Barbara Anderson (actress)

Barbara Anderson
Barbara Anderson in 1969.
Born	Barbara Jeanne Anderson (1945-11-27) November 27, 1945 (age 71) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Spouse(s)	Don Burnett (1971–present)
Awards	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series 1968 Ironside

Barbara Jeanne Anderson (born November 27, 1945, in Brooklyn, New York) is a retired American actress who is best known for portraying police officer Eve Whitfield in the television series Ironside, for which she won an Emmy Award. She is also known for her appearance as the secret agent Mimi Davis during the final season of the American TV series Mission: Impossible.

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 teenaged years, she resided in the Memphis, Tennessee, area, where her parents had moved.

Her interest in acting was kindled in her teenaged years. "I did a Tennessee Williams play when I was 16," she said, "I knew I'd be an actress. There was no doubt in my mind."

While she was a student at Memphis State University, Anderson competed in and 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.

Anderson decided to move to Los Angeles to find work as an actress. She was successful at this, and in 1966, one of her first TV appearances came in a first-season episode of Star Trek, "The Conscience of the King". Anderson also featured in the first episode of the TV series Mannix, which was broadcast in 1967.

Anderson became one of the four original cast members of the TV series Ironside, which began its run in the same year and was the lead actress in the series (for the first 105 episodes). Anderson played the role of one of two police officers chosen to assist the wheelchair-using former Chief of Detectives for San Francisco, Robert Ironside (Raymond Burr). Anderson continued in her role as Officer Whitfield for four seasons.