Barbara Eden Biography

Fast Facts

• Joined Actor's Equity when she was 16
• Was named Miss San Francisco in 1951
• Was famously not permitted by NBC censors to expose her navel throughout the entire run of I Dream of Jeannie
• It wasn't until she appeared in Jeannie reunion films that the belly-button ban was lifted
• Received an honorary law degree in 1990 from the University of West Los Angeles
• Inducted into the California Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2003
• Supports numerous charities, including the March of Dimes and Save the Children