Personal Info
Birth date
1931-08-23 (93 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Tucson, Arizona, USA
Also known as
Barbara Jean Moorhead
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باربارا ادن
Barbara Eden
Biography
Barbara Eden 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.
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.4
Overview:
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.The View
4.5
Overview:
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
Overview:
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.The Andy Griffith Show
7.6
Overview:
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by." The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.Worst Cooks in America
6.3
Overview:
12 to 16 contestants with poor cooking skills are taken through an eight-week culinary boot camp, to earn a cash prize of $25,000. The recruits are trained on the various basic cooking techniques including: baking, knife skills, temperature, seasoning and preparation. The final challenge is to cook a restaurant quality three-course meal for three food critics.Dallas
6.8
Overview:
The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly with real buildings. Famous for one of the best cliffhangers in TV history, as the world asked "Who shot J.R.?" A slow-burner to begin with, Dallas hit its stride in the 2nd season, with long storylines and expert character development. Dallas ruled the airwaves in the 1980's.I Dream of Jeannie
7.831
Overview:
While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".I Love Lucy
7.916
Overview:
Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.The Carol Burnett Show
7.7
Overview:
The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. It originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 278 episodes and originated from CBS Television City's Studio 33. The series won 25 prime time Emmy Awards, was ranked No. 16 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time in 2002 and in 2007 was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All Time."Golden Globe Awards
7
Overview:
An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
7.812
Overview:
On her sixteenth birthday, Sabrina Spellman discovers she has magical powers. She lives with her 600-year-old aunts Hilda and Zelda as well as talking cat Salem in the fictional town of Westbridge, Massachusetts.Perry Mason
7.7
Overview:
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.Dr. Kildare
5.5
Overview:
The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.Route 66
6.3
Overview:
After discovering that his late father has gone through most of the family fortune, Tod Stiles hits the title trans-America highway in his Corvette in search of adventure with friend Buz Murdock, a survivor of New York's mean streets. The two work odd jobs as they meet and interact with colorful characters and find themselves plunged into one situation after another, some of them romantic, some of them very dangerous. Later, Linc Case, a Vietnam war hero trying to find himself, takes over as Tod's travel companion.Kraft Music Hall
4.667
Overview:
Kraft Music Hall is an umbrella title for several television series aired by NBC in the United States from the 1950s to the 1970s in the musical variety genre, sponsored by Kraft Foods, the producers of a well-known line of cheeses and related dairy products. Their commercials were usually announced by "The Voice of Kraft", Ed Herlihy.Intimate Portrait
4.5
Overview:
Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject. Among the people profiled were Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Carly Simon, Jackie Kennedy, Katharine Hepburn, Carol Burnett, Tanya Tucker, and Marla Maples.The Bob Hope Show
7
Overview:
The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC rotated with other variety shows in a Sunday night block known as "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (Sept. 1950 to Dec. 1955). Also known as, "The Chevy Show with Bob Hope." When the first special debuted in October of 1950 it was the most expensive television program made up to that point - costing an astronomical $1,500 a minute to produce. Bob Hope had his own television show and radio show at the same time. For the next three seasons, The Bob Hope Show was broadcast once a month on Tuesday nights, giving Milton Berle a week off. Bob ended his radio show in April, 1956. Bob Hope also had another show by a similar name, "The Bob Hope Show (All Star Revue)". In addition, he performed in "Specials" for many years. It is the longest running variety program in television's history with a record of 45 years of televised entertainment.Burke's Law
6
Overview:
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.Rawhide
7.2
Overview:
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.Adventures in Paradise
5.7
Overview:
Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as Adam Troy, the captain of the schooner Tiki III, which sailed the South Pacific looking for passengers and adventure. USA Network aired reruns of this series between 1984 and 1988. The plots deal with the romantic and detective stories of Korean War veteran Troy. The supporting cast, varying from season to season, features George Tobias, Guy Stockwell, and Linda Lawson.December Bride
5.5
Overview:
December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959, adapted from the original CBS radio network series that aired from June 1952 through September 1953.Highway Patrol
5.8
Overview:
Highway Patrol was a syndicated, fictional police action series produced from 1955 to 1959, concerning the activities of the highway patrol and their leader, Dan Matthews (who held no rank). Although filmed in and around the Los Angeles area, the state setting for the stories was never identified, and city and street names were fictionalized.The Virginian
6.5
Overview:
The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.Father Knows Best
6.5
Overview:
Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.How to Marry a Millionaire
6
Overview:
How to Marry a Millionaire is an American sitcom that aired in syndication from September 1957 to August 1959. The series is based on the 1953 film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, and Lauren Bacall. The series stars Lori Nelson, Merry Anders, and Barbara Eden. Lisa Gaye joined the cast in the second season after Lori Nelson left the series. How to Marry a Millionaire was the first series that Barbara Eden was featured in as a regular cast member. Eden would go on to play one of her more notable roles, "Jeannie" in the NBC sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. During the series' first season, Eden was billed third. After Lori Nelson left the series, Eden was billed first.Target: The Corruptors!
3.5
Overview:
Target: The Corruptors! is an American crime drama series starring Stephen McNally which aired on ABC from September 29, 1961 to June 8, 1962. The series was produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Television.The Pet Set
5.5
Overview:
Each episode of this part talk show, part docuseries begins with animal-loving celebrities showcasing their pets. The showcase transitions into a documentary segment on the species previously showcased, followed by a discussion with an animal expert, and concluding with host Betty White and sometimes her guest stars outside with a wild animal.Tony Orlando and Dawn
3.5
Overview:
CBS gave the group a television variety show (entitled Tony Orlando and Dawn) from the summer of 1974, after The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour ended its run, until December 1976. The show was in the same vein as its predecessor (with sketches featuring sarcastic back-and-forth banter between Orlando, Hopkins and Vincent, similar to the sarcastic dialogue between Sonny and Cher) and became a Top 20 hit. They are most famous for "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" & "Knock Three Times"!Acting
2019My Adventures with Santa as Mrs. Claus
2010Worst Cooks in America (1 Episode) as Unknown
2009Always and Forever as Mary Anderson
2004TV Revolution (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2003Carolina as Daphne St. Claire
2003Loco Love as Jackie
2002NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
2002George Lopez (1 Episode) as Ruth
1999Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1997The View (2 Episodes) as Self
1996Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace as Self
1996Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (3 Episodes) as Irma
1996A Very Brady Sequel as Jeannie (uncredited)
1996E! True Hollywood Story (1 Episode) as Unknown
1996The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1 Episode) as Self
1996Dead Man's Island as Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins
1994Eyes of Terror as Dr. Jesse Newman
1993Intimate Portrait (1 Episode) as Self
1993Visions of Murder as Dr. Jesse Newman
1991I Still Dream of Jeannie as Jeannie
1991Hell Hath No Fury as Terri Ferguson
1991Her Wicked Ways as Tess O'Brien
1990Opposites Attract as Charlie McKeon
1989Brand New Life (6 Episodes) as Unknown
1989Your Mother Wears Combat Boots as Brenda Andersen
1988The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick as Kathy McCormick
1987The Great American Quiz Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
1987The Stepford Children as Laura Harding
1986The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal as Self
1985I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later as Jeannie
1984Chattanooga Choo Choo as Maggie Jones
1981Return of the Rebels as Mary Beth Allen
1981Harper Valley (31 Episodes) as Stella Johnson
1981Harper Valley P.T.A. (30 Episodes) as Stella Johnson
1980Men Who Rate a 10 as Self
1980Condominium (2 Episodes) as Barbara Messenger
1979The Girls in the Office as Lee Rawlins
1978Harper Valley P.T.A. as Stella Johnson
1978Dallas (5 Episodes) as Lee Ann De La Vega
1977Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? as Liz Stonestreet
1976The Amazing Dobermans as Justine
1976How to Break Up a Happy Divorce as Ellen Dowling
1976Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby? as Self
1976The Sonny and Cher Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
1976Donny & Marie (1 Episode) as Self
1975Let's Switch! as Lacy Colbert
1974Out to Lunch as Self
1974Tony Orlando and Dawn (1 Episode) as Self
1974The Stranger Within as Ann Collins
1973Guess Who's Sleeping in My Bed? as Francine Gregory
1972The Woman Hunter as Dina Hunter
1971A Howling in the Woods as Liza Crocker
1971The Feminist and the Fuzz as Jane Bowers
1971The Pet Set (1 Episode) as Self
1970Honor America Day as Self
1967Kismet as Lalumne
1967The Carol Burnett Show (1 Episode) as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1965I Dream of Jeannie (139 Episodes) as Jeannie
1964The Rogues (1 Episode) as Sally Cardew
1964Ride the Wild Surf as Augie (Augusta) Poole
1964The New Interns as Nurse Laura Rogers
1964The Confession as Pia Pacelli
1964The Brass Bottle as Sylvia Kenton
19647 Faces of Dr. Lao as Angela Benedict
1964The Hollywood Palace (1 Episode) as Self - Singer
1963Burke's Law (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Marni Lee, Vanessa Barrett, Sylvia Hanson, Linda Murray
1963Miss USA (1 Episode) as Commentator
1963The Yellow Canary as Lissa Paxton
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1 Episode) as Self
1962The Virginian (1 Episode) as Samantha Fry
1962Five Weeks in a Balloon as Susan Gale
1962The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm as Greta Heinrich
1961The Mike Douglas Show (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Self - Co-host, Self - Co-Host, Self
1961Target: The Corruptors! (1 Episode) as Unknown
1961Dr. Kildare (1 Episode) as Nurse Judy Gail
1961Cain's Hundred (1 Episode) as Terri Emson
1961Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Lieutenant Cathy Conners
1961Swingin' Along as Carol Walker
1961All Hands on Deck as Sally Hobson
1960Flaming Star as Roslyn Pierce
1960Route 66 (1, 1 Episode) as Margo Stiles, Margo Tiffin
1960The Andy Griffith Show (1 Episode) as Ellen Brown
1960From the Terrace as Clemmie Shreve
1960Twelve Hours to Kill as Lucy Hall
1959Adventures in Paradise (1 Episode) as Ginny Grant
1959A Private's Affair as Sgt. Katie Mulligan
1959Rawhide (1, 2 Episode) as Crystal Simpson, Goldie Rogers
1958Kraft Music Hall (1 Episode) as Self
1957How to Marry a Millionaire (52 Episodes) as Unknown
1957The Wayward Girl as Molly
1957Perry Mason (1 Episode) as Carla Adrian
1957Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? as Miss Carstairs (uncredited)
1957Bailout at 43,000 as Blonde with Mike at Nightclub (uncredited)
1956West Point (1 Episode) as Unknown
1956Back from Eternity as Student Newspaper Photographer
1955Highway Patrol (1 Episode) as Unknown
1955Gunsmoke (1 Episode) as Judy Pierce
1955The Millionaire (1 Episode) as Billie Walker
1954December Bride (1 Episode) as Unknown
1954Father Knows Best (1 Episode) as Marge Corbett
1951I Love Lucy (1 Episode) as Diana Jordan (uncredited)
1950The Bob Hope Show (7 Episodes) as Self
1944Golden Globe Awards (1 Episode) as Self - Presenter
Production
1988The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick ... Co-Producer