By Michelle Dumas
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Barbara Eden (born Barbara Jean Morehead; August 23, 1931) is an American actress and singer, who starred as the title character in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970). Her other roles included Roslyn Pierce opposite Elvis Presley in Flaming Star (1960), Lieutenant (JG) Cathy Connors in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961), and a single widowed mother, Stella Johnson, in the film Harper Valley PTA (1978) and in the television series of the same name.
Eden began singing in bands as a teenager and studied singing and acting. In 1955, she began her television career with appearances on The Johnny Carson Show and on various other series, such as Burke’s Law. By 1957, she was starring in the comedy TV series How to Marry a Millionaire. She also began to act in plays and films. 20th Century Fox studios gave her a contract the same year, and in 1959 she had her first major film role in A Private’s Affair, followed by a co-starring role in Flaming Star the following year. Several more roles for the studio followed until she left Fox in 1963.
After I Dream of Jeannie, Eden appeared mostly in dramatic roles, such as in the TV movie Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? (1977). She also utilized her musical talents in musical comedy tours and a TV broadcast of Kismet, released an album, appeared on variety television shows and USO shows, and headlined Las Vegas acts. She also appeared in several straight plays. In 1978, she starred in the comedy film Harper Valley PTA, followed by a television series of the same name in 1981. She played opposite Hagman on several occasions, including in five episodes of the final season of Dallas and the play Love Letters. Eden continued to perform until the age of 90.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- King Louis XVI of France –
- Oliver Perry (naval hero) –
- Edgar Lee Masters (poet) –
- Gene Kelly (dancer & actor) –
- Barbara Eden (actress) –
- River Phoenix (actor) –
- Scott Caan (actor) –
- Kobe Bryant (basketball player) –
- Mike Yastrzemski (baseball player) –
Died
- Alexander Wilson (ornithologist) –
- Oliver Perry (naval hero) –
- Rudolph Valentino (actor) –
- Oscar Hammerstein II (lyricist) –
- Hoyt Wilhelm (baseball player, first relief pitcher ever elected to the baseball hall of fame) –
- Bobby Bonds (baseball player) –
- Marion Hargrove (G.I. whose account of Army basic training, See Here, Private Hargrove, became a best seller in 1942 and turned him into a World War II celebrity) –
Events
- In London, the first one-way street was established–
- Emmanuel Allen last enslaved person sold in Canada –
- Fannie Farmer opened a cooking school in Boston, MA–
- Marseilles liberated–
- Ranger I lunar probe launched–
- U.S. Lunar Orbiter 1 took famed photo of Earth from Moon’s orbit–
- Jenny Thompson swam 100-meter butterfly in 57.88 seconds–
- An 5.8-magnitude earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Virginia, caused buildings to be evacuated across Washington, D.C., and New York City. The quake was felt as far south as Chapel Hill, North Carolina.–
- Two-pound blue lobster caught off Pine Point in Scarborough, Maine–
Weather
- A major hurricane made landfall over Nags Head, North Carolina; tracked into Chesapeake Bay; and had wind gusts up to 88 mph in Norfolk, Virginia–
- Storm formed that later became Hurricane Katrina–
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