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Barbara Eden

Barbara Eden

Birthday: 1931-08-23 | Place of Birth: Tucson, Arizona, USA

Barbara Eden (born August 23, 1931, height 5' 3¾" (1,62 m)) is an American film, stage, and television actress and singer. She is best known for her starring role of "Jeannie" in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. Eden was born Barbara Jean Morehead in Tucson, Arizona, the daughter of Alice Mary (née Franklin) and Hubert Henry Morehead. Her parents divorced when she was three; she and her mother, Alice, moved to San Francisco, where later her mother married Harrison Connor Huffman, a telephone lineman. The Great Depression deeply affected the Huffman family, and as they were unable to afford many luxuries, Barbara's mother entertained the children by singing songs. This musical background left a lasting impression on the actress, who began taking acting classes because she felt it might help her improve her singing. Her first public performance was singing in the church choir, where she sang the solos. When she was 14 she sang in local bands for $10 a night in night clubs. At age 16, she became a member of Actor's Equity. She studied singing at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and acting with the Elizabeth Holloway School of Theatre. She graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco in the Spring Class of 1949 and studied theater for one year at City College of San Francisco. She was then elected Miss San Francisco, as Barbara Huffman, in 1951. Barbara also entered the Miss California pageant, but did not win.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2009
Always and Forever

as    Mary Anderson

2005
Carolina

as    Daphne St. Claire

2003
Loco Love

as    Jackie

1996
Dead Man's Island

as    Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins

1991
I Still Dream of Jeannie

as    Jeannie

1991
Her Wicked Ways

as    Tess O'Brien

1987
The Stepford Children

as    Laura Harding

1981
Harper Valley

as    Stella Johnson

1979
The Girls in the Office

as    Lee Rawlins

1976
The Amazing Dobermans

as    Justine

1975
Let's Switch!

as    Lacy Colbert

1974
The Stranger Within

as    Ann Collins

1971
The Feminist and the Fuzz

as    Jane Bowers

1965
I Dream of Jeannie

as    Jeannie

1964
7 Faces of Dr. Lao

as    Angela Benedict

1964
The Brass Bottle

as    Sylvia Kenton

1963
The Yellow Canary

as    Lissa Paxton

1962
1962
Five Weeks in a Balloon

as    Susan Gale

1960
From the Terrace

as    Clemmie Shreve

1960
Flaming Star

as    Roslyn Pierce