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{{Short description|Israeli-American actress (1932–2019)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Chana Eden
| name = Chana Eden
| image = Publicity photo of Chana Eden.jpg
| image = Publicity photo of Chana Eden.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| caption = Publicity photograph, c. 1958
| caption = Publicity photograph, c. 1958
| birth_name = Chana Mesyngier<br>({{lang-he|חנה מסינגר}})
| birth_name = Chana Mesyngier<br>({{lang-he|חנה מסינגר}})
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1932|11|23|df=yes}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|11|23|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Haifa]], [[Israel]]
| birth_place = [[Haifa]], [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine Mandate]] (present-day [[Israel]])
| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) -->
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|03|30|1932|11|23|mf=yes}}
| death_place =
| death_place = [[Rosh Pinna]], Israel
| nationality = Israeli<br>American
| nationality = Israeli<br>American
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| occupation = Actress, singer
| other_names =
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| years_active = 1958&ndash;1987
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| occupation = Actress, singer
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| years_active = 1958–1987
| known_for =
| notable_works =
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'''Chana Eden''' ({{lang-he|חנה עדן}}; born 23 November 1932)<ref>{{cite web|title=Chana Meyngier Eden - Brasil, São Paulo, Cartões de Imigração|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSJ-Z8F8|website=[[FamilySearch]]|accessdate=1 June 2016}}</ref> is an [[Israelis|Israeli]]-[[Americans|American]] actress and singer.<ref name="Israeli Singer Discovered In N. Y. Nite Club to Star In Schulberg's Film; To Be Known as 'Chana Eden'">{{cite news|title=Israeli Singer Discovered In N. Y. Nite Club to Star In Schulberg's Film; To Be Known as "Chana Eden"|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/49969054/|accessdate=9 June 2016|work=[[The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle]]|date=25 July 1958|page=5}}</ref>
'''Chana Eden''' ({{lang-he|חנה עדן}}; November 23, 1932<ref>{{cite document|title=Chana Meyngier Eden - Brasil, São Paulo, Cartões de Imigração|publisher=[[FamilySearch]]|language=pt}}</ref> &ndash; March 30, 2019) was an Israeli-American actress and singer.<ref name="Israeli Singer Discovered In N.Y.">{{cite news|title=Israeli Singer Discovered In N. Y. Nite Club to Star In Schulberg's Film; To Be Known as 'Chana Eden'|work=[[The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle]]|date=July 25, 1958|page=5}}</ref>


After her debut in the 1958 film ''[[Wind Across the Everglades]]'', Eden appeared in guest roles in many American television series of the late 1950s and early 1960s. She returned to acting on two occasions in the 1980s.
After her debut in the 1958 film ''[[Wind Across the Everglades]]'', Eden appeared in guest roles in many American television series of the late 1950s and early 1960s. She returned to acting on two occasions in the 1980s.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Chana Mesyngier was born in [[Haifa]] to Rachel and Menachem
Chana Mesyngier (later Eden) was born in [[Haifa]] to Rachel and Menachem Mesyngier, a pharmacist.<ref name="Israeli Singer Discovered In N. Y. Nite Club to Star In Schulberg's Film; To Be Known as 'Chana Eden'" /> She was educated at Haifa's French School Alliance and studied dancing in an English ballet company.<ref name="Israeli Singer Discovered In N. Y. Nite Club to Star In Schulberg's Film; To Be Known as 'Chana Eden'" />
Mesyngier, a [[pharmacist]].<ref name="Israeli Singer Discovered In N.Y."/> She was educated at Haifa's French School Alliance and studied dancing in an English [[ballet]] company. After her graduation from the French school, she enrolled and briefly attended classes at a commercial college before her enlistment in the [[Israeli Navy]] during the [[1948 Palestine war|1948 Israeli independence war]].<ref name="Israeli Singer Discovered In N.Y."/>


Eden first arrived in the United States in 1953 to study film directing and cutting in Hollywood.<ref>{{cite news|title=To Hollywood|accessdate=5 February 2018|work=The National Jewish Post|date=29 May 1953}}</ref>
She first arrived in the United States in 1953 to study film directing and cutting in Hollywood, and took the surname '''Eden'''.<ref>{{cite news|title=To Hollywood|work=The National Jewish Post|date=May 29, 1953}}</ref> She became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1960 per the California, Southern District Court (Central) Naturalization Index.

Eden became a naturalized citizen of the [[United States]] in 1960.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chana Mesyngier Or Chana Eden Or Mesyngier - California, Southern District Court (Central) Naturalization Index|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQ9-JLF|website=[[FamilySearch]]|accessdate=1 June 2016}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
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Eden made her debut in ''[[Wind Across the Everglades]]'' (1958) and appeared in 30 television series. Eden appeared as an Argentine girl in an episode of The Rifleman in 1958. She played a young [[Shoshone]] woman in the ''[[Bonanza (TV series)|Bonanza]]'' episode "The Last Hunt" (1959), the title character's wife in the ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' Season 4, Episode 7 "The Case of the Clumsy Clown" (1960), and an Italian partisan named Elena in Season 1, Episode 4 "Ninety-Eight Cents Man" of ''[[The Gallant Men]]'' (1962).
[[File:Chana Eden in Wind Across the Everglades trailer.jpg|thumb|left|Eden in the trailer for ''[[Wind Across the Everglades]]'' (1958)]]

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Eden made her debut in ''[[Wind Across the Everglades]]'' (1958) and appeared in 30 television series. She played a young [[Shoshone]] woman in the ''[[Bonanza (TV series)|Bonanza]]'' episode "The Last Hunt" (1959), the title character's wife in the ''[[Perry Mason (TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' episode "The Case of the Clumsy Clown" (1960), and an Italian partisan named Elena in Season 1, Episode 4 "Ninety-Eight Cents Man" of ''[[The Gallant Men]]'' (1962). Playing a Greek mail-order bride in a 1961 episode of ''[[Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)|Have Gun - Will Travel]]'', Eden turns in a lively performance along with [[Charles Bronson]], [[George Kennedy]], and the series's star, [[Richard Boone]]. Her only recurring role in television was featured in two ''[[Adventures in Paradise (TV series)|Adventures in Paradise]]'' episodes, "The Color of Venom" and "The Death-Divers" (both 1960).
Playing a Greek mail-order bride in a [[List of Have Gun – Will Travel episodes#Season 5 (1961–62)|1961 episode]] of ''[[Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)|Have Gun - Will Travel]]'', Eden turns in a lively performance along with [[Charles Bronson]], [[George Kennedy]], and the series's star, [[Richard Boone]]. Her only recurring role in television was featured in two ''[[Adventures in Paradise (TV series)|Adventures in Paradise]]'' episodes, "The Color of Venom" and "The Death-Divers" (both 1960).

==Performances==
===Filmography===
* ''[[Wind Across the Everglades]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Snow White (1987 film)|Snow White]]'' (1987)

===Television===
* ''[[The George Burns Show]]'' - episode: "The French Revue" (1958)
* ''[[Man with a Camera]]'' - episode: "Blind Spot" (1958)
* ''[[The Millionaire (TV series)|The Millionaire]]'' - episode: "The Eric Lodek Story" (1958)
* ''[[The Rifleman]]'' - episode: "The Gaucho" (1958)
* ''[[Behind Closed Doors (1958 TV series)|Behind Closed Doors]]'' - episode: "Mightier Than the Sword" (1959)
* ''[[Richard Diamond, Private Detective]]'' - episode: "Matador Murder" (1959)
* ''[[Bat Masterson (TV series)|Bat Masterson]]'' - episode: "The Romany Knives" (1959)
* ''[[Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse]]'' - episode: "A Diamond for Carla" (1959)
* ''[[The Lineup (TV series)|The Lineup]]'' - episode: "The Counterfeit Citizens" (1959)
* ''[[Bonanza]]'' - episode: "The Last Hunt" (1959)
* ''[[The Troubleshooters (1959 TV series)|The Troubleshooters]]'' - episode: "The Big Blaze" (1960)
* ''[[Wanted Dead or Alive (TV series)|Wanted Dead or Alive]]'' - episode: "Triple Vise" (1960)
* ''[[The Alaskans]]'' - episode: "Sign of the Kodiak" (1960)
* ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' - episode: "The Case of the Clumsy Clown" (1960)
* ''[[The Aquanauts]]'' - episode: "Arms of Venus" (1960)
* ''[[Dante (TV series)|Dante]]'' - episode: "The Jolly Roger Cocktail" (1960)
* ''[[Adventures in Paradise (TV series)|Adventures in Paradise]]'' - episodes: "The Color of Venom" (1960), "The Death-Divers" (1960), and "Treasure Hunt" (1961)
* ''[[The Tab Hunter Show]]'' - episode: "Italian Riviera" (1961)
* ''[[The Islanders (TV series)|The Islanders]]'' - episode: "The Pearls of Ratu" (1961)
* ''[[The Brothers Brannagan]]'' - episode: "Wheel of Fortune" (1961)
* ''[[Peter Gunn]]'' - episode: "Till Death Do Us Part" (1961)
* ''[[Have Gun – Will Travel]]'' - episode: "A Proof of Love" (1961)
* ''[[77 Sunset Strip]]'' - episode: "The Reluctant Spy" (1962)
* ''[[The Gallant Men]]'' - episode: "The Ninety-Eight Cent Man" (1962)
* ''[[Naked City (TV series)|Naked City]]'' - episode: "The Virtues of Madame Douvay" (1962)
* ''[[Ensign O'Toole]]'' - episode: "Operation Intrigue" (1963)
* ''[[Kraft Suspense Theatre]]'' - episode: "The Long, Lost Life of Edward Smalley" (1963)
* ''[[Channing (TV series)|Channing]]'' - episode: "The Trouble with Girls" (1964)
* ''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]'' - episode: "The Sojourner" (1964)
* ''[[The Third Man (TV series)|The Third Man]]'' - episode: "Judas Goat" (1964)
* ''[[Remembrance of Love]]'' (TV movie, 1982)


==References==
==References==
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Chana Eden
Publicity photograph, c. 1958
Born
Chana Mesyngier
(Hebrew: חנה מסינגר)

(1932-11-23)November 23, 1932
Haifa, Palestine Mandate (present-day Israel)
DiedMarch 30, 2019(2019-03-30) (aged 86)
Rosh Pinna, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
American
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1958–1987

Chana Eden (Hebrew: חנה עדן; November 23, 1932[1] – March 30, 2019) was an Israeli-American actress and singer.[2]

After her debut in the 1958 film Wind Across the Everglades, Eden appeared in guest roles in many American television series of the late 1950s and early 1960s. She returned to acting on two occasions in the 1980s.

Biography

Chana Mesyngier was born in Haifa to Rachel and Menachem Mesyngier, a pharmacist.[2] She was educated at Haifa's French School Alliance and studied dancing in an English ballet company. After her graduation from the French school, she enrolled and briefly attended classes at a commercial college before her enlistment in the Israeli Navy during the 1948 Israeli independence war.[2]

She first arrived in the United States in 1953 to study film directing and cutting in Hollywood, and took the surname Eden.[3] She became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1960 per the California, Southern District Court (Central) Naturalization Index.

Career

Eden made her debut in Wind Across the Everglades (1958) and appeared in 30 television series. Eden appeared as an Argentine girl in an episode of The Rifleman in 1958. She played a young Shoshone woman in the Bonanza episode "The Last Hunt" (1959), the title character's wife in the Perry Mason Season 4, Episode 7 "The Case of the Clumsy Clown" (1960), and an Italian partisan named Elena in Season 1, Episode 4 "Ninety-Eight Cents Man" of The Gallant Men (1962).

Playing a Greek mail-order bride in a 1961 episode of Have Gun - Will Travel, Eden turns in a lively performance along with Charles Bronson, George Kennedy, and the series's star, Richard Boone. Her only recurring role in television was featured in two Adventures in Paradise episodes, "The Color of Venom" and "The Death-Divers" (both 1960).

Performances

Filmography

Television

References

  1. ^ "Chana Meyngier Eden - Brasil, São Paulo, Cartões de Imigração" (Document) (in Portuguese). FamilySearch.
  2. ^ a b c "Israeli Singer Discovered In N. Y. Nite Club to Star In Schulberg's Film; To Be Known as 'Chana Eden'". The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle. July 25, 1958. p. 5.
  3. ^ "To Hollywood". The National Jewish Post. May 29, 1953.

External links

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