Barbara Eden was born Barbara Jean Moorhead August 23, 1934 in Tucson, Arizona. Barbara Eden: Out of the Bottle. Profiling actress Barbara Eden, who began her career in films but is perhaps best remembered for her role in "I Dream of Jeannie" (1965-70). The show recalls her marriages and her side career as a singer.By age three she would become Barbara Jean Huffman due to her mother's marriage to Connor Huffman. The change from "Huffman" to "Eden" came at the behest of her manager who thought the name Huffman would not sell in Hollywood. Eden agreed to change her last name, but insisted on keeping her first name, stating that she could not answer to anything else. She graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco in 1949.
Eden made featured appearances on popular television shows such as I Love Lucy, The Andy Griffith Show, Perry Mason, Bachelor Father, Gunsmoke, and the series finale of Route 66. Eden made her film debut in Back from Eternity (1956), and the following year she starred in the television series How to Marry a Millionaire, playing the role Marilyn Monroe had played in the film version. Eden had a notable part in Flaming Star (1960), an Elvis Presley movie. The following year, she played in a supporting role as Lt. Cathy Connors in Irwin Allen's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, one of many successful science fiction outings by "The Master of Disaster", where she was the hottest thing on television at the time. She played supporting roles in films over the next few years, including The Brass Bottle and the notable, if odd, movie, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, both with Tony Randall, before being signed to play her most famous and widely-recognized role, the character of "Jeannie" in the television sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.
Filmography
* Back from Eternity (1956) (uncredited)
* Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
* The Wayward Girl (1957)
* A Private's Affair (1959)
* Twelve Hours to Kill (1960)
* From the Terrace (1960)
* Flaming Star (1960)
* Swingin' Along (1961)
* All Hands on Deck (1961)
* Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
* The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
* Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
* The Yellow Canary (1963)
* The Confession (1964)
* 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
* The Brass Bottle (1964)
* The New Interns (1964)
* Ride the Wild Surf (1964)
* The Toy Game (1973)
* The Amazing Dobermans (1976)
* Harper Valley PTA (1978)
* Chattanooga Choo Choo (1984)
* The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1985) (documentary)
* The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen (1995) (documentary)
* A Very Brady Sequel (1996)
* Loco Love (2003)
* Carolina (2003)
[edit] Television work
* The West Point Story (1956) Episode: A Tough Decision
* Perry Mason (1957) Episode: The Case of the Angry Mourner
* I Love Lucy (1957) Episode #177: Country Club Dance
* How to Marry a Millionaire (1957-1959)
* The Andy Griffith Show (1962) Episode #42: The Manicurist
* I Dream of Jeannie (1965-1970)
* Kismet (1967)
* The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971)
* A Howling in the Woods (1971)
* Love is... Barbara Eden (1972)
* The Barbara Eden Show (1973) (unsold TV pilot)
* Guess Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1973)
* The Stranger Within (1974)
* Out to Lunch (1974)
* Let's Switch! (1975)
* How to Break Up a Happy Divorce (1976)
* Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? (1977)
* The Girls in the Office (1979)
* Condominium (1980)
* Harper Valley PTA (1981-1982)
* Return of the Rebels (1981)
* Woman of the Year (1984)
* I Dream of Jeannie: 15 Years Later (1985)
* The Stepford Children (1987)
* The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick (1988)
* Your Mothers Wears Combat Boots (1989)
* A Brand New Life (1989-1990)
* Opposites Attract (1990)
* Dallas (1990-1991)
* Her Wicked Ways (1991)
* Hell Hath No Fury (1991)
* I Still Dream of Jeannie (1991)
* Visions of Murder (1993)
* Eyes of Terror (1994)
* Dead Man's Island (1996)
* Nite Club Confidential (1996)
* Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1998)
* A Magical Evening with Barbara Eden (1999)
* At Home with Barbara Eden (2001)
* Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (2002-2003) as Great Aunt Irma
* The George Lopez Show (2006) Episode #142: George is Maid to be Ruth-Less
