A Look Back at the Remarkable Life of Barbara Eden

Several months later, while working on the Warner Bros. studio lot, Eden unexpectedly ran into the very same agent who had once dismissed her. When she reminded him of their earlier conversation, he barely recognized her. Yet after speaking with her again, he insisted on arranging a screen test.

“You’re going somewhere,” he told her.

That moment became an important lesson for the future star. It taught her something she would remember for the rest of her life: always believe in yourself, because the path to success is rarely as clear—or as predictable—as it first appears.