Barbara Eden (born Barbara Jean Morehead; August 23, 1931[1]) is an American actress and singer, who starred as the title character in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970). Her other roles included Roslyn Pierce opposite Elvis Presley in Flaming Star (1960), Lieutenant (JG) Cathy Connors in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961), and a single widowed mother, Stella Johnson, in the film Harper Valley PTA (1978) and in the television series of the same name.
Eden began singing in bands as a teenager and studied singing and acting. In 1955, she began her television career with appearances on The Johnny Carson Show and on various other series, such as Burke's Law. By 1957, she was starring in the comedy TV series How to Marry a Millionaire. She also began to act in plays and films. 20th Century Fox studios gave her a contract the same year, and in 1959 she had her first major film role in A Private's Affair, followed by a co-starring role in Flaming Star the following year. Several more roles for the studio followed until she left Fox in 1963.
After I Dream of Jeannie, she appeared mostly in dramatic roles, such as in the TV movie Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? (1977). She also utilized her musical talents in musical comedy tours and a TV broadcast of Kismet, released an album, appeared on variety television shows and USO shows, and headlined Las Vegas acts. She also appeared in several straight plays. In 1978, she starred in the comedy film Harper Valley PTA, followed by a television series of the same name in 1981. She played opposite Hagman on several occasions, including in five episodes of the final season of Dallas and the play Love Letters. Eden continued to perform until the age of 90.
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BarbaraEden (born Barbara Jean Morehead; August 23, 1931) is an American actress and singer, who starred as the title character in the sitcom I Dream...
date between Ansara and actress BarbaraEden.[citation needed] The two later married and Ansara guest-starred on Eden's sitcom I Dream of Jeannie as the...
fantasy sitcom television series, created by Sidney Sheldon that starred BarbaraEden as a sultry, 2,000-year-old genie and Larry Hagman as an astronaut with...
Eden Capwell and Cruz Castillo are fictional characters and a supercouple from the American daytime drama Santa Barbara. Eden was portrayed by American...
1999, after 29 years, Hagman agreed to reunite with Jeannie co-stars BarbaraEden and Bill Daily and creator/producer Sidney Sheldon on The Donny and Marie...
Away from It All (1972) with Larry Hagman, Let's Switch! (1975) with BarbaraEden, and the cult-classic thriller A Vacation in Hell (1979) with Maureen...
Paradise, starring Gardner McKay. In that same year, she was replaced by BarbaraEden in the Elvis Presley film Flaming Star after a disagreement with director...
Flaming Star is a 1960 American Western film starring Elvis Presley, BarbaraEden, and Steve Forrest, based on the book Flaming Lance (1958) by Clair Huffaker...
is a 1988 American made-for-television romantic comedy film starring BarbaraEden, Josh Taylor, Judy Geeson, Jenny O'Hara and Dick O'Neill. It was broadcast...
made-for-television comedy film directed by Anson Williams and starring BarbaraEden, Héctor Elizondo, Meagen Fay, David Kaufman. It premiered as part of...
psychological thriller film directed by Michael Rhodes and starring BarbaraEden and James Brolin. The film was based on a teleplay written by Julie Moskowitz...
Robert Sterling. The supporting cast includes Peter Lorre, Joan Fontaine, BarbaraEden, Michael Ansara, and Frankie Avalon. The film's storyline was written...
Again) is a 1981 American made-for-television biker drama film starring BarbaraEden, Don Murray, Christopher Connelly, Robert Mandan, Jamie Farr and Patrick...
made-for-television thriller film directed by Daniel Petrie and starring BarbaraEden, Larry Hagman, John Rubinstein, and Vera Miles. The teleplay was written...
[citation needed] In 2003, she starred in Mi Casa, Su Casa together with BarbaraEden.[citation needed] In 2004, she was the spoiled wife of antagonist Mr...
The Feminist and the Fuzz is a 1971 American TV movie starring BarbaraEden (in her television film debut), David Hartman, Jo Anne Worley, Herb Edelman...
Myrna Loy, Ina Balin, George Grizzard, and Leon Ames, with a young BarbaraEden appearing in one scene. The plot tells the story of the estranged son...
resort and must confront failure. Also in 1985, he starred opposite BarbaraEden in the televised reunion movie I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later...
prohibited female navel exposure on American television. During the 1960s, BarbaraEden was not allowed to show her navel on the NBC TV show I Dream of Jeannie...
final reunion film based on the 1965–1970 sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. BarbaraEden and Bill Daily are the only two regular cast members from the original...
It also features cameos from RuPaul, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Rosie O'Donnell, BarbaraEden, David Spade, and Richard Belzer. The film was quickly produced after...
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