Barbara Eden

Barbara Eden (nacido el 23 de Agosto de 1931, height 5' 3¾" (1,62 m)) is an American film, stage and television actress and singer. She is best known for her starring role of "Jeannie" en la comedia de I Dream of Jeannie. Eden was born Barbara Jean Morehead en Tucson, Arizona, the daughter of Alice Mary (née Franklin) y Hubert Henry Morehead. Her parents divorced when she lo three; she and her mother, Alicia, moved to San Francisco, where later married her mother Harrison Connor Huffman, a telephone lineman. La gran Depresión profundamente afectada the Huffman, family, and as they were unable to afford many luxuries, Bárbara's mother entretenido the children by cantando canciones. This musical de fondo left a lasting impression on the actress, la oms comenzó a tomar el acting classes because she felt it might help her improve vuelta de canto. Her first public performance lo singing in the church choir, where she sang the solos. When she lo 14 she sang en local bandas for $10 a night in night clubes. At age 16, she became a member of Actor's Equity. She estudios de canto at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and acting with the Elizabeth Holloway de la Escuela de Teatro. She graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School en San Francisco, en the Spring Class of 1949 and estudios en el teatro for one year at City College of San Francisco. "She was then elected Miss San Francisco, as Barbara Huffman, en 1951. Barbara es decir entered the Miss California el desfile, but did not win.