Barbara Feldon

Barbara Feldon is an American actress who built a television career after early work as a model. Born in Butler, Pennsylvania, she trained at the Pittsburgh Playhouse and graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology with a drama degree. Her breakthrough came through a Revlon commercial for Top Brass hair pomade, which led to small roles on series such as Twelve O'Clock High and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. She starred as Agent 99 in the sitcom Get Smart, playing opposite Don Adams from 1965 to 1970 and earning Emmy nominations in 1968 and 1969. Her films include Fitzwilly (1967), Smile (1975), No Deposit, No Return (1976), and the television movie Let's Switch! (1975), and she later reprised Agent 99 in Get Smart, Again! (1989). She also wrote the books Getting Smarter: A Memoir, published in 2021, and Living Alone and Loving It, published in 2003.