‘I Dream of Jeannie’ star Barbara Eden never saw herself as a sex symbol despite iconic costume

Barbara Eden As a 2,000-year-old elves rubbing the audience in the right way, but the actress insists she never sees herself as a sexual symbol.

“I Dream of Jenny’s Dreams,” celebrating its 60th anniversary, tells the story of astronaut Major Tony Nelson (Larry Hagman), where he finds a magic bottle with an Elf (Eden). The two continued to fall in love and worked together.

The beloved sitcom premiered on September 18, 1965, and jumped to superstar.

“I Dream of Jenny” star Barbara Eden

When Fox News figures ask the 94-year-old Become a gender symbolshe replied, “I don’t know.”

“I never thought [Jeannie] She explained that she was cute. She is studying. I like playing that part. She is learning everything at this time. She is 2,000 years old and people seem to have forgotten it. ”

“She is an entity – she is not a real woman,” Eden shared. “Of course, she is a female, but an entity, not a human. That’s your comedy. She feels she can be human, and of course, he knows she is not.”

But one thing Eden couldn’t expect was the public’s obsession with her belly button or lack. Actress Famous two-piece dressed in pink High waist, rolling pants and crop tops covering her belly button.

“Mike Connolly [a columnist for The Hollywood Reporter] Eden recalls: “He would laugh at me for not having a navel because it never showed up. Well, I did it because I would raise my arms and do all kinds of physical things, and of course, my navel would peek.

“But he likes to tease me. He would poke me in the middle and say, ‘I don’t believe you have one!’ Then he started writing about it.

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“I thought it was interesting, but it was strange,” she said with a smile. “Suddenly, standards and practice, or anything that’s said in the film industry realized I had a belly button. Even the studio realized I had a belly button! But until then, no problem.”

Eden noted that no one in the studio decided to cover her belly button at first until her so-called disappearance spread like wildfire.

“They then said I had to get my waist high,” she said. “But, not only that, I was wearing dancer’s pantyhose, and it was thick, plus a pair of underwear, and then chiffon. And then there was silk inside. There was silk inside. It was so funny. All I could do was laugh at the whole thing. The whole person would fall onto my belly.

Eden has a story about her mid-tire outfit.

“Color,” she said. “Gwen wakes up. Oscar-winning fashion designercome to me and show me her sketch. Of course, I love them. Then she said, “What is your favorite color?” I said, “Okay, it depends. Now, it’s pink. She went with pink. I’m still glad she did.”

Looking back, Eden still brings the show to life with Hagman, who died in 2012 at the age of 81.

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“I was at Universal Pictures and by then, I already knew I had a part of Jenny.”[Show creator] Sidney Sheldon One day I called me and said, “Would you like to do this scene with this young man? We’re thinking of him playing your master. I know they’re testing another actor, but they didn’t ask him to come and see me.”

“So, Larry came to me when I was working at Universal,” she said. “We were in my locker room, where we did the first scene of the pilot. In that scene, [Jeannie] I only love him and gave him a big hug. Of course, I played the role. It’s not Barbara, it’s about having Ni do it. Well, a few months later, Larry told me, “You’re afraid of me! I don’t know what you’re doing.”

For Eden, magic is being made.

“I noticed our chemistry during the pilot, and it was the first time I worked with him,” she said. “I realized right away that it was going to work. He was so great, I was good in person. But we were at the same RF frequency, or whatever you want to call it. We saw each other as characters. We knew each other. We loved it.”

“He’s a super good and kind guy,” Eden continued. “He’s different from the rest of us. He’s in his drums, and it’s funny because it’s always fun. I love him.”

Despite the success of “I Dream of Jenny”, Eden made it clear that there was no hatred between her and her Elizabeth Montgomeryhe starred in the sitcom “Confused”. Montgomery plays Samantha Stephens, a charming witch trying to live a normal suburban life with her mortal husband.

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“I love being with her,” Eden said. “We don’t have a lot of time to talk or be girlfriends. Remember, we’ll be in the makeup department in the morning, ready for our scenes. We have to go to work. But she’s always enjoyable.”

“I dreamed of Jenny” Five seasons aired from 1965 to 1970. The star said she never felt Jenny’s powerful presence over the years that made her Hollywood career cover up her career.

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“I’m always content with her,” she explained. “Even if I’m doing ‘Jeannie’, I’m lucky to still do other things. I drove MGM Las Vegas. I sing again. ”

“When we were shooting ‘Jenny’ on the break, I would do another movie in between. It was a long ping-pong ball. … I’m glad people still like her. I didn’t know the show would affect its impact around the world.”

“At that time, I wasn’t considering being famous.” “I was just working. I didn’t have time to sit down and say, ‘I did.’ I didn’t have the time to.

“And I don’t think there is a secret behind the success of the show,” Eden said. “I think it’s a really good idea, a great combination of actors…it just works. The magic doesn’t always work. You can have very good actors, but if the writing isn’t right, then a lot of things can go wrong. But we’re lucky.”

Eden didn’t think of what she was going to do next. She was too busy staying active.

“I hope to accomplish everything I threw it on me,” she said with a smile. “I look forward to the next challenge.”