Attended the 20th Century Fox school, where young contract players were trained in acting, dance, fencing, personal development in the social graces, fashion and styling.
Arthur E. Arling, the cinematographer of The Story of Ruth (1960), said that Eden was "the most photogenic - the most camera-proof face I've ever photographed".
Is the youngest of three children. Her siblings are brother Moti and sister Tamar.
Her father, Zvi Cooper, was born in Poland to a wealthy family; he moved to Israel after World War I, circa 1920, and worked as a landscape gardener. Her mother, who was born circa 1910, was born in Russia.