Elana Eden
| Elana Eden | |
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Publicity photo, 1960
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| Born |
Elana Lani Cooper (Hebrew: לייני אילנה קופר) 1 May 1940 Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine |
| Other names | Elana Kuper Ilana Lani Cooper Ilana Myrow |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1957–1968 |
| Notable work | The Story of Ruth (1960) |
| Spouse(s) |
Nissim Aloni (m. 1962; div. 1965) Fred Myrow (m. 1969; d. 1999) |
| Children | 3 |
Elana Eden (Hebrew: אילנה עדן; born 1 May 1940) is an Israeli actress of film, television, and stage, best known for her film debut as the title role in 20th Century Fox's biblical epic The Story of Ruth (1960).
Eden was born Elana Lani Cooper in Bat Yam, Tel Aviv District, British Mandate of Palestine. Her father, Zvi Cooper, was a Polish-born landscape gardener who had settled in Palestine after World War I. Her mother (born c. 1910) was born in Russia. She has two older siblings: a brother Moti and a sister Tamar. She learned English at school and later attended high school at a kibbutz of the Sharon plain. She worked as a writer for Tel Aviv's newspaper Haaretz.
Eden decided to become an actress after seeing a performance of George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion when she was 15 years old. She won a scholarship to study acting at Israel's Habima Theatre Drama School and made her stage debut in the play Lysistrata, which she performed over 50 times in various locations in Israel.
After having served as a machine gunner and volunteer with the Israeli Army, Eden auditioned for the film The Diary of Anne Frank in London in 1957, and she was one of the five finalists for the part until Millie Perkins was cast.
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