Barbara Feldon

@Carnegie Mellon University, Family and Personal Life

Barbara Feldon is an American actress, known for her contributions towards television and theatre

Mar 12, 1933

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: March 12, 1933
  • Nationality: American
  • Famous: Carnegie Mellon University, Film & Theater Personalities, Actresses
  • Spouses: Burt Nodella (m. 1968–1979), Lucien Verdoux-Feldon (m. 1958–1967)
  • Siblings: Patricia Hall
  • Known as: Barbara Feldon
  • Universities:
    • Carnegie Mellon University
    • Carnegie Mellon University

Barbara Feldon born at

Bethel Park

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Birth Place

In 1958, Barbara married Lucien Feldon, a New York Photographer, with whom she had even started out her art gallery venture. The marriage survived for nine years, and ended with a divorce in 1967.

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Personal Life

Barbara later got into a relationship with Burt Nodella, producer of the ‘Get Smart’ series. This relationship ended after a period of twelve years.

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Personal Life

Post her relationship with Nodella, Feldon moved back to New York, she even expressed the thoughts about her personal life in the form of a book named ‘Living Alone and Loving It’, which was published in 2003.

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Personal Life

Barbara was born on March 12, 1933 in Pittsburgh, United States. She was originally named Barbara Anne Hall. Barbara belonged to a middle class family; her mother was a housewife, and her father worked in the paper box industry as an executive. Feldon completed her primary education from Bethel Park High School, Pennsylvania.

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Childhood & Early Life

Since a very young age Barbara was interested acting. She even got herself trained in acting from the ‘Pittsburgh Playhouse’, and later went on to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in Drama from the Carnegie Mellon University, in 1955.

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Childhood & Early Life

Barbara, who aspired to become an actress, landed up in New York. In 1957, she won the grand prize after participating in the reality show ‘The $64000 Question’. The money earned through this competition was invested by Barbara in an art gallery, for which she partnered with a man named Lucien Feldon.

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Childhood & Early Life

Feldon started her career as a model. After a few modelling assignments, she got herself a role in the television commercial ‘Top Brass’. She soon got noticed by industry insiders for her work in this men’s hair pomade endorsement.

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Career

During the early 1960’s, Feldon got a few small appearances in television series’ such as ‘Twelve ‘O Clock High’, ‘Griff’, ‘Laugh-in’, Flipper’, and ‘The man from U.N.C.L.E’

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Career

In 1964, Feldon appeared in a single episode of the drama television series ‘Mr. Broadway’. The name of the episode was ‘Trying to find a spy’.

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After many such forgettable roles, Feldon managed to get the attention of screenwriter and director Buck Henry. Buck approached Feldon for the television series ‘Get Smart’. It’s claimed that Feldon’s character ‘Agent 99’ was specially written keeping her in mind.

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Career

In 1967, Feldon made her feature-film debut in a movie by name ‘Fitzwilly’. This movie, an adaptation of the novel ‘A Garden of Cucumbers’, saw Feldon portray the role of Juliet Nowell.

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Career

The role for which Feldon will be ever remembered is that of ‘Agent 99’ in the hit American television series ‘Get Smart’. The television series which ran successfully for a period of five years, from 1965 to 1970, was satirical in its approach, and took a dig at famous secret agents like James Bond and Inspector Clouseau

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Major Works

The show became so popular that it was revived again in the year 1995 as ‘Get Smart Again’. Feldon reprised the role which she had played in the 1965 original. The series was also remade into a movie in the year 2008.

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Major Works

In the early 1980’s, Feldon hosted the popular television show ‘The 80’s Show’. Each episode which used to be roughly around 20 minutes long, saw Feldon interview different women ranging from famous celebrities to single mothers and even feminists..

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Major Works