Barbara Eden
Barbara Eden
Biography
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.
Known For
Actor
as Mrs. Claus
as Mary Anderson
as Daphne St. Claire
as Jackie
as Self
as Ruth
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self
as Jeannie (uncredited)
as Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins
as Irma
as Self
as Dr. Jesse Newman
as Dr. Jesse Newman
as Self
as Jeannie
as Terri Ferguson
as Tess O'Brien
as Charlie McKeon
as Brenda Andersen
as Kathy McCormick
as Laura Harding
as Jeannie
as Maggie Jones
as Mary Beth Allen
as Stella Johnson
as Stella Johnson
as Self
as Barbara Messenger
as Lee Rawlins
as Stella Johnson
as Lee Ann De La Vega
as Liz Stonestreet
as Justine
as Ellen Dowling
as Self
as Self
as Lacy Colbert
as Self
as Ann Collins
as Self
as Francine Gregory
as Dina Hunter
as Liza Crocker
as Jane Bowers
as Self
as Self
as Lalumne
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
as Jeannie
as Self
as Augie (Augusta) Poole
as Nurse Laura Rogers
as Pia Pacelli
as Sylvia Kenton
as Angela Benedict
as Sally Cardew
as Self - Singer
as Lissa Paxton
as Marni Lee
as Vanessa Barrett
as Sylvia Hanson
as Linda Murray
as Commentator
as Susan Gale
as Greta Heinrich
as Samantha Fry
as Lieutenant Cathy Conners
as Carol Walker
as Sally Hobson
as Self - Co-host
as Self - Co-Host
as Self
as Nurse Judy Gail
as Terri Emson
as Roslyn Pierce
as Clemmie Shreve
as Lucy Hall
as Margo Tiffin
as Margo Stiles
as Ellen Brown
as Sgt. Katie Mulligan
as Ginny Grant
as Crystal Simpson
as Goldie Rogers
as Self
as Molly
as Miss Carstairs (uncredited)
as Blonde with Mike at Nightclub (uncredited)
as Carla Adrian
as Student Newspaper Photographer
as Judy Pierce
as Billie Walker
as Diana Jordan (uncredited)
as Self
as Self - Presenter
Producer
as Co-Producer