15 Things You Never Knew About ‘I Dream of Jeannie’

13. Barbara also player Jeanie’s evil sister

Jeannie had an evil dark haired twin sister who was also named Jeannie, and some people didn’t realize that Barbara Eden played that role as well. She would get fan mail asking who the dark haired actress was.

14. Larry Hagman found out the show was cancelled from a security guard

No one mentioned to Larry Hagman that the show had been cancelled until he came back from a South American vacation and went to grab something from his dressing room. The guard at the lot informed him that there wouldn’t be a sixth season. Larry’s reaction was “Wow, that was real Hollywood.”

15. Barbara and Larry worked together again on Dallas

When Larry was playing J.R. Ewing on Dallas, Barbara came on the show to play his ex lover who tried to get money from him over a botched abortion. The storyline clearly didn’t pay homage to their past on Jeannie, except for the fact that Barbara, as Lee Ann De La Vega, mentions that her maiden name was Nelson.