Elana Eden (Hebrew: × ×™×œ× ×" ×¢×"ן‎; born Elana Lani Cooper, 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 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.
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 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.
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