Barbara Eden, born Barbara Jean Morehead on August 23 1931, is an American performer and actress. She is best known for her role as Jeannie in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie (1965-1970). Roslyn Pierce as Elvis Presley's sidekick on Flaming Star (1960), Lieutenant JG Cathy Connors (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961 - 1961) as well as Stella Johnson, a widowed mother in Harper Valley PTA (1978) are some other noteworthy roles. Due to the success of the film, Eden returned to her character in the role of Stella Johnson in a two-season TV show, Harper Valley PTA.Eden was born on August 23, 1931 in Tucson, Arizona, to Alice Mary (nee Franklin) and Hubert Henry Morehead. She is an ancestor of Benjamin Franklin. Her birth year is thought to be 1934 for decades. Following the divorce of her parents, she moved together with her mother to San Francisco. Her mother married Harrison Connor Huffman (a telephone lineman), and they had a daughter. Alice was a popular entertainer for her children with singing because they couldn't have the luxury of life in the Great Depression.
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