Barbara Anderson

Barbara Anderson is an American retired actress. She is best known for her role as police officer Eve Whitfield on the television series Ironside (1967–1971), which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award. Early life Anderson was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her father, George Anderson, was a Navy enlisted man. She spent her early years in New York City, but during her teenage years, she resided in Memphis, Tennessee, where her parents had moved. Anderson became interested in acting during her teens, when she did a Tennessee Williams play. While she was a student at Memphis State University, Anderson won the title of Miss Memphis in 1963. Anderson was an actress with the Front Street Repertory Theatre, and debuted professionally in Memphis with the Southwestern University Players. Later, she acted with the Los Angeles Art Theatre. Television Anderson decided to move to Los Angeles. In 1966, one of her first TV appearances came in a first-season episode of Star Trek, "The Conscience of the King".