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Barbara Eden
Actor
Born August 23, 1931 (90 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2019 | My Adventures with Santa · as Mrs. Claus |
| 2015 | Shimmer and Shine (TV Series) · as Empress Caliana |
| 2010 | Worst Cooks in America (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2009 | Always and Forever · as Mary Anderson |
| 2007 | Army Wives (TV Series) · as Victoria Grayson |
| 2003 | Loco Love · as Jackie |
| 2003 | Carolina · as Daphne St. Claire |
| 2002 | Teamo Supremo (TV Series) · as Evelyn |
| 2002 | George Lopez (TV Series) · as Ruth |
| 1996 | Dead Man's Island · as Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1996 | Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (TV Series) · as Irma |
| 1996 | A Very Brady Sequel · as Jeannie (uncredited) |
| 1991 | I Still Dream of Jeannie · as Jeannie |
| 1991 | Her Wicked Ways · as Tess O'Brien |
| 1991 | Hell Hath No Fury · as Terri Ferguson |
| 1989 | Your Mother Wears Combat Boots · as Brenda Andersen |
| 1988 | The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick · as Kathy McCormick |
| 1987 | The Stepford Children · as Laura Harding |
| 1985 | I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later · as Jeannie |
| 1984 | Chattanooga Choo Choo · as Maggie Jones |
| 1978 | Harper Valley P.T.A. · as Stella Johnson |
| 1978 | Dallas (TV Series) · as Lee Ann De La Vega |
| 1976 | The Amazing Dobermans · as Unknown |
| 1975 | Donny & Marie (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | The Woman Hunter · as Dina Hunter |
| 1971 | A Howling in the Woods · as Liza Crocker |
| 1971 | The Feminist and the Fuzz · as Jane Bowers |
| 1967 | Off to See the Wizard (TV Series) · as Melinda |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1965 | I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series) · as Jeannie |
| 1964 | The New Interns · as Nurse Laura Rogers |
| 1964 | 7 Faces of Dr. Lao · as Angela Benedict |
| 1964 | Ride the Wild Surf · as Augie (Augusta) Poole |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1964 | The Rogues (TV Series) · as Sally Cardew |
| 1963 | The Yellow Canary · as Lissa Paxton |
| 1962 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm · as Greta Heinrich |
| 1962 | Five Weeks in a Balloon · as Susan Gale |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Samantha Fry |
| 1961 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea · as Lieutenant Cathy Conners |
| 1961 | Swingin' Along · as Unknown |
| 1960 | From the Terrace · as Clemmie Shreve |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1960 | Route 66 (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1960 | Flaming Star · as Roslyn Pierce |
| 1959 | A Private's Affair · as Sgt. Katie Mulligan |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Goldie Rogers |
| 1957 | Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? · as Miss Carstairs |
| 1957 | Bachelor Father (TV Series) · as Patricia 'Patty' Robbins |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Carla Adrian |
| 1956 | Back from Eternity · as Student Newspaper Photographer |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Judy Pierce |
| 1955 | Highway Patrol (1955) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1954 | Father Knows Best (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1951 | I Love Lucy (TV Series) · as Diana Jordan |