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Barbara Eden Slams Her Reported 'Feud' with Bewitched Star Elizabeth Montgomery as 'Producers' Invention'

Elizabeth Montgomery and Barbara Eden may have been on competing TV shows in the 1960s, but they got along great while filming on the same lot, Eden says.

Elizabeth Montgomery and Dick York on 'Bewitched' in 1967.Walt Disney Television via Getty Despite popular belief, Eden said the two women "chatted a lot," adding, "If there was any perceived rivalry, it was the producers' invention." The Bewitched special also included a clip from The Flying Nun star Sally Field's 1996 appearance on The Rosie O'Donnell Show, in which she recalled the dynamic in hair and makeup on the lot in the early mornings. The special noted that while Montgomery did have some frustrations with I Dream of Jeannie's writers over similarities in storylines also seen on Bewitched, her issues never extended to the cast of the show.

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