Eden still acts occasionally, but these days, she is more focused on other aspects of her life.
Want to learn a little more about this unforgettable sitcom star?
Here are a few things you never knew about Barbara Eden.
Eden worked with Burnett on her show, and the pair became friends.
In the episode, Eden spoofed her famous show, “I Dream of Jeannie.”
“She’s just a beautiful woman and a great comedian,” Eden toldCloserin 2019.
“She liked what I did,” Eden toldFox News.
“She treated me like a professional.
Eden went on to explain that she would always give a shot to watch Ball and learn from her.
Ball appreciated her work ethic so much, she apparently wanted to hire Eden full-time.
But she was a pro.”
However, as a child, Eden wasn’t exactly known for her looks.
I’m one of the poorest children in the school and certainly not one of the prettiest."
Her mother’s advice even helped her navigate Hollywood as an adult.
“It was awful.
You just deal with everything every day.”
After the traumatic experience, Eden ended up losing a lot of weight.
Without any mental health support, she began to question what was wrong with her.
I have this sweet child.
I have a husband who loves me.
What’s wrong with me?'"
“Now you go get help when you feel that bad,” she said.
“I’m very careful about diet,” Eden toldCloserin 2021.
However, it’s not in the way you may think.
“I’m a carnivore … We eat a lot of pork, chicken, steak [and] vegetables,” she explained.
Maybe all that meat is the secret to Eden’s thriving health in her 90s!
“We don’t stint ourselves on desserts,” she said.
“I eat a lot.
Those are fun.”
In fact, according to Eden, her favorite dessert is marshmallow circus peanuts.
“They’re really good.
I like them,” she said.
“They’re a holdover from my childhood.”
It sounds like Eden knows what she likes and sticks with and at 90, who can blame her!
“Let them know you’re not a threat,” she explained.
“They’re not at all an animal to be played with.”
“And he said, ‘I’m not making friends with any blankety-blank lion!’
I said, ‘Well, you better,'” Eden recalled.
“He didn’t do it.”
“It was the loudest roar I’ve ever heard,” she recalled.
Apparently, all of the men on set began running.
“Meanwhile, I was sitting on the sofa,” she said.
“I couldn’t move.
“And this is the original genie bottle,” she said.
Apparently, she usually keeps it in a safe at the bank.
Then, Eden showed off a plaque and several awards for her work on the show.
She then showed her backyard, complete with a large pool, tennis court, and patio.
We have to say; we’re just a little jealous!
According to Eden, the show’s downfall was a result of her character’s marriage.
“It just ruined the show because she wasn’t human,” Eden told Today (viaYouTube).
“She was an entity.
Genies aren’t human … and she thought she was and he knew she wasn’t.”
“And the ratings dropped steadily since then.”
Barbara Eden is also a children’s author
Barbara Eden is still just as busy as ever.
As she toldThe Hollywood Reporterin 2021, “I like to work.
It’s just what I do.”
“I’m a reader, and I think it’s a wonderful gift for a child.”
As she explained, she had been an avid reader since she was two or three years old.
As Eden explained toWoman to Woman, she doesn’t have any beauty secrets other than self-care.
“The best advice I can give you is to take care of yourself,” she said.
“Eat well, exercise and always wash your face and be sure to moisturize!
The trick is to start at an early age and stick with it.”
“I don’t wear makeup unless I’m working.”
“I use that morning and night,” she said.
Well, whatever she is doing, it’s clearly working.
In 2000, at age 65, Eden was still in fantastic shape.
“I used to do high impact aerobics,” she told theChicago Tribune.
Then, as she got a little older, she moved on to stepping classes.
Clearly, her routine was working.
“I got a job at a bank,” she toldThe Spokesman-Reviewin 1989.
“I didn’t know enough, you see …
I had no relatives in the field.”
Eden happened to start chatting to a girl during an audition.
When Eden told her she worked at a bank, the other girl couldn’t understand.
“She said, ‘Why are you working in a bank?'”
Eden recalled during an interview with Maria Menounos (viaYouTube).
“I said, ‘Because I want to eat.'”
The girl suggested that she should audition for a dance show.
“I said, ‘I don’t dance, I act.'”
The girl insisted, and Eden ended up getting the job.
Her real name was Barbara Huffman.
She recalled, “He said, ‘Barbara, you’re free to’t be Huffman.
It sounds like a doctor.’
Of course, now it doesn’t matter Felicity Huffman is perfectly fine with the name.”
However, she agreed to change her name to Eden, which she said was “fine.”
Nevertheless, she drew the line at changing her first name.
She told her agent, “I don’t care what you do, just keep Barbara.
I don’t answer to anything else.
It’s my name.”
And so, the pair compromised and she became known as Barbara Eden.
Nevertheless, despite being careful, she and her husband did end up contracting the virus.
“We shouldn’t have [caught it], but we did,” she toldThe Hollywood Reporter.
“My husband went to visit his son in Las Vegas.
I did not go for that very reason.”
Shortly after he got back, he tested positive.
Initially, Eden and her friend who was staying with them tested negative.
“We were very careful, wearing gloves, masks and placing his food outside the bedroom door.”
However, a few days later both women tested positive.
Eden explained that she received antibody infusions to help curb the illness.
Luckily, it seemed to work.
“I was a little uncomfortable and I had a slight headache, but it went away.
I was so lucky.”
