Barbara Eden

America’s greatest pop icon Barbara Eden, or real name Barbara Jean Morehead, received national popularity for her role as Jeannie in the I Dream of Jeannie. She played Jeannie who wore an iconic red and pink attire and appeared from a puff of smoke. Even after the success of the hit show in the ‘70s, Barbara carried her popularity until the ‘80s, working alongside Kathy McCormick as co-producer for The Secret Life. Her acting was given credit when she landed a spot in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Yet Barbara Eden, the perpetually smiling actress who first emerged in a puff of smoke from her genie’s bottle an astonishing 51 years ago, confesses that she is haunted by an unending sadness. “You never lose that hurt,” she says of her son’s death from a heroin overdose in 2001. The actress most recently starred in “My Adventures With Santa”.