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