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Red Carpet Chat with Barbara Eden - Event
Rych McCain International/Nationally Syndicated Entertainment Columnist
Red
Carpet Chat with 2018 YWCA Legacy Film and Television Award Recipient Barbara
Eden
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| Barbara Eden on the YMCA Gala Red Carpet |
Actress/Singer
Barbara Eden has been a mainstay in films, on television and stage as well as
the recording studio for five decades. She remains a working actress to this
day with no signs of letting up. Eden has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,
a best selling book of her memoir titled “Jeannie Out Of The Bottle” with multiple awards and accolades too numerous to name.
Some actors are either cursed or blessed with
“that” role which for better or worse sticks with them for a lifetime and
they will always be best know for it. In Eden’s case it is her role as the
Jeannie out of the bottle in the mega-hit NBC-TV sit-com “I Dream Of Jeanie.”
Her combination of beauty, sexiness, charm, seduction, wit and genuine humor
made the show a smash hit that has lasted and spawned over five generations of fans.
Young men who
were only born within the last twenty years, oogle at how fine Ms. Eden was in
her day.
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| Barbara Eden as Jeannie (NBC-TV photo) |
Ms. Eden was gracious enough to stop and chat on the red carpet at the
YWCA 125 Year Celebration and Awards Gala in Hollywood. It was a dream come true for this interviewer as I was a big
fan of the show. I asked if her sexy outfit that she wore as the Jeannie out of
the bottle was considered cutting edge for its time (the late 60’s)? She smiles
and says, “I don’t know. I don’t think so. It was your everyday harem outfit
you know? What is the difference with today’s television compared to television
from a few years back? Eden explains, “They have a lot more latitude now. They
go further with their stories. They’re more adult, I guess
you call it which is fine.”
Eden goes back to the days when actors were
contracted to the studios as opposed to now where actors basically contract
with producers who deal with the studios. Was the old System better? She takes
a second to ponder and explains, “I don’t know. It was good for me. I was with
20th Century Fox for about seven years and I learned. They would
loan me to MGM, Universal or other film studios.” Eden still looks great, so I
asked what her secret was. Her replay; “Thank you, I’m glad you think so. I work
out.”
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