Barbara Eden | Born: 1931

A journey has to start somewhere. For Barbara Eden, her career as a performer began when she sang the solo sections of a local choir. To help with whatever personal loans her family had, she sang for bands as a teenager. While she may be talented in music, she also found a fascination for acting.

Starting her career around the 1950s, Eden’s earliest stint was as a semiregular cast member of the Johnny Carson Show. Not long after, she also had the chance to appear on projects such as Gunsmoke, The West Point Story, Crossroads, and December Bridge. Among all of her acting gigs, though, fans would undoubtedly know her best for her performance as the titular lead in I Dream of Jeanie. Since then, with her career still far from over, the actress’s most recent works are My Adventures with Santa and Love Letters, both in 2019.