Barbara Eden
Age: 92 | From: Tucson, Arizona, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1931-08-23 11:13:05
Aliases: Barbara Jean Moorhead
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Tucson, Arizona, USA
Homepage: http://www.barbaraeden.com/main.html
Movie Involvements: 27
TV Involvements: 19
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Perry Mason
(1957) Carla Adrian
Dallas
(1978) Lee Ann De La Vega
The Virginian
(1962) Samantha Fry
Rawhide
(1959) Goldie Rogers
Burke's Law
(1963) Vanessa Barrett
Dr. Kildare
(1961) Nurse Judy Gail
Gunsmoke
(1955) Judy Pierce
Intimate Portrait
(1993) SelfActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mrs. Claus | |
| 2010 | N/A | |
| 2009 | Mary Anderson | |
| 2004 | N/A | |
| 2003 | Daphne St. Claire | |
| Jackie | ||
| 2002 | Self | |
| 1999 | Self | |
| 1997 | Self | |
| 1996 | Self | |
| Irma | ||
| Jeannie (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins | ||
| 1994 | Dr. Jesse Newman | |
| 1993 | Self | |
| Dr. Jesse Newman | ||
| 1991 | Jeannie | |
| Terri Ferguson | ||
| Tess O'Brien | ||
| 1990 | Charlie McKeon | |
| 1989 | N/A | |
| Brenda Andersen | ||
| 1988 | Kathy McCormick | |
| 1987 | N/A | |
| Laura Harding | ||
| 1985 | Jeannie | |
| Self | ||
| 1984 | Maggie Jones | |
| 1981 | Mary Beth Allen | |
| Stella Johnson | ||
| Stella Johnson | ||
| 1980 | Barbara Messenger | |
| 1979 | Lee Rawlins | |
| 1978 | Stella Johnson | |
| Lee Ann De La Vega | ||
| 1977 | Liz Stonestreet | |
| 1976 | Justine | |
| Ellen Dowling | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 1975 | Lacy Colbert | |
| 1974 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Ann Collins | ||
| 1973 | Francine Gregory | |
| 1972 | Dina Hunter | |
| 1971 | Liza Crocker | |
| Jane Bowers | ||
| Self | ||
| 1967 | Lalumne | |
| Self - Guest / Various Characters | ||
| 1965 | Jeannie | |
| Self | ||
| 1964 | Sally Cardew | |
| Augie (Augusta) Poole | ||
| Nurse Laura Rogers | ||
| Pia Pacelli | ||
| Sylvia Kenton | ||
| Angela Benedict | ||
| Self - Singer | ||
| 1963 | Marni Lee | |
| Sylvia Hanson | ||
| Linda Murray | ||
| Vanessa Barrett | ||
| Lissa Paxton | ||
| 1962 | Samantha Fry | |
| Susan Gale | ||
| Greta Heinrich | ||
| 1961 | Self - Co-host | |
| N/A | ||
| Nurse Judy Gail | ||
| Terri Emson | ||
| Lieutenant Cathy Conners | ||
| Carol Walker | ||
| Sally Hobson | ||
| 1960 | Roslyn Pierce | |
| N/A | ||
| Ellen Brown | ||
| Clemmie Shreve | ||
| Lucy Hall | ||
| 1959 | Ginny Grant | |
| Sgt. Katie Mulligan | ||
| Crystal Simpson | ||
| Goldie Rogers | ||
| 1958 | Self | |
| 1957 | N/A | |
| Molly | ||
| Carla Adrian | ||
| Miss Carstairs (uncredited) | ||
| Blonde with Mike at Nightclub (uncredited) | ||
| 1956 | N/A | |
| Student Newspaper Photographer | ||
| 1955 | N/A | |
| Judy Pierce | ||
| Billie Walker | ||
| 1954 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1951 | Diana Jordan (uncredited) | |
| 1950 | Self | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Co-Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |