![]() In the 2000s, she appeared in productions such as “Love Letters”, leading to a guest starring role in the televisions series “Army Wives”. Her work continued throughout the next few decades, leading her to perform in various theatrical productions including “Woman of the Year”, “Nite Club Confidential”, “The Odd Couple…The Female Version” and “the Sound of Music”. She then started working on other television projects, including “The Stranger Within” and “Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?”, and starred in the feature film “Harper Valley PTA”, which led to a television series in 1981. In 1965, Barbara was signed to star in the sitcom “I Dream of Jeannie”, in which she played the role of the beautiful genie Jeannie, set free from her bottle by astronaut Anthony “Tony” Nelson played by Larry Hagman, staying with the show for five years and 139 episodes, which considerably enhanced her net worth as well as her professional standing. Share your birthday wishes for Barbara using #HappyBirthdayBarbaraEden! -Team Eden /9rSIEwKERp Her last film with 20 th Century Fox was in “The Yellow Canary”, then made guest appearances for other studios such as Universal, MGM, and Columbia. Two years later, she became a part of the production of “Five Weeks in a Balloon”, before getting the lead role in the comedy “Swingin’ Along”. The following year, she had a supporting role in “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea”, before starring in “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm”. Her first television role would come in 1956, when she became a semi-regular on “The Johnny Carson Show”. During her time at City College, she was elected Miss San Francisco, and also entered the Miss California pageant. She also took singing lessons at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and acting classes at the Elizabeth Holloway School of Theatre. After matriculating from Abraham Lincoln High School in 1949, she enrolled for theatre classes at the City College of San Francisco and stayed there for a year. At the age of 16, she became a member of Actor’s Equity. It was during this time that she was taught by her mother how to sing, and during her teens she sang in local bands to supplement the family income. ![]() Met Mike Gordon of the band Phish the other day! -BĪ post shared by Barbara Eden on at 4:49pm PDTīarbara’s parents divorced when she was young, and she later moved with her mother to San Francisco where her mother would remarry to a telephone lineman, so she grew up with a younger half-sister, in a family greatly affected by The Great Depression.
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