ACTOR

Barbara Eden

1931 - Today

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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 comedy 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbara Eden has received more than 9,628,583 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Barbara Eden is the 1,496th most popular actor (down from 1,101st in 2019), the 2,535th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,987th in 2019) and the 696th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Barbara Eden ranks 1,496 out of 13,578. Before her are Mikhail Ulyanov, George Chakiris, Jane Darwell, Jeanne Duval, James Franco, and Dennis Farina. After her are Chris Pine, Tom Sizemore, Xander Berkeley, Pran, André Dussollier, and Earl Boen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Barbara Eden ranks 142. Before her are Pierre Nora, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Kang Song-san, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Sébastien Japrisot, and Vaino Väljas. After her are Josep Lluís Núñez, Tommy Lapid, Barbara Bain, Takashi Mizuno, Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Dan Gurney.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barbara Eden ranks 2,535 out of 20,380. Before her are James Franco (1978), Peter Cetera (1944), Dusty Hill (1949), John L. Sullivan (1858), Ellison Onizuka (1946), and Dennis Farina (1944). After her are Chris Pine (1980), Willy DeVille (1950), Tom Sizemore (1961), Xander Berkeley (1955), Earl Boen (1945), and John C. Calhoun (1782).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Barbara Eden ranks 696. Before her are Richard Roundtree (1942), Pam Grier (1949), George Chakiris (1934), Jane Darwell (1879), James Franco (1978), and Dennis Farina (1944). After her are Chris Pine (1980), Tom Sizemore (1961), Xander Berkeley (1955), Earl Boen (1945), Barbara Bain (1931), and Sean Young (1959).

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Television and Movie Roles

I Dream of Jeannie
Jeannie
While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".
7.839 / 10
Flaming Star
Roslyn Pierce
Sam Burton's second wife is a Kiowa, and their son is therefore born mixed-race. When a struggle starts between the whites and the native Kiowas, the Burton family is split between loyalties.
Dec 20o 19606.439 / 10
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Angela Benedict
An old Chinese man rides into the town of Abalone, Arizona and changes it forever, as the citizens see themselves reflected in the mirror of Lao's mysterious circus of mythical beasts.
Mar 18o 19646.898 / 10