Barbara Eden (born Barbara Jean Morehead, August , ) is an American
actress and singer, best known for her starring role of "Jeannie" in
the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.Eden was born in in Tucson, Arizona, to
Alice Mary (née Franklin; â€") and Hubert Henry Morehead (â€"). For
decades, her year of birth was thought to be , an age difference of
three years. After her parents' divorce, her mother and she 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 affected the family, and as they were unable
to afford many luxuries, Alice entertained her children with
singing.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 $ (roughly equivalent to $ in ) a night in night clubs. At
age , she became a member of Actor's Equity, and 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 and studied theater
for one year at City College of San Francisco. As Barbara Huffman, she
was elected Miss San Francisco in and she also entered the Miss
California pageant.
actress and singer, best known for her starring role of "Jeannie" in
the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.Eden was born in in Tucson, Arizona, to
Alice Mary (née Franklin; â€") and Hubert Henry Morehead (â€"). For
decades, her year of birth was thought to be , an age difference of
three years. After her parents' divorce, her mother and she 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 affected the family, and as they were unable
to afford many luxuries, Alice entertained her children with
singing.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 $ (roughly equivalent to $ in ) a night in night clubs. At
age , she became a member of Actor's Equity, and 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 and studied theater
for one year at City College of San Francisco. As Barbara Huffman, she
was elected Miss San Francisco in and she also entered the Miss
California pageant.
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