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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'" /> |
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'" /> 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. Nite Club to Star In Schulberg's Film; To Be Known as 'Chana Eden'" /> |
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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> |
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> |
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Revision as of 21:00, 5 February 2018
Chana Eden | |
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 Publicity photograph, c. 1958 | |
| Born | 23 November 1932 |
| Nationality | Israeli American |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 1958–1987 |
Chana Eden (Hebrew: חנה עדן; born 23 November 1932)[1] is 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 (later Eden) 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.[2] 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]
Eden first arrived in the United States in 1953 to study film directing and cutting in Hollywood.[3]
Eden became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1960.[4]
Career
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 episode "The Last Hunt" (1959), the title character's wife in the 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, 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).
References
- ^ "Chana Meyngier Eden - Brasil, São Paulo, Cartões de Imigração". FamilySearch. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Israeli Singer Discovered In N. Y. Nite Club to Star In Schulberg's Film; To Be Known as "Chana Eden"". The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle. 25 July 1958. p. 5. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ "To Hollywood". The National Jewish Post. 29 May 1953.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Chana Mesyngier Or Chana Eden Or Mesyngier - California, Southern District Court (Central) Naturalization Index". FamilySearch. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
External links
- Chana Eden at IMDb
