A Woman Called Golda

A Woman Called Golda
Ingrid Bergman in A Woman Called Golda
Genre	Biography Drama History
Written by	Harold Gast, Steve Gethers
Directed by	Alan Gibson
Starring	Ingrid Bergman Ned Beatty Judy Davis Robert Loggia Leonard Nimoy
Theme music composer	Michel Legrand
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Harve Bennett
Producer(s)	Gene Corman Lynn Guthrie Marilyn Hall (associate producer)
Cinematography	Adam Greenberg
Editor(s)	Robert F. Shugrue
Running time	240 minutes
Production company(s)	Harve Bennett Productions Paramount Television
Distributor	Operation Prime Time CBS Television Distribution (2007-present)
Release
Original release	April 26, 1982

A Woman Called Golda is a 1982 American made-for-television film biopic of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir.

The film was directed by Alan Gibson and starred Ingrid Bergman, in her final starring role before her death, as Meir. It also featured Ned Beatty, Franklin Cover, Judy Davis, Anne Jackson, Robert Loggia, Leonard Nimoy and Jack Thompson.

A Woman Called Golda was produced by Paramount Television for syndication and was distributed by Operation Prime Time. The film premiered on April 26, 1982.

In 1977, Golda Meir returns to her old school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where she tells the students her life story. She recounts her early years in Russia, and how her family emigrated to America to avoid the persecution of Jews throughout Europe. As a young woman, Golda dreams of fighting for a country for all Jews of the world. She marries Morris Meyerson, and they eventually move to Palestine to work in a kibbutz, although they soon end up leaving, much to Golda's disappointment. They move to Jerusalem and have two children, but Golda's tremendous ambition soon drives her and Morris apart, although they remain married until his death in 1951.

Golda is elected Prime Minister of Israel in 1969, resigning after the Yom Kippur War in 1974. (She died in Jerusalem on December 8, 1978, at the age of 80.)