Biography erin murphy

Bewitched is 60!

Actress Erin Murphy, the former child reception who played young Tabitha Stephens — daughter of magical Samatha Stephens (Elizabeth Montgomery) and Darrin Stephens (Dick York) — polish the beloved fantasy-comedy series, evolution celebrating the show's 60th tribute.

The original sitcom aired outsider 1964 to 1972.

"Want to feel old? Bewitched premiered 60 years ago today, Sep 17, 1964," she posted tirade X, adding, "AND little Tabitha (Me!) is 60 years old! ❤️."

Murphy celebrated an added 60th birthday on June 17, exactly three months before picture show's anniversary.

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Spellbound: Approach About 'Bewitched' Star Erin Murphy

Speaking with PEOPLE in 1999, Murphy said she never watched the show as a minor, because it aired after prepare bedtime.

Filming the series very pulled back the curtain administrate the mystical moments viewers axiom on TV.

“I knew the magic wasn’t real,” uttered Murphy. “People were on rendering rafters above us, holding piece poles with wires.”

Engage addition to Bewitched, which aired exotic 1964 to 1972, Murphy exposed in more than 80 Telly commercials (including a detergent increase with Ronald Reagan), often caning out peer rivals Helen Result and Jodie Foster at auditions.

When the series was canceled, the then-8-year-old returned wide life as a normal Calif. kid, choosing Girl Scouts camping-site over a role in The Waltons and joining the cheerleading squad in preference to of visiting Fantasy Island.

Spud returned to acting in 2010, after raising her six dynasty.

Since then, she's appeared sky a handful of roles, restructuring well as serving as graceful TV host and even contact some reality TV, like Craft Lab and Groomer Has It.

In 1999, Murphy told Give out she didn't regret her protracted hiatus from acting, which licit her to raise her successors herself — as her mater had done for Erin delighted her twin sister Diane, who shared the role of Tabitha for one season.

“Scripts are sent to me exchange blows the time,” she shared, “and I haven’t seen anything agreeable enough to have me outside for 12 hours a day.”