Barbara Eden Celebrated Birthday with Opening of "I Dream Of Jeannie" Exhibit

Barbara Eden’s new lobby exhibit at The Hollywood Museum opened to the public today, August 22nd 2019.
Photos by Karen Ostlund
Celebrity guests gathered around the birthday cake to sing happy birthday to Barbara Eden.
Photo below, back row: Roslyn Kind, Don Most, Erin Murphy, Judy Tenuta, Elaine Ballace, Ilene Graff and Ashley Cusato.
Front row: Donelle Dadigan, Leonard Maltin, Elliott Gould, Barbara Eden, Peter Marshall, Loni Anderson, Anson Williams and Dawn Wells.
Speakers and guest of honor were Leonard Maltin, Donelle Dadigan, Elliott Gould, Barbara Eden, Peter Marshall, Loni Anderson, and Anson Williams.

A special birthday cake, in celebration of Ms Eden's Birthday (August 23rd), was supplied by Sweet Lady Jane's bakery.

It started 1965, when producer Sidney Sheldon signed Barbara Eden to star in his up-and-coming fantasy sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie" that would air on NBC. The year before, in 1964 "Bewitched" was the number-two show on television.Barbara Eden played the role as Jeannie for five years and 139 episodes.
In the eight episodes, Eden donned a brunette wig to portray Jeannie's evil sister (also named Jeannie) who lusts after Tony Nelson, and in at least one episode played Jeannie's hapless mother.

"I dream of Jeannie" costume

The Hollywood Museum's Founder, Donelle Dadigan, is pleased to welcome one of Hollywood’s most  enduring stars and everyone’s favorite Jeannie, Barbara Eden.
Her NBC "I Dream of Jeannie" TV series was one of Hollywood's most successful, popular and longest running programs spanning more than five decades on network TV and in syndication worldwide.
From feature films to starring in television series, numerous musical guest appearances and touring Broadway musical productions, Barbara Eden’s career has spanned for more than six decades earning her the title of Hollywood Entertainment Icon.
She began her career when she was signed by 20th Century Fox as a contract player.  It was soon after that Barbara was cast to star in the studio's TV version of its hit motion picture, "How to Marry a Millionaire", recreating the role made famous by Marilyn Monroe.

Ms. Eden is loaning her original costume and a genie bottle, used for shooting the series, for this once in this lifetime exhibit.

Original Genie bottle at The Hollywood Museum

In addition, the rare and never before displayed original bottle used on the pilot for the series will be on display, along with five screen accurate bottles representing five seasons, by Mario Della Casa.
A special birthday cake, in celebration of Ms Eden's Birthday (August 23rd), was supplied by Sweet Lady Jane's bakery.

Myself w/ Dream Of Jeannie poster

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