised by foster parents in her early years. Songwriter (1929 - 2004) was her older paternal half-sister. She had two other paternal half-siblings, Adam (1931 - 1933), born to her father and his first wife Bella Don and brother to Zrubavela, and Sinilga, born to her father and his second wife Rachel Luftglass. She attended Tichon Hadash high school in Tel Aviv.

Rovina married several times. Her first husband was American Bill Stewart; they married in 1956 but soon divorced. She married fellow entertainer Uri Zohar; they also divorced.

Music and acting career Rovina completed her army service in the 1950s, then studied music and modeled in Milan. She found independent fame with a series of pop hits in the 1960s and 1970s, including "The Road Song", "The Pepper Song", "Irises", "Yevarechecha", "Lilach Wants to Pick the Moon", "Go With Her", and "King Solomon's Mariners". She acted in the film I Like Mike (1961). During the Yom Kippur War, she entertained Israeli troops with other musicians, including Leonard Cohen, Oshik Levi, and Matti Caspi.