Feldon was born Barbara Anne Hall in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Pittsburgh. She graduated from Bethel Park High School and trained at Pittsburgh Playhouse. In 1955 she graduated from Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) as a Bachelor of Arts in drama. She was initiated into the Delta Xi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. In 1957, she won the grand prize on The $64,000 Question in the category of William Shakespeare.\n', '

Following working as a model, Feldon\'s break came in the form of a popular and much parodied television commercial for "Top Brass", a hair pomade for men by Revlon. Lounging languidly on an animal print rug, she purred at the camera, addressing the male viewers as "tigers".\n', '

This led to small roles in television series. In the 1960s, she made appearances on Twelve O\'Clock High (S1 E24: "End of the Line"), Lorne Greene\'s Griff, Flipper (S1 E12: & E13: "The Lady & The Dolphin") and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (in "The Never-Never Affair"). In 1964, she appeared with Simon Oakland in the episode "Try to Find a Spy" of CBS\'s short-lived drama Mr. Broadway.\n', '

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