Barbara Eden: A Hollywood Icon Who Defies Age

Barbara Eden, who is most recognized for playing Jeannie in the hit television series “I Dream of Jeannie,” is 92 years old and still radiates beauty and vitality. Barbara Jean Morehead, who was born on August 23, 1931, came to the public’s notice when she won the Miss San Francisco title in 1951.

Eden’s acting career took off after that, beginning in 1955 with “The Johnny Carson Show” and culminating with her legendary portrayal of the alluring Jeannie. She received recognition for her skill and adaptability and was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1988. Her memoir, “Jeannie Out of the Bottle,” which was released in 2011, details the highs and lows of her professional life as well as her personal hardships, which include the untimely death of her son.

Despite her advanced age, Eden, who is currently in her nineties, is still very much involved in her work and stays busy. She is adamant about finding fulfillment in her profession and continuing to pursue her passions. She works with a personal trainer and maintains a strict diet and fitness regimen to keep up her gorgeous appearance.

Eden recently graced a Beverly Hills function, and her classic elegance and upbeat demeanor amazed the guests. She serves as a great example to us with her job and attitude to life, showing us that age is just a number. Barbara Eden is an inspiration, showing that no matter our age, we can live life to the utmost.

Drew Barrymore and her grandfather’s friend Vincent Price together in 1984…Check c,o,m,m,e,n,t,s below

Even though there are dozens of different experts that work on the appearances of characters in movies, they aren’t immune to making mistakes. And in the end, viewers may catch these fails in makeup or costume choices that couldn’t have possibly existed during the time in which the movie was set.

We at Bright Side decided to watch some of our favorite movies and read some fashion history books to find the mistakes makeup artists and costume designers have made in popular films.

Gone with the Wind

No matter how trendy Scarlett O’Hara was, she couldn’t have predicted the clothing trends for decades in advance. Her famous slim-fitting red dress with feathers and rhinestones has nothing to do with Civil War fashion — it was inspired more by styles from the 1930s and 1940s.

Julius Caesar

In the 1953 film, most of the female characters wore extravagant bullet bras. In Ancient Rome, women would wear a strophium, a prototype for the modern bra, but these weren’t bullet bras.

Legends of the Fall

Trying to create a romantic look, costume designers ignored the historical factsBrad Pitt’s character has beautiful blonde hair and facial hair but these things were unacceptable for the time period. More and more men were choosing to don big mustaches and short hair at this time.

King Arthur

The film, which is set in the fifth century, portrays knights in heavy metal armor. But until the fourteenth century, such armor was made of leather, and only mail armor was made of metal.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

The film is about events that happened in the ’90s and the clothes look pretty accurate, however, they’re still not perfect. Dudley Dursley is wearing G-Unit shorts — a brand that was created by 50 Cent in 2003.

Hello, Dolly!

The movie is set in New York at the end of the nineteenth century when such a hairstyle, lip gloss, and eye makeup didn’t exist. But the movie still got 3 Oscars and became one of the most important films of the decade.

Queen Margot

Throughout the entire film, the characters are wearing beautiful dresses with open shoulders. They look great but in the sixteenth century, women never ignored shifts (or chemise in French). These pieces of clothing protected them from the cold, absorbed sweat, and were really easy to wash.

Another mistake costume designers made was the way the main character’s hair was let down. Based on the few portraits we have of Margaret of Valois, she had curly hair that she wore up.

The Danish Girl

The Danish Girl starts in 1926 but in the first half of the film, we see women in slim-fitting clothes that have nothing to do with the fashion of the 1920s.

At the beginning of the film, Gerda has a hairstyle that was actually quite outdated for the setting that favored waved or bobbed hair.

A Dangerous Method

In one scene, Keira Knightley appears only in her corset, which is a contradiction to the original rules that came along with wearing this piece of clothing. A woman would never wear a corset alone.

Bonus: Mary Queen of Scots

In Mary Queen of Scots, Saoirse Ronan is wearing asymmetric earrings, which were non-existent in sixteenth-century Scotland.

In your opinion, do you think such mistakes are serious or no big deal?

Preview photo credit A Dangerous Method / Recorded Picture Company

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