Barbara Eden - wikipedia Barbara Eden This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( November 2011 ) Barbara Eden Barbara Eden walks the magenta carpet at Life Ball 2013 in Vienna Barbara Jean Morehead ( 1934 - 08 - 23 ) August 23, 1934 ( age 83 ) Tucson, Arizona, U.S. Residence Beverly Hills, California, U.S. Other names Barbara Huffman, Barbara Eicholtz Years active 1955 -- present Spouse ( s ) Michael Ansara ( m. 1958 ; div. 1974 ) Charles Fegert ( m. 1977 ; div. 1982 ) Jon Eicholtz ( m. 1991 ) Children Website barbaraeden.com Barbara Eden ( born Barbara Jean Morehead, August 23, 1934 ) is an American film, stage, and television actress, and singer, best known for her starring role of `` Jeannie '' in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. Contents 1 Early years 2 Television and film roles 3 I Dream of Jeannie 4 Later career 5 Personal life : Jeannie Out of the Bottle 6 Honors 7 Filmography 7.1 Film 7.2 Television 7.3 Selected stage productions 8 Audiobooks 9 References 10 External links Early years Eden was born on August 23, 1931, in Tucson, Arizona, the daughter of Alice Mary ( née Franklin ) and Hubert Henry Morehead, a butcher, who were 17 and 22 years old, respectively, according to Eden 's birth certificate. For decades, Eden 's year of birth was thought to be 1934. After her parents ' divorce, she and her mother moved to San Francisco, where her mother married Harrison Connor Huffman, a telephone lineman, by whom she had a daughter, Eden 's half - sister. The Great Depression deeply impacted the family, and as they were unable to afford many luxuries, Barbara 's mother entertained the children by singing songs. Eden 's first public performance was singing in the church choir, where she sang the solos. As a teenager, 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. Eden also entered the Miss California pageant. Television and film roles This section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( July 2016 ) Eden began her TV career as a semi-regular on The Johnny Carson Show in 1956. She also made featured appearances on shows such as The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The West Point Story, Highway Patrol, Private Secretary, I Love Lucy, The Millionaire, Target : The Corruptors !, Crossroads, Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, December Bride, Bachelor Father, Father Knows Best, Adventures in Paradise, The Andy Griffith Show, Cain 's Hundred, Saints and Sinners, The Virginian, Slattery 's People, The Rogues, and the series finale of Route 66. She guest - starred in four episodes of Burke 's Law, playing different roles each time. She was an uncredited extra in the movie The Tarnished Angels with Rock Hudson, in partnership with 20th Century Fox studios. She then starred in the syndicated comedy TV series How to Marry a Millionaire. The series is based on the 1953 film of the same name. Discovery in the Hollywood sense came when she starred in a play with James Drury. Film director Mark Robson, who later directed her in the movie From the Terrace, had come to the play and wanted her for 20th Century Fox studios. Her screen test was the Joanne Woodward role in No Down Payment ( 1957 ). Though she did not get the role, the studio gave her a contract. She did a screen test for the role of Betty Anderson in the 1957 film version of Peyton Place, but Terry Moore got the role. She had minor roles in Bailout at 43,000, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter ?, and The Wayward Girl, and then became a leading lady in films and starred opposite Gary Crosby, Barry Coe, and Sal Mineo in A Private 's Affair. She had a co-starring role in Flaming Star ( 1960 ), with Elvis Presley. The following year, she played in a supporting role as Lt. Cathy Connors in Irwin Allen 's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. She starred in The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, a George Pal - directed Cinerama film for MGM, and another Irwin Allen production for 20th Century Fox, Five Weeks in a Balloon ( 1962 ). She was the female lead in the 1962 Fox comedy Swingin ' Along, starring Tommy Noonan and Peter Marshall, in their final joint screen appearance. She did a screen test with Andy Williams for the 20th Century Fox movie State Fair, but did not get the role. Her last film for 20th Century Fox was The Yellow Canary ( 1963 ). She left Fox and began guest - starring in television shows and acting in films for MGM, Universal, and Columbia. She played supporting roles over the next few years, including The Brass Bottle and 7 Faces of Dr. Lao. I Dream of Jeannie This section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( October 2016 ) Eden as Jeannie in a variation of the famous `` Jeannie costume '' seen only in the pilot episode Bewitched was the number two show on television in 1964, and following on its heels, in 1965, producer Sidney Sheldon signed Eden to star in his up - and - coming fantasy sitcom I Dream of Jeannie that would air on NBC. After various brunette starlets and beauty queens unsuccessfully tried out for the role, Eden was approached by Sheldon who had seen her in The Brass Bottle and had been recommended by various colleagues. Eden played Jeannie, a beautiful genie set free from her bottle by astronaut and United States Air Force captain ( later major ) Anthony `` Tony '' Nelson, played by Larry Hagman. Eden played this role for five years and 139 episodes. Additionally, in eight episodes, Eden donned a brunette wig to portray Jeannie 's evil sister ( also named Jeannie ) who lusts after Tony Nelson, and in at least one episode played Jeannie 's hapless mother. Later career This section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( July 2016 ) After Jeannie, Eden did an unaired pilot, The Barbara Eden Show, as well as another pilot, The Toy Game. Her first TV movie was called The Feminist and the Fuzz. Although she is best known for comedy, most of these films were dramas, as when she starred opposite her `` Jeannie '' co-star Larry Hagman in A Howling in the Woods ( 1971 ). In The Stranger Within ( 1974 ), Eden played housewife Ann Collins, a woman impregnated by extraterrestrials. Later, Eden played Liz Stonestreet, a former policewoman now private detective investigating the disappearance of a missing heiress, in a critically acclaimed TV movie Stonestreet : Who Killed The Centerfold Model ? ( 1977 ). She starred in and co-produced, with her own production company ( MI - Bar Productions ), the NBC TV movie romantic comedy The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick ( 1988 ). She also starred in and produced the romantic comedy TV movie Opposites Attract ( 1990 ), co-starring John Forsythe. In 1978, she starred in the feature film Harper Valley PTA, based on the popular country song. This led to a namesake television series in 1981. In both the movie and the TV series, Eden played the show 's heroine, Stella Johnson. The show won 11 of its 13 time slots during its first season. It was a comedy version of Peyton Place, with Anne Francine playing wealthy villain Flora Simpson Reilly. In one episode, Stella dressed in a blue and gold genie costume and in another she played both Stella and her cousin Della Smith ( similar to Jeannie 's evil twin - sister character ). The TV series Harper Valley PTA began January 16, 1981, and was renamed simply Harper Valley when the show began its second season on October 29, 1981. Eden in 1987 ( age 56 ) at a United Services Organization show aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Okinawa. From April 3 through September 16, 1984, Eden starred in the Lee Guber and Shelly Gross national production of the John Kander and Fred Ebb Tony Award - winning musical comedy Woman of the Year, playing the role of Tess Harding Craig, alongside Don Chastain ( as Sam Craig ), and Marilyn Cooper. In 1990, Eden had a recurring role of a billionairess seeking revenge against J.R. Ewing in five episodes of the final season of Dallas, playing the captivating character LeeAnn De La Vega, reuniting her with her I Dream of Jeannie co-star Hagman. In her final episode, the character admits that her maiden name was `` LeeAnn Nelson '', which was a production gag, as `` Nelson '' was the surname of Hagman 's character, and Eden 's character 's married name, in I Dream of Jeannie. In 1991, she starred in the stage play Same Time, Next Year with Wayne Rogers, and reprised her role of Jeannie in a television movie of the week. In 1993, she starred in an 11 - city national tour of the play Last of the Red Hot Lovers with Don Knotts. Eden starred in such musical comedies as Nite Club Confidential ( playing the role of Kay Goodman, in 1996 ), The Sound of Music, Annie Get Your Gun, South Pacific with Robert Goulet, The Pajama Game with John Raitt, and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes playing Lorelei Lee. She has been a musical guest star in many variety television shows, including 21 Bob Hope specials, The Carol Burnett Show, The Jonathan Winters Show, The Jerry Lewis Show, This is Tom Jones show, Tony Orlando and Dawn, and Donny and Marie. She released an album entitled Miss Barbara Eden in 1967, for the record label Dot Records. From 2000 to 2004, Eden starred in the national touring production of the play The Odd Couple... The Female Version, playing the role of Florence Unger opposite Rita MacKenzie as Olive Madison. In March 2006, Eden reunited with her former co-star Larry Hagman for a publicity tour in New York City to promote the first - season DVD of I Dream of Jeannie. They appeared together on Good Morning America, The View, Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, Martha, and Showbiz Tonight, among other shows. In March 2006, Hagman and Eden again reunited, this time onstage, in New York, for Love Letters at the College of Staten Island, and at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. This was Eden 's first visit to the United States Military Academy since appearing in The West Point Story Eden starred in the play Love Letters with Hal Linden, and a guest - starring role on the Lifetime series Army Wives, written and produced by her niece, Katherine Fugate. In December 2008, she began filming the TV movie Always and Forever for the Hallmark Channel, shown in October 2009. In May 2013, Eden appeared with former US President Bill Clinton, Elton John, and Fergie at the opening ceremony of the 21st Life Ball in Vienna, where Eden wore her famous Jeannie harem costume. In late 2013, Eden was cast in the movie One Song, which was filmed in Excelsior, Minnesota. Eden has also done voice work for the animated children 's television series Shimmer and Shine where she voices the genie teacher Empress Caliana, who is retired genie mentor of Princess Samira who mentors the title characters. Caliana aids the main protagonists Leah and her twin genies Shimmer and Shine in rescuing Samira from a crystal cave in `` The Crystal Queen ''. She also voices Caliana in the Season 3 episode `` Samira and Zeta '' which reveals that Caliana taught at Genie Hall, a genie school attended by both a young Samira and the series main antagonist Zeta back when both were genies - in - training. Personal Life : Jeannie Out of the Bottle Eden with son Matthew Ansara ( 1966 ) Eden wrote a memoir, Jeannie Out of the Bottle, which was released on April 5, 2011, by Crown Archetype, a division of Random House. Chronicling Eden 's personal life and Hollywood career of more than 50 years, the book debuted at # 14 on the New York Times Best Seller List. Jeannie Out of the Bottle includes intimate details about Eden 's early childhood, her rise to popularity in her teens and early 20s, her co-stars over the years, and Eden 's work leading up to and during I Dream of Jeannie. Also covered are her three marriages ( to Michael Ansara from 1958 to 1974, to Charles Fegert from 1977 to 1982, and Jon Eicholtz ( 1991 -- present ) and her `` emotional breakdown '' following the death of her only child, Matthew. Honors On November 17, 1988, Eden received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to television. In 1990, the University of West Los Angeles School of Law granted Eden an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1956 Back from Eternity Blonde College Girl 1956 Earth vs. the Flying Saucers Backseat plane passenger Alternative title : Invasion of the Flying Saucers 1957 Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter ? Miss Carstairs 1957 The Wayward Girl Molly 1959 A Private 's Affair Sgt. Katey Mulligan 1960 Twelve Hours to Kill Lucy Hall 1960 Flaming Star Roslyn Pierce 1960 From the Terrace Clemmie Shrevie 1961 Swingin ' Along Carol Walker 1961 All Hands on Deck Sally Hobson 1961 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Lt. Cathy Connors 1962 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Greta Heinrich 1962 Five Weeks in a Balloon Susan Gale 1963 The Yellow Canary Lissa Paxton 1964 7 Faces of Dr. Lao Angela Benedict 1964 Quick, Let 's Get Married Pia Pacelli Alternative title : The Confession 1964 The Brass Bottle Sylvia Kenton 1964 The New Interns Laura Rogers 1964 Ride the Wild Surf Augie Poole 1976 The Amazing Dobermans Justine Alternative title : Lucky 1978 Harper Valley PTA Stella Johnson 1984 Chattanooga Choo Choo Maggie Jones 1985 The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal Herself Documentary A Very Brady Sequel Jeannie 2003 Carolina Daphne St. Claire Television 1955 -- 56 : The Johnny Carson Show ( semi-regular ) 1956 : The West Point Story ( Episode : `` A Tough Decision '' ) 1957 : Highway Patrol ( Episode : `` Hostage Copter '' ) 1957 : I Love Lucy ( Episode : `` Country Club Dance '' ) 1957 : The Millionaire ( Episode : `` The Ted McAllister Story '' ) 1957 : Crossroads ( Episode : `` A Green Hill Faraway '' ) 1957 -- 59 : How to Marry a Millionaire ( 52 episodes ) 1957 : Perry Mason ( Episode : `` The Case of the Angry Mourner '' ) 1957 : Gunsmoke ( Episode : `` Romeo '' ) 1957 : Bachelor Father ( Episode : `` Bentley and the Revolving Housekeepers '' ) 1957 : December Bride ( Episode : `` The Other Woman '' ) 1958 : Father Knows Best ( Episode : `` The Rivals '' ) 1958 : The Lineup ( Episode : `` The Samuel Bradford Case '' ) 1961 : Adventures in Paradise ( Episode : `` The Inheritance '' ) 1962 : The Andy Griffith Show ( Episode : `` The Manicurist '' ) 1962 : Target : The Corruptors ! ( Episode : `` Babes in Wall Street '' ) 1962 : Cain 's Hundred ( Episode : `` Savage in Darkness '' ) 1962 : Saints and Sinners ( Episode : `` Daddy 's Girl '' ) 1963 : Dr. Kildare ( Episode : `` If You Ca n't Believe the Truth '' ) 1963 -- 64 : Rawhide ( 3 episodes ) 1963 -- 65 : Burke 's Law ( 4 episodes ) 1964 : Route 66 ( 2 episodes ) 1964 : The Virginian ( Episode : `` The Brazos Kid '' ) 1965 : Slattery 's People ( Episode : `` Question : When Do We Hang the Good Samaritan ? '' ) 1965 : The Rogues ( Episode : `` Wherefore Art Thou, Harold ? '' ) 1965 -- 70 : I Dream of Jeannie ( 139 episodes ) 1971 : The Feminist and the Fuzz ( TV movie ) 1971 : A Howling in the Woods ( TV movie ) 1972 : The Woman Hunter ( TV movie ) 1973 : The Barbara Eden Show ( TV pilot ) 1973 : Guess Who 's Sleeping in My Bed ? ( TV movie ) 1974 : The Stranger Within ( TV movie ) 1974 : Out to Lunch ( TV special ) 1975 : Let 's Switch ! ( TV movie ) 1975 : NBC Special Treat ( Episode : `` Flight from Fuji '' ) 1976 : How to Break Up a Happy Divorce ( TV movie ) 1977 : Stonestreet : Who Killed the Centerfold Model ? ( TV movie ) 1979 : The Girls in the Office ( TV movie ) 1980 : Condominium ( TV miniseries ) 1981 -- 82 : Harper Valley PTA ( 30 episodes ) 1981 : Return of the Rebels ( TV movie ) 1985 : I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later ( TV movie ) 1987 : The Stepford Children ( TV movie ) 1988 : The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick ( TV movie ) 1989 : Your Mother Wears Combat Boots ( TV movie ) 1989 -- 90 : Brand New Life ( 5 episodes ; The Magical World of Disney ) 1990 : Opposites Attract ( TV movie ) 1990 -- 91 : Dallas ( 5 episodes ) 1991 : Her Wicked Ways ( TV movie ) 1991 : Hell Hath No Fury ( TV movie ) 1991 : I Still Dream of Jeannie ( TV movie ) 1993 : Visions of Murder ( TV movie ) 1994 : Eyes of Terror ( TV movie ) 1996 : Dead Man 's Island ( TV movie ) 2002 -- 03 : Sabrina the Teenage Witch ( 3 episodes ) 2003 : Teamo Supremo ( Episode : `` Brenda 's Birthday Bandit '' ) 2007 : George Lopez ( Episode : `` George is Maid to be Ruth-Less '' ) 2007 : Army Wives ( Episode : `` Truth and Consequences '' ) 2009 : Always and Forever ( TV movie ) 2016 : Shimmer and Shine ( Empress Caliana Episodes : `` The Crystal Queen / The Glob '', `` Samira and Zeta / The Zeta Touch '' ) 2016 : Worst Cooks in America ( `` Celebrity Edition '' ) The premiere was on Wednesday, Sept. 14 Selected stage productions 1964 : The Pajama Game 1970 : The Sound of Music 1971 : The Unsinkable Molly Brown 1973 -- 74 : Annie Get Your Gun 1982 : The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 1984 : Woman of the Year 1986 -- 88 : South Pacific 1993 : Last of the Red Hot Lovers 1995 : Nite Club Confidential 2000 -- 04 : The Odd Couple : The Female Version 2006 : Love Letters 2012 : Social Security Audiobooks 2011 : Jeannie Out of the Bottle, with Wendy Leigh ( read by the author ), Random House Audio, ISBN 978 - 0 - 3079 - 1434 - 7 References ^ Jump up to : `` Birth Certificate for Barbara Jean Morehead ( NOTE : date filed August 26, 1931 '' ( PDF ). State of Arizona. Archived from the original ( PDF ) on October 29, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Barbara Jean Huffman in household of Harrison Huffman, United States Census, 1940 ''. FamilySearch. Retrieved December 8, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Barbara Eden profile ''. Biography.com. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 24. Jump up ^ `` Barbara Eden profile ''. Biography.com. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 24. Jump up ^ `` Senior Class photos -- Spring 1949 '' ( PDF ). Abraham Lincoln HS. Retrieved February 4, 2012. Jump up ^ Robert Sokol ( July 4, 2011 ). `` Barbara Eden is coming home to San Francisco ''. The Examiner. Retrieved February 4, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Past Titleholders ''. MissSanFrancisco.org. Archived from the original on February 11, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2012. ^ Jump up to : Story, David. America on The Rerun 1993, p. 190, Citadel Press ; ISBN 0 - 8065 - 1410 - 8 Jump up ^ 1955 appearance by Eden on The Johnny Carson Show ( online video clip, YouTube, May 17, 2012 ) ; accessed July 29, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Andy Williams -- State Fair -- Screen Test with Barbara Eden ( RARE ) ''. YouTube. Retrieved July 16, 2012. Jump up ^ Stephen Cox ; Howard Frank ( March 18, 2000 ). `` Chapter 24. Episode Guide ''. Dreaming of Jeannie : TV 's Prime Time in a Bottle. St. Martin 's Press. pp. 209 -- 268. ISBN 0 - 312 - 20417 - 5. Jump up ^ `` Jeannie II ( Character ) ''. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved February 4, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Episode # 4.18 : Is There a Doctor in the House ? ''. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved February 4, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Barbara Eden, 78, back into her I Dream of Jeannie crop - top and harem pantaloons ''. Mail Online. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 23. Jump up ^ `` Excelsior Invests, Co-Stars in Independent Movie ''. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 23. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Archived December 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` Barbara Eden Biography ''. Barbaraeden.com. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 24. Jump up ^ Taylor, Ihsan. `` Best Sellers -- The New York Times ''. Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 24. ^ Jump up to : Story, David. America on The Rerun ( 1993 ), p. 197, Citadel Press ; ISBN 0 - 8065 - 1410 - 8. Jump up ^ Meet Worst Cooks Celebrity recruit Barbara Eden Jump up ^ Worst Cooks Celebrity Edition Exit Interview Barbara Eden External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Barbara Eden. Barbara Eden official website Barbara Eden on IMDb Barbara Eden at the TCM Movie Database Archive, emmytvlegends.org ; accessed August 23, 2015. Interview with Barbara Eden, elvis.com.au ; accessed February 24, 2014 Eden gets back into her I Dream of Jeannie crop - top and harem pantaloons Daily Mail, May 26, 2013 ; has an illustration of Eden with former U.S. President Bill Clinton, at the Life Ball benefit in Vienna, Austria on May 25, 2013 Barbara Eden article, nydailynews.com ; accessed August 23, 2015. Biodata, biography.com ; accessed August 23, 2015. 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Question: who played jeannie in i dream of jeannie
Answer: Barbara Eden (born Barbara Jean Morehead