Barbara Eden
Acting
🎂 1931-08-23
Barbara Eden 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.
Cast credits(111)
Carla Adrian
1957
Self
1962
Lee Ann De La Vega
1978
Ellen Brown
1960
Self - Co-host
1961
Self - Co-Host
1961
Self
1961
Irma
1996
Samantha Fry
1962
Self - Presenter
1944
Crystal Simpson
1959
Goldie Rogers
1959
Jeannie
1965
Self
1997
Margo Stiles
1960
Margo Tiffin
1960
Diana Jordan (uncredited)
1951
Judy Pierce
1955
Nurse Judy Gail
1961
Marni Lee
1963
Vanessa Barrett
1963
Sylvia Hanson
1963
Linda Murray
1963
Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
Lacy Colbert
1975
1955
Billie Walker
1955
Self
1993
Marge Corbett
1954
Ginny Grant
1959
Self
1958
Self
1950
Commentator
1963
1961
1954
Sally Cardew
1964
2010
Terri Emson
1961
Self
1976
Ruth
2002
1956
Self - Singer
1964
Self
1996
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
Self
1974
Clemmie Shreve
1960
1976
Stella Johnson
1981
2004
Jane Bowers
1971
Daphne St. Claire
2003
Blonde with Mike at Nightclub (uncredited)
1957
Brenda Andersen
1989
Self
1986
Terri Ferguson
1991
Ellen Dowling
1976
Self
1971
Pia Pacelli
1964
Lieutenant Cathy Conners
1961
Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins
1996
Angela Benedict
1964
Roslyn Pierce
1960
Laura Harding
1987
Tess O'Brien
1991
1957
Carol Walker
1961
Self
1987
Augie (Augusta) Poole
1964
Self
1996
Mary Beth Allen
1981
Nurse Laura Rogers
1964
Kathy McCormick
1988
Jackie
2003
Self
1974
Sgt. Katie Mulligan
1959
Maggie Jones
1984
Stella Johnson
1978
Liz Stonestreet
1977
1989
Charlie McKeon
1990
Dr. Jesse Newman
1993
Barbara Messenger
1980
Jeannie
1985
Dr. Jesse Newman
1994
Student Newspaper Photographer
1956
Sylvia Kenton
1964
1996
Stella Johnson
1981
Lalumne
1967
Greta Heinrich
1962
Jeannie (uncredited)
1996
Mary Anderson
2009
Self
1970
Liza Crocker
1971
Miss Carstairs (uncredited)
1957
Lissa Paxton
1963
Ann Collins
1974
Mrs. Claus
2019
Sally Hobson
1961
Justine
1976
Self
1976
Self
2002
Self
1980
Lee Rawlins
1979
Molly
1957
1987
Susan Gale
1962
Francine Gregory
1973
Lucy Hall
1960
Dina Hunter
1972
Jeannie
1991